So before he went into the restaurant, he took off his tie and left it in the car. Halfway through lunch, the business associate excused himself saying he had to use the restroom. I don't get it. Maybe it is because we see the tremendous love and forgiveness of God. The truth is that when we violate God's laws somebody gets hurt.
Somebody gets their tie cut off.
If you want to have God's favor, and experience the full, true meaning of His peace, you need to follow the laws of God. And Rome had peace all right. There was no war in the Roman Empire at the time of Christ. If there was an uprising, they just killed everybody and the uprising was over. There was peace.