Re: Trump attempt. "It's always people who've told us to live together in harmony and try to love one another. Jesus, Gandhi, Lincoln, John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, John Lennon, they all said, "Try to live together peacefully." - GC
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I think Jesus didn’t advocate that but says:
Dear Pedes and Frens in faith, please allow me to put this out there in a nutshell. I cannot speak for the others but I do know what the Bible scriptures says and doesn’t say. The word of God Almighty takes precedence over any man or movements of the day. Whatever anyone promises you of a ‘great awakening’ or a utopia will be surpassed by God’s promises by many magnitude over.
Having said that. It is the duty of those who follow Christ to be the ultimate sh*t stirrers in spreading the Good News of the impending Kingdom of God and his judgment upon the world. We will not achieve these objectives by sitting on our hands or unwilling to challenge others’ perspectives, or for fear of causing ‘disunity’ or ‘disharmony’ or ‘disturbing peace’. But through voluntary persuasion and sound reasoning - even if it means loosing friends and family.
At the end of the day the sh*t show that is Trump/Q-anon phenomenon won’t matter much - though fascinating as it is. The Kingdom of God WILL proceed exactly to the set timetable, regardless. This is the real Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming.
I believe you are mistaken in holding that quote as a guide to life. That quote is for Jesus' disciples to understand that merely being believers and even disciples doesn't mean that no hardship will follow them, as He sends them out to preach His word. For the Word of God and His son is anathema against those that rule this world. They will fight you tooth and nail for what they ascribe to rule.
He reinforces this in John, with more instruction to His disciples: “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” -John 15:18–19
This is not how you are supposed to live, but what you can expect while living. And how does Jesus expect you to live? By the rules of the land and you are to end conflict as He called for in the sermon on the mount:
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny." - Matthew 5:23-26
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[h] But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." - Matthew 5:38-42
But I will agree to you, we are to put His light on the stand. That is why shit posting works so well. Matthew 5:15
You have quoted many good applications of the scriptures. But I think you just started out with a wrong premise. I’m guessing you mistook my application of Matthew 10:34-36 as to burn bridges on every disagreements in life. Far from it. Lets be clear here. This concerns only important theological questions like for ex. is Jesus the Messiah or not? Even the early churches had ‘lost’ many brothers/sisters over the question of Christ (1 John 2:19).
I began with the premise that you presented. In summary, that was that Jesus did not advocate for peace. In doing so, you quoted a scripture that was in warning of the trials that the disciples would face, which is not how He instructed us to live, but was a warning that living and shining a light would not be met with peace by the world.
However, in dealing with the world, we are to deal peaceably and fairly, as I pointed out in the scriptures I pulled from the earlier portions of Matthew.
I will be clear, as you request: the division is not from those following Christ's words, it is from those that work against Christ's words. Should any proclaim the darkness, Jesus never said to sunder them. That work was proclaimed as the right of the Lord to do in the end of days.