I remember hearing a Pastor commenting on these verses and saying that he couldn't understand why Hallmark hadn't made a Christmas card out of them. On the Front in big letters it would say "Division" and then inside it would read: "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division" (Luke 12:51)
Now we all know why Hallmark hasn't produced such a card, only people with a truly warped sense of humor like me would actually buy it...
Here then is an exposition and application of this saying, one of what are sometimes called 'the hard sayings' of Jesus.
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...