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friends and relatives and even their own blood

relations just because they've gotten serious

about Jesus Christ.

By way of introduction, I want you to notice

in verse 34 that Jesus says to His apostles,

“Think not that I am come to send peace on

earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”

Now, when you first look at this verse, you say,

"Well, this is a shocking statement, because as

I look at the Scripture, the Prince of Peace

came to bring peace,” so you ask, "Is this a

contradiction?" In other words, did Jesus

contradict Himself here in this passage? —

because we do find passages that say that

Jesus came to bring peace. Now, we're going

to be speaking of peace and joy tonight, so I'm

not going to turn to any of those verses. I'm

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