Why Jesus Came
Christ Came to Divide
Luke 12:51-53 I’d like to invite all of you to turn in your bibles to Luke Chapter 12. And we’re going to continue what we started last week so Luke 12:49 and following. As we saw last week, Jesus sees the world as divided into two basic groups. His, hiswork as Messiah acknowledges two basic groups. There are those who will go through the fire of his judgment, and then there are those who are included in his baptism. Who…
Christ Came to Start a Fire
Luke 12:49-50 Luke 12:49. It is a, it is a portion of Scripture that is unique to Luke’s Gospel, you’re not going to find this section in any of the other Gospels, these two verses anyway. But this portion also provides very unique and privileged insight into the thinking of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There in Luke 12:49-53, from the Prince of Peace himself, we hear what sounds more like a call to arms. More like a summons…