What did Jesus mean when he said he came to bring a sword? | Peace | Advent Week 4

New City Church - Nashville · Dec 21, 2022 · 35m

In Matthew 10, Jesus says that he came to bring a sword.

What does a sword have to do with peace?

Matthew 10:34-39 (NLT)

"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. 35 'I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!' 37 "If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. 38 If you refuse to…