ON PEACE

Today I listened to the lyrics of a new song, “One (Lord Make Us One) with Lyrics by Chris Sligh”.

It was a good song and touched my heart.  Paraphrasing, it talked about all people coming together, ignoring their differences, and accepting and celebrating diversity.  Who can argue with that premise?  

But then, I recalled...  Luke 12:49-56 and I wondered, how does Chris Sligh reconcile his lyrics with the words of Christ?

I tend to agree with the following comments from Vernon McGee.  

What do you think?

JESUS STATES HE IS A DIVIDER OF MEN

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? [Luke 12:49].

Even at this hour when the world is experiencing the deepest darkness we’ve had in nineteen hundred years, the Lord Jesus Christ is being blasphemed! The fire has been thrown out on the earth today!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! [Luke 12:50].

This verse is speaking of Christ’s death upon the cross.

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on the earth?


I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother–in–law against her daughter–in–law, and the daughter–in–law against her mother–in–law [Luke 12:51–53].

When a person receives Jesus Christ as his Savior, he is immediately separated from the unbelievers around him. This will be true whether they be his relatives or his friends.

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.  Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? [Luke 12:54–56].

We need to realize and recognize what kind of world we are living in. Man thinks he is big enough and good enough to bring peace on the earth. This is a fallacy—man is a warmonger. 


The United Nations was formed to bring peace and to keep peace on earth. May I say, the United Nations is one of the best fighting arenas in the world today! 


We need to realize that until Christ comes there can be no real peace.