What Jesus taught part 5

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Closely related to the fourth learning of unity is the fifth learning which is contention is of the devil and not of Jesus.

29 For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.

 30 Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.

A sure way to have the Spirit flee is through contention.  I'm not sure if any of you have had the experience of kneeling for family prayer and there is an argument over whose turn it is to say the prayer, or during a family home evening where the lesson is on "Love one another" and there is fighting over who gets to hold up the visuals to help tell a story.  Satan in a very subtle way causes us to contend over even the simple things.