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Thank you for your post, but I'm not sure what you mean.

You are confusing two scriptures. Christ described a vine in the book of John to describe the fruits of ministry. Paul in the letter to Galations described the Comforter sent by Jesus.

Jesus described himself in Matthew.

Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Mat 10:36 And a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.

Thank you for sharing your interpretation of those passages, AndrewC. We are in disagreement, but I defer to the wisdom of Gamalial in Acts 5, i.e. you may have a mission which is quite different from mine and I do not wish to interfere.

My niche and mission in this life is consumed in the Great Commandment:

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. - I John 4:16-21