53rd post Jesus Mission Con't - Luke 12: 49 - 53 con't.

Luke 12: 49 - 53; Matthew 10: 34 - 36; Mark 10: 38.
"Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, two against three. Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." Jesus was telling the people that when you come face to face with Him, you have to make a decision. You either will believe and follow Him or you won't. This is the same decision that we have to make today. You either believe that Jesus is who He says He is or you don't. The last post shows how we as believer's feel about Baptism. Baptism was supposed to unite us as like minded Christians, but we cannot even agree on how it should be administered. Satan enjoys it when Christians fight amongst ourselves because we are not focusing on Satan but fighting with ourselves. We can not fight united against Satan when we are too busy fighting with one another.

Jesus would not be happy if He came back now and sees His people fighting amongst themselves.
We are supposed to be united against Satan. That is supposed to be our fight, not fighting one another. We have many denominations because we feel that our way is better than someone elses. We as believer's are to Lift up Jesus and follow His commands. Jesus was talking to the unbeliever's, but we being human have applied this teaching to ourselves, without knowing it.