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Confess Christ Before Men

32 a“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, bhim I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.  
33 aBut whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.  

Christ Brings Division

34 a“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.  
35 For I have come to a‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;  
36 and a‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’  
37 aHe who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.  
38 aAnd he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.  
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Matthew 10:34-36

Think not that I am come ... - This is taken from Micah 7:6. Christ did not here mean to say that the object of his coming was to produce discord and contention, for he was the Prince of Peace, Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 11:6; Luke 2:14; but he means to say that such would be one of the effects of his coming. One part of a family that was opposed to Him would set themselves against those who believed in him. The wickedness of men, and not the religion of the gospel, is the cause of this hostility. It is unnecessary to say that no prophecy has been more strikingly fulfilled; and it will continue to be fulfilled until all unite in obeying his commandments. Then his religion will produce universal peace. Compare the notes at Matthew 10:21.

But a sword - The sword is an instrument of death, and to send a sword is the same as to produce hostility and war.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Matthew 10:34:

Luke 12:49
Luke 12:51-53
John 9:39
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:4

 

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