Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
This is what all of the disciples of Christ, who were already in the preaching ministry and who’d been baptized, were yet to experience. Tit for tat laws still governed their behavior, and a strict sense of justice guided their interactions with others initially. This could be observed, when they were refused entry into a certain Samaritan town, upon which they resorted to their default setting at that time, which was the tit for tat mode of thought and action.
Luke 9:52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
That’s tit for tat law. But over a period of time their minds were trained in righteousness by beholding Christ, in so much that forgiving others eventually became automatic, with them not having to think long, and hard with fasting and prayers, before they forgave others.
Luke 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. 6 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night’ and God bless!