Jesus Didn't Come for Peace

If you walked up to the average church going Christian and told him or her that Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword, they would probably call you a liar. But that is exactly what Jesus said in Matthew 10:34, "Don't assume that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." However the sword that Jesus brings is not an actual sword. His sword was made to divide and to separate. Don't misunderstand this verse, Jesus has already foreseen what is going to happen when people receive Him as their King, it was going to divide families and friends. This is often seen in Muslim families where a son or daughter converts to Christianity and is then cast out or even put to death. But its also seen when a son or daughter of a nominal "Christian" home is genuinely born again and begins to live out the scriptures as they are spiritually transformed by the Holy Spirit. What happens? A son turns against his mother or a daughter turns against her father. There is certain division that occurs. Jesus said "For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's enemies will be the members of his household" (Matthew 10:35, 36 and Micah 7:6). Jesus' next statement makes His quote of Micah very clear when He states "the person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me."
Let me summarize this for you, Jesus came to divide families if it means salvation for a member of that family. Jesus' expects His followers to give Him ultimate supremacy beyond parents or children. The consequence of not doing this is deadly....you will not be found "worthy of Christ."

If you want to find your life, you must be willing to lose it (Matthew 10:39). Christ demands total commitment and full surrender to His message. Anything else will lead to denying Christ and in return He will deny you at the day of your death.