True Peace

Luke 12

49 “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning! 50 I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished. 51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other! 52 From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.

53 ‘Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ ”

This whole, one world movement just is not of God. In fact, Jesus flat out rebukes such a notion with this passage of Scripture. There will be no “world peace” on this planet, and Jesus is the source of much of the division. Because mankind rejects Jesus, there can be no peace. Those of us who follow Christ are not looking to make peace with those who reject Him, we are looking to love them into the Kingdom. And yes, there are times when we must shake the dust off of our sandals and move on. True peace comes from surrendering to Christ. Anything else is just an illusion leading to division.