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Why Division?
Luke 12:49-53
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
•vv. 52-53- He would divide families
1 Peter 4:3-4
For the time that is past suffices for
doing what the Gentiles want to do,
living in sensuality, passions,
drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties,
and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to
this they are surprised when you do not
join them in the same flood of
debauchery, and they malign you;
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
•1 Peter 4:3-4- He would divide friends
1 Corinthians 5:1-2, 13b
It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and of a kind that
is not tolerated even among pagans, for a
man has his father's wife. 2 And you are
arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn?
Let him who has done this be removed
from among you.
13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 4:3-4- He would divide friends
•1 Cor. 5:1-2, 13b- He would divide
brethren
1 Timothy 1:18-20
18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy,
my child, … 19 holding faith and a
good conscience. By rejecting this,
some have made shipwreck of their
faith, 20 among whom are Hymenaeus
and Alexander, whom I have handed
over to Satan that they may learn not
to blaspheme.
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 4:3-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 5:1-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
•1 Timothy 1:18-20- divided teachers
2 Timothy 4:10
10 For Demas, in love with this
present world, has deserted me
and gone to Thessalonica.
Crescens has gone to
Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 4:3-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 5:1-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
• 1 Timothy 1:18-20- divided teachers
•2 Timothy 4:10- divided workers
1 Corinthians 11:19
19 for there must be factions
among you in order that
those who are genuine
among you may be
recognized.
vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division
• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 4:3-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 5:1-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
• 1 Timothy 1:18-20- divided teachers
• 2 Timothy 4:10- divided workers
•1 Cor. 11:19- division will always continue
Christ is the Stumbling Block
Because He is not the Messiah of our
imagination
Acts 17:30-31
30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom
he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
He will judge the final division.
Is There a Silver Lining to this Cloud?
•New family,
•friends,
•teachers,
•co-workers
•Etc., etc.
“Replacement” is
not an
acceptable
argument
WE Endure, Sacrifice for
“Relationship”
•1 John 4:10, 19- We love because He first
loved us
1 John 4:10, 19
10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he
loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our
sins.
19 We love because he first loved us.
Romans 12:1
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
WE Endure, Sacrifice for
“Relationship”
• 1 John 4:10, 19- We love because He first loved
us
•Romans 12:1- We give self because He
first gave
Hebrew 2:10-13
10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the
founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11 For he who
sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is
not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying,“I will tell of your name to my
brothers; In the midst of the congregation I will sing your
praise.”13 And again,“I will put my trust in him.”And again,“Behold, I and the
children God has given me.”
WE Endure, Sacrifice for
“Relationship”
• 1 John 4:10, 19- We love because He first loved us
• Romans 12:1- We give self because He first gave
•Heb. 2:10-13- We hope because He first
hoped in us
Ephesians 3: 8-11
8 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to
preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light
for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who
created all things, 10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers
and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was according to the eternal
purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,
WE Endure, Sacrifice for
“Relationship”
• 1 John 4:10, 19- We love because He first loved us
• Romans 12:1- We give self because He first gave
• Heb. 2:10-13- We hope because He first hoped in us
•Ephesians 3:8-11- We believe because He
first believed in us
He loves you, sacrificed for you, hopes & believes in you
An Almighty God, an Eternal Creator and Holy Father has created us to glorify Himself
and have an eternal relationship with Him in glory.
A relationship with a loving all-powerful God is worth ANY
division.
Is anything keeping you from that relationship?