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Luke 12:49-53
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49“I have come to bring fire
on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50But I have a baptism to
undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
51Do you think I came to
bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52From now on there will be
five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two
against three.
53They 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.”
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 49 what has he come to bring on the earth?
o
Jesus has come to
bring fire on the earth.
2)
What did Jesus desire
for the fire he had brought?
o
Jesus wished that
it had already been kindled.
3)
What is the
baptism Jesus had to undergo?
o
The baptism Jesus
had to undergo is symbolic of his
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Death.
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Burial.
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And resurrection.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 50 what was he under
until he had undergone
his baptism?
o
Jesus was under
great constraint.
o
A better
translation is that Jesus was under great distress.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 51 what did he bring
on earth rather than peace?
o
Jesus brought division.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 51 to 53 what did he
mean by bringing division on earth?
o
There will be
five in one family divided against each other,
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Three against two.
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And two against
three.
o
They will be
divided,
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Father against
son and son against father.
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Mother against
daughter and daughter against mother.
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Mother-in-law
against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
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Luke 12:49-53
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