Why Division?

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Why Division?

• Luke 1249-53

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families

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1 Peter 43-4

•  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

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 43-4- He would divide friends

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1 Corinthians 51-2, 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.

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 43-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 51-2, 13b- He would divide brethren

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1 Timothy 118-20

• 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.

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 43-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 51-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
• 1 Timothy 118-20- divided teachers

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2 Timothy 410

• 10 For Demas, in love with this present world,
  has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica.
  Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 43-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 51-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
• 1 Timothy 118-20- divided teachers
• 2 Timothy 410- divided workers

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1 Corinthians 1119

• 19 for there must be factions among you in order
  that those who are genuine among you may be
  recognized.

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vv.51-53- Christ was the Source of Division

• vv. 52-53- He would divide families
• 1 Peter 43-4- He would divide friends
• 1 Cor. 51-2, 13b- He would divide brethren
• 1 Timothy 118-20- divided teachers
• 2 Timothy 410- divided workers
• 1 Cor. 1119- division will always continue

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Christ is the Stumbling Block

• Because He is not the Messiah of our imagination

Acts 1730-31 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.
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Is There a Silver Lining to this Cloud?

• New family,
• friends,
• teachers,
• co-workers
• Etc., etc.

Replacement is not an acceptable argument
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WE Endure, Sacrifice for Relationship

• 1 John 410, 19- We love because He first loved us

1 John 410, 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.
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Romans 121

• 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. 

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WE Endure, Sacrifice for Relationship

• 1 John 410, 19- We love because He first loved
  us
• Romans 121- We give self because He first gave

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Hebrew 210-13

• 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.

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WE Endure, Sacrifice for Relationship

• 1 John 410, 19- We love because He first loved
  us
• Romans 121- We give self because He first gave
• Heb. 210-13- We hope because He first hoped in
  us

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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,

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WE Endure, Sacrifice for Relationship

• 1 John 410, 19- We love because He first loved
  us
• Romans 121- We give self because He first gave
• Heb. 210-13- We hope because He first hoped in
  us
• Ephesians 38-11- We believe because He first
  believed in us

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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.

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A relationship with a loving all-powerful
God is worth ANY division.

• Is anything keeping you from that relationship?