We live in the era of the “fuzzy line.” It seems to most folks nothing is definite; all things are relative. One of the strangest verses that ever fell from the lips of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is this: “Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword.” A sword from the Prince of Peace?
A sword is a dividing tool. He is saying, “I came with a sword to put a line of demarcation between truth and error, between light and dark, between sin and righteousness.” When God’s standard of righteousness is set, there will always be division. Without righteousness there can be no peace. Peace can never come where sin remains. God will never make a peace treaty with sin, never. That kind of definite clear line drives some folks crazy. For those kind of people, “it all depends” is a proper answer to every question. Christ put an end to that. After Christ, things are good or bad, right or wrong. To those who believe there is much peace in having moral clarity. But it will make some unhappy. It will destroy the peace of the unbeliever as much as it ensures the peace of those who trust.
In God We Trust and from that we have peace… NO MORE FUZZY LINES.
Be blessed.
Nick
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