The Word of God seems to be full of contradictions. Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, yet He warns that He has come to send division, setting two against three in families and war in the place of peace. And what about rejecting the concept of man fear, as Paul declares in Galatians 1:10

 

"Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Then He says, "For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all that I might win the more;" I Cor. 9:19 

 

How do these seeming contradictions work themselves out into one truth?  We must understand that the Word of God is complete and does not contradict itself any more than God contradicts Himself.  Truth is like a coin. The coin has two sides, heads and tails. Neither one is complete without the other.

 

Both are true, as determined by the time and the context of the issue, as is often acknowledged in the use of a coin to determine and settle a matter. Why? Because both sides are considered of equal value.

 

 Only God has the wisdom to live peacefully within the context of His own determinations. We are called to trust Him and be guided by the Holy Spirit to know what time it is, and which understanding is relevant to the moment.