MATTHEW 10:34 CONFLICT: While in Jesus' day the spiritual conflict was between Christians and every other religion or lack of belief, now conflict exists within the faith as many Christian churches are driven by rules made by men instead of the fundamentals Christ instructed us to follow. Pick your church carefully.
MATTHEW 10:34 CONFUSION: There was also discussion today about Christ saying that he didn't come to bring peace vs. a previous verse (Matthew 5:9) wherein he said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." If you consider that a Peacemaker is someone who reconciles sinners to God, there is no confusion; Jesus came to make us choose and the peacemakers help people choose God.
MATTHEW 10:40 REWARDS: The rewards mentioned for various acts of faith made us wonder how there could be different rewards in heaven, yet we were reminded of Matthew 11:11 wherein Jesus says that though John the Baptist was the greatest man born of woman, "The least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than him." This does seem to support the idea of different levels in heaven. More to follow on this subject.
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Thanks ron. Matt
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