Division on Earth

#20 in Luke: Ministry & Parables
Dave Tate

Luke 12:49-59

A House Divided

“Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” – Luke 12:51

Hell is a loving necessity. It is the place in which evil will be locked up, forever. In other words, God created hell to deal with evil. He made it to be the final, inescapable prison in which all evil, all rebellion against God, will be confined, never again to exert its poisonous influence. Given all the evil in the world, isn’t it a tremendous reassurance to know that it does not go unnoticed by God? It is precisely because he’s a God of love that there is a place called hell. – Paul Williams

Jesus does not simply come to bring judgment on those who don’t believe and reject him, but he comes to receive judgment for those who believe and repent.

Christianity is the only religion whose God bears the scars of evil. – Os Guinness

The result of the gospel will be division.
That is not its purpose, but that will be its result.

A Coming Storm

“You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” – Luke 12:56

Settle Out of Court

“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?” – Luke 12:57

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