Ep. 172 - Series: Wounds that Heal #1 - Is Jesus Mean? - Luke 12:49-53

Sermon Series: Wounds That HealNot all wounds are bad. A skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle. The result of that wound: not harm, but healing. In the same way, we often say that words cut us to the heart. Words can wound. Sometimes, however, those painful words provide the very healing we need.“Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem” (Luke 13:22). Jesus knows that when he gets to Jerusalem, he is going to die. So, with a sense of extreme urgency, Jesus shares truths we need to hear, even though it hurts to hear them. In this series, we might not like everything that Jesus says. Yet, to ignore what Jesus teaches is to court eternal death. Hard as it may be,let us listen and take all that Jesus says to heart. For while Jesus speaks words that wound us, his intent is to heal our very soul.This Sermon's Focus: Is Jesus Mean?Pastor Titus discusses how we can understand Jesus' words about division, and still believe in the nature of His goodness. The sermon clarifies what kind of peace Jesus brings and how that peace is much more valuable than temporary "nice-ness."Our Sermon Text: Luke 12:49-53“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”