WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360 And we should remember that as Jesus says these things, he was surrounded by a huge crowd of many thousands. 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:13.880 ! And within this crowd is quite the variety. There are Pharisees. There's Jesus' disciples. 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:19.900 ! There's many who are just here to see Jesus and to hear what he has to say. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.240 We're in Luke chapter 12, verse 49. 00:00:25.980 --> 00:00:27.359 And Jesus says this, 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:36.399 I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled. 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:46.140 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.739 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No. 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:56.219 But division. 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:02.820 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other. 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:05.439 Three against two. 00:01:06.460 --> 00:01:07.900 And two against three. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.500 They will be divided. 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.780 Father against son. 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:15.200 And son against father. 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:17.879 Mother against daughter. 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.500 And daughter against mother. 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:23.539 Mother-in-law against daughter-in-law. 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:27.159 And daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:30.399 He said to the crowd, 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:33.899 When you see a cloud rising in the west, 00:01:34.620 --> 00:01:35.799 immediately you say, 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:37.259 It's going to rain. 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:39.039 And it does. 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.740 And when the south wind blows, 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:42.280 you say, 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:43.740 It's going to be hot. 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:45.740 And it is. 00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:48.460 Hypocrites. 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:54.120 You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. 00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:59.000 How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:04.540 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? 00:02:06.219 --> 00:02:09.099 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.979 try hard to be reconciled on the way. 00:02:12.819 --> 00:02:15.900 Or your adversary may drag you off to the judge. 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.599 And the judge turn you over to the officer. 00:02:20.699 --> 00:02:23.479 And the officer throw you into prison. 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:25.479 I tell you, 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:26.939 you will not get out 00:02:26.939 --> 00:02:28.679 until you have paid 00:02:28.679 --> 00:02:30.120 the last penny. 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:37.079 So Jesus speaks briefly on three different subjects here. 00:02:37.959 --> 00:02:40.799 First, he makes a statement about why he has come 00:02:40.799 --> 00:02:44.000 and the effect that it will have on people's relationships. 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.299 Second, he rebukes many 00:02:47.299 --> 00:02:48.979 for their hypocrisy. 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.019 And third, he offers a specific 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:53.500 word of wisdom 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:55.420 to those who are in conflict 00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:56.680 with others. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:58.360 And I'd like to work through 00:02:58.360 --> 00:02:59.740 these three pieces 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:01.360 in reverse order. 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:03.680 So we're going to start with the last one 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:05.660 in verse 58. 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:08.800 Here Jesus offers 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:10.600 a very specific word of wisdom 00:03:10.600 --> 00:03:14.740 to those who are in conflict with others. 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:16.060 As you're going 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:17.480 with your adversary 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:18.820 to the magistrate, 00:03:19.320 --> 00:03:21.700 try hard to be reconciled on the way. 00:03:22.020 --> 00:03:23.920 Or your adversary 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:25.100 may drag you off 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:25.820 to the judge 00:03:25.820 --> 00:03:27.600 and the judge 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:28.260 turn you over 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:29.100 to the officer 00:03:29.100 --> 00:03:31.219 and the officer 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:32.860 throw you into prison. 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:35.280 I tell you, 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:37.060 you will not get out 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:38.420 until you have paid 00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:39.180 the last penny. 00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:42.180 So this is a very specific 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:43.180 kind 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:44.420 of conflict. 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:46.060 We have a person 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00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:13.240 until you have paid 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:14.080 the last penny. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.439 And so as we listen 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:17.180 to his words 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:17.800 we're probably 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:18.699 envisioning someone 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:19.360 who's failed 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:20.360 to make payments 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:21.819 on a debt 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:23.980 and now the accuser 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:24.639 has kind of 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:25.720 come to collect 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:26.340 what is owed. 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:28.780 And Jesus says, 00:04:28.900 --> 00:04:29.580 as you're going 00:04:29.580 --> 00:04:30.560 with the accuser 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:31.740 to the magistrate, 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:33.000 that's like 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:34.800 a civil judge 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:35.699 or kind of like 00:04:35.699 --> 00:04:37.040 in a small claims court, 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:38.520 as you're going 00:04:38.520 --> 00:04:39.400 with the accuser 00:04:39.400 --> 00:04:40.319 to the magistrate, 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:41.420 try hard 00:04:41.420 --> 00:04:43.280 to be reconciled 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:43.819 on the way. 00:04:44.819 --> 00:04:46.060 Make an effort 00:04:46.060 --> 00:04:46.860 to settle 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:49.120 with your accuser 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:50.280 on the way. 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:52.860 Settle before 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:54.740 you get to the magistrate. 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:56.540 Jesus is giving us 00:04:56.540 --> 00:04:57.080 some wisdom. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:04:59.280 Before the conflict 00:04:59.280 --> 00:04:59.920 progresses 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:00.960 into any kind 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:02.439 of legal hearing, 00:05:02.900 --> 00:05:03.840 make an effort 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:05.100 to resolve the conflict 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.120 just between you 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.060 and that person 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:08.480 bringing a charge 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:09.160 against you. 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:11.139 And it comes 00:05:11.139 --> 00:05:11.899 with this warning 00:05:11.899 --> 00:05:13.039 of what could happen 00:05:13.039 --> 00:05:14.539 if we fail 00:05:14.539 --> 00:05:15.360 to settle things 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:16.479 before it gets 00:05:16.479 --> 00:05:18.000 to that legal situation. 00:05:19.979 --> 00:05:21.079 So he says, 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:22.819 try hard 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:26.659 to be reconciled 00:05:26.659 --> 00:05:27.300 on the way 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:29.019 or your adversary 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:29.979 may drag you off 00:05:29.979 --> 00:05:30.639 to the judge 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:31.919 and the judge 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:32.439 turn you over 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:33.240 to the officer 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:34.019 and the officer 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:35.319 throw you into prison. 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:37.639 Notice how quickly 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meet that 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.159 then your accuser 00:06:03.159 --> 00:06:04.479 can now force you 00:06:04.479 --> 00:06:04.959 to appear 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:05.919 before the judge 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:07.539 perhaps the judge 00:06:07.539 --> 00:06:08.039 that's sort of 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:09.040 the next level up 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:10.439 and then things 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:11.240 are very soon 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:12.220 out of control. 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:13.720 The judge 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:14.480 gives his verdict 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:15.220 hands you over 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:16.540 to the officer 00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:17.780 or kind of like 00:06:17.780 --> 00:06:18.500 our modern day 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:18.980 bailiff. 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:20.020 The bailiff 00:06:20.020 --> 00:06:21.760 throws you 00:06:21.760 --> 00:06:22.340 into prison 00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:24.620 and the way 00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:25.320 things that worked 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further. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:16.639 Or we 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:17.039 could apply 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:17.639 this generally 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:18.179 to how we 00:09:18.179 --> 00:09:18.679 handle our 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:19.120 financial 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:19.740 problems. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:21.299 That's 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:21.620 what the 00:09:21.620 --> 00:09:22.019 parables 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:22.899 or the 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:23.860 wisdoms 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:24.500 related to 00:09:24.500 --> 00:09:25.500 here. 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:26.600 A wise 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:27.199 person of 00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:27.860 course avoids 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:28.339 borrowing 00:09:28.339 --> 00:09:28.939 if at all 00:09:28.939 --> 00:09:29.439 possible 00:09:29.439 --> 00:09:29.980 from the 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.399 get-go. 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:31.799 As Solomon 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:32.360 said the 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:33.120 borrower is 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.159 slave to 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:34.579 the lender. 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:36.299 But then 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:37.000 probably most 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:37.459 people have 00:09:37.459 --> 00:09:37.899 not really 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:38.339 lived by 00:09:38.339 --> 00:09:38.819 that and 00:09:38.819 --> 00:09:39.339 we have 00:09:39.339 --> 00:09:39.799 debts. 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:41.399 And what 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:41.620 do we 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:41.919 do? 00:09:42.439 --> 00:09:42.779 Well 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:44.179 we sort 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:44.559 of do the 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:44.939 best we 00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:45.339 can to 00:09:45.339 --> 00:09:45.919 juggle all 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:46.419 the bills 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:46.759 and the 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:47.179 payments 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:47.779 with the 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:48.240 money that's 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:48.819 coming in. 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:51.200 But here's 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:51.640 the rub. 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:53.240 We have 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:53.760 within us 00:09:53.760 --> 00:09:54.580 this impulse 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:55.320 to spend. 00:09:56.540 --> 00:09:57.280 To get 00:09:57.280 --> 00:09:58.020 things that 00:09:58.020 --> 00:09:58.379 we don't 00:09:58.379 --> 00:09:58.820 have. 00:09:59.400 --> 00:10:00.040 Things that 00:10:00.040 --> 00:10:00.360 we don't 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:01.000 really need. 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:02.379 But we 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:03.020 desire them 00:10:03.020 --> 00:10:03.980 so strongly 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:05.900 and then we 00:10:05.900 --> 00:10:06.700 just we do 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:06.840 it. 00:10:06.920 --> 00:10:07.500 We go against 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:07.920 our better 00:10:07.920 --> 00:10:08.680 judgment and 00:10:08.680 --> 00:10:09.320 we reason to 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:09.920 ourselves oh 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:10.220 it'll be 00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:10.580 alright. 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:11.260 I know I 00:10:11.260 --> 00:10:12.080 probably can't 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:12.560 afford this 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:13.120 thing but 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.700 we'll manage 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:15.280 it somehow. 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:15.379 wow. 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:17.360 And then 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:17.720 something 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:18.740 unexpected 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:19.600 happens and 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:20.220 one day 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.639 there's not 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:22.279 enough to 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:22.600 pay the 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.879 bills when 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:24.199 they come 00:10:24.199 --> 00:10:24.439 due. 00:10:25.819 --> 00:10:26.399 And then 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:26.740 the phone 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:27.419 starts ringing 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:29.039 and it's 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:30.519 the bank 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:31.539 or the 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:31.939 company. 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:33.759 And in 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:34.519 principle this 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:35.319 same scenario 00:10:35.319 --> 00:10:35.919 that Jesus 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.659 describes can 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:37.259 play itself 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:37.799 out in our 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:38.179 lives. 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:39.919 We might 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:40.279 not be 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:40.699 thrown in 00:10:40.699 --> 00:10:41.620 jail in 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:42.159 our culture 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:43.500 but we 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:43.919 might have 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:44.579 companies that 00:10:44.579 --> 00:10:44.959 are unwilling 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:45.519 to provide 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:46.360 services to 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:46.639 us. 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:48.320 We might 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:48.800 have SAS 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:49.620 power threatening 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:50.280 to cut the 00:10:50.280 --> 00:10:51.019 power off 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:52.360 or the bank 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:52.920 telling us 00:10:52.920 --> 00:10:53.280 that they're 00:10:53.280 --> 00:10:53.920 foreclosing. 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:55.920 Or we 00:10:55.920 --> 00:10:56.660 might look 00:10:56.660 --> 00:10:56.940 out the 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:57.420 window to 00:10:57.420 --> 00:10:57.820 see our 00:10:57.820 --> 00:10:58.580 vehicle being 00:10:58.580 --> 00:10:59.540 taken away 00:10:59.540 --> 00:11:00.900 repossessed. 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:02.580 Our reputation 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:02.980 in our 00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:03.759 community can 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:04.280 be ruined. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:05.940 Maybe you 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:06.379 know someone 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:06.800 who's been 00:11:06.800 --> 00:11:07.600 through bankruptcy 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:08.780 or had their 00:11:08.780 --> 00:11:09.840 wages garnished 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:10.800 or their 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:12.259 vehicle repossessed. 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:15.019 make an 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:16.220 effort to 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:16.700 settle 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:17.840 says Jesus 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:18.559 before it 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:18.939 gets out 00:11:18.939 --> 00:11:19.319 of hand. 00:11:20.319 --> 00:11:21.039 Try hard 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:22.120 before it 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.539 gets to 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:23.220 that legal 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:24.279 situation. 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:26.759 That's the 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.539 first piece 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:28.259 of wisdom 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:29.279 that Jesus 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:29.720 gives 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:32.600 or the 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:32.980 first one 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:33.240 that we're 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:33.720 looking at 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:33.980 anyway. 00:11:34.139 --> 00:11:34.480 Let's now 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:34.960 look at what 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:35.580 Jesus said 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:36.179 before all 00:11:36.179 --> 00:11:36.600 this in 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:36.980 the verses 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.539 prior 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:39.199 starting in 00:11:39.199 --> 00:11:40.000 verse 54. 00:11:41.459 --> 00:11:42.279 Jesus said 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:42.559 to the 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:43.019 crowd when 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:43.519 you see a 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.299 cloud rising 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:44.879 in the west 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.759 immediately you 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:46.819 say it's 00:11:46.819 --> 00:11:47.179 going to 00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:47.459 rain. 00:11:48.620 --> 00:11:49.259 And it 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.599 does. 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:51.500 And when 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:51.899 the south 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:52.399 wind blows 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:52.939 you say it's 00:11:52.939 --> 00:11:53.299 going to be 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:53.659 hot. 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.399 And it 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:55.799 is. 00:11:57.819 --> 00:11:58.319 Hypocrites 00:11:58.319 --> 00:12:00.459 you know 00:12:00.459 --> 00:12:00.879 how to 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.480 interpret the 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.039 appearance of 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:02.519 the earth 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.620 and the 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.000 sky. 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:05.699 How is it 00:12:05.699 --> 00:12:05.980 that you 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:06.459 don't know 00:12:06.459 --> 00:12:06.860 how to 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:07.279 interpret 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:08.019 this present 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:08.480 time? 00:12:10.959 --> 00:12:11.819 This is a 00:12:11.819 --> 00:12:12.419 rebuke from 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:12.779 Jesus. 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.740 He straight 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:15.360 up calls 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:15.720 them 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:16.679 hypocrites. 00:12:18.319 --> 00:12:18.919 Normally 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.459 that word 00:12:19.459 --> 00:12:20.000 brings to 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:20.959 mind a 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:21.500 person who 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.100 says one 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:23.839 thing and 00:12:23.839 --> 00:12:24.220 then does 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:24.559 another. 00:12:25.459 --> 00:12:26.319 A person 00:12:26.319 --> 00:12:26.919 who calls 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:27.559 people to 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:27.980 a certain 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:28.740 standard of 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.159 righteousness 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:29.879 but then 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:31.019 doesn't live 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.539 that way 00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:32.039 themselves. 00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:34.759 And that's 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.000 right. 00:12:35.079 --> 00:12:35.600 That is what 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:35.939 the word 00:12:35.939 --> 00:12:36.360 means. 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.440 But the 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:37.980 word can 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:39.539 also have 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.000 this very 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:40.759 strong idea 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.320 of being 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:42.000 an actor. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:43.960 Being a 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:44.480 pretender. 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:46.899 And Jesus 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:47.399 seems to 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:47.840 say that 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:48.180 they're 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:49.419 pretending 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:50.259 that they 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:50.600 don't 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.379 understand the 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:51.659 present 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:52.019 time. 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:54.820 This is 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:55.680 the pinnacle 00:12:55.680 --> 00:12:57.399 moment in 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.300 the story of 00:12:58.300 --> 00:12:58.779 the world. 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:00.360 And especially 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:01.039 in the story 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:01.820 of God and 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:02.399 his people. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:02.439 people. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.120 As we've 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.699 seen God 00:13:04.699 --> 00:13:05.179 has given 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:05.819 countless 00:13:05.819 --> 00:13:07.419 signs that 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:08.059 this is it. 00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:09.600 That his 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:10.319 son Jesus 00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.199 is the 00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:11.620 Messiah. 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.639 He is the 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:13.000 son of 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:13.299 God. 00:13:15.579 --> 00:13:16.579 He is the 00:13:16.579 --> 00:13:17.159 savior that 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.679 we need. 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.579 And God 00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.319 has unleashed 00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:21.059 his power in 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:21.639 all kinds of 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.100 miracles, 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:22.919 wonders, 00:13:23.699 --> 00:13:24.579 exorcisms, 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:25.360 healings. 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.500 And some 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:27.960 are seeing 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.580 these signs 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.539 and recognizing 00:13:29.539 --> 00:13:30.620 that the 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.060 time of 00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:31.379 God's 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:31.740 fulfillment 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.340 is here. 00:13:33.820 --> 00:13:34.659 But many 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.120 are sort 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.600 of faking 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:37.820 ignorance. 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.600 They're 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.080 pretending 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:40.759 or acting 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.139 as if 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:41.940 nothing too 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.539 special 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.919 is happening. 00:13:45.180 --> 00:13:45.940 As if 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:46.240 nothing 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:47.139 conclusive 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:48.360 is going 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:48.740 on. 00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:50.980 We've 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.300 heard how 00:13:51.300 --> 00:13:51.899 the Pharisees 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.340 will stop 00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:52.800 at nothing 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:53.639 to explain 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.500 away the 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.139 miracles of 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.439 Jesus. 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:55.759 Oh, 00:13:56.199 --> 00:13:56.639 he did 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.019 that by 00:13:57.019 --> 00:13:57.539 the power 00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:57.919 of the 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:58.220 devil. 00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.860 Or he 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.299 did that 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.740 on the 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.039 Sabbath 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.439 day. 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.299 But we 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:03.620 don't even 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.100 really know 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:04.559 who his 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.240 father is, 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:05.639 so how 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.019 can we 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.679 trust anything 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:07.279 he says? 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.779 And Jesus 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:10.299 is calling 00:14:10.299 --> 00:14:10.759 them on the 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.299 carpet here. 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:11.659 He says, 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.080 you guys 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:13.059 are pretenders. 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.899 You guys 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.379 are able 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.120 to discern 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:17.819 what the 00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:18.199 weather's 00:14:18.199 --> 00:14:18.460 going to 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:18.960 do based 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.600 on the 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.100 telltale 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.659 signs. 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:23.000 And so 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:24.899 you're 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.399 able to 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.039 understand 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:27.120 what God 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.579 is doing 00:14:27.579 --> 00:14:28.399 right now 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.360 because you 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.120 see the 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:30.600 telltale 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:31.159 signs. 00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:33.600 You're 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.019 pretending 00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.459 that you 00:14:34.459 --> 00:14:34.879 don't know 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.139 what's 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.879 going on. 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.120 But you 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.539 do know. 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.139 You're 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.720 deliberately 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.679 refusing to 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.079 acknowledge 00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:46.139 the times 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:46.519 that we're 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:46.740 in. 00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:48.659 You're 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.319 refusing to 00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:49.720 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00:29:15.839 in 00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.019 this 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.359 world 00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.940 I 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.460 desire 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.700 to 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:17.940 bring 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.139 the 00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.579 purging 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.599 ! 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:18.779 and 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.139 cleansing 00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.579 fire 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.859 to 00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.079 it 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.240 it 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.059 distresses 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.240 me 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.719 deeply 00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.000 but 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.339 there's 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.699 something 00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:23.919 I 00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.199 must 00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:24.459 do 00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:24.959 first 00:29:24.959 --> 00:29:28.039 in 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.159 the 00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.299 book 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.459 of 00:29:28.459 --> 00:29:28.740 James 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:28.939 we 00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.159 read 00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.339 that 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.719 God's 00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:30.339 mercy 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:32.199 triumphs 00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.619 over 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.059 judgment 00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:35.000 he 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.219 could 00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.480 make 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.819 all 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.039 the 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.259 sin 00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.439 and 00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.959 evil 00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.199 go 00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.459 away 00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:37.599 in 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:37.740 an 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.159 instant 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:39.179 in 00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.299 a 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.619 blaze 00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:39.779 of 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.099 fire 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:42.219 but 00:29:42.219 --> 00:29:42.379 his 00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.879 mercy 00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.199 is 00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.579 even 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.339 greater 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.599 his 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.179 compassion 00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:45.619 is 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.019 even 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.619 stronger 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.339 than 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.539 his 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.959 desire 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.400 to bring 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.940 justice 00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.579 he 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.160 doesn't 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.460 want 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.740 us 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:50.960 to 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.400 perish 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.539 even 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.720 though 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:53.880 we 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.200 deserve 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.500 it 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.660 we 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.840 should 00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.059 not 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.400 for a 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.640 moment 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.940 think 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.120 that 00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.420 God 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.559 would 00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.740 be 00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.279 happy 00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.559 to 00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.860 watch 00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.039 us 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.380 burn 00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:02.760 God 00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:02.760 00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:03.340 pleasure 00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.680 in 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:03.860 our 00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.480 destruction 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.680 listen 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:05.860 to 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.000 what 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.240 God 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.540 said 00:30:06.540 --> 00:30:06.720 through 00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:06.880 the 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.200 prophet 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.720 Ezekiel 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.980 long 00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.280 ago 00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:08.720 Ezekiel 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.260 33 00:30:09.260 --> 00:30:09.560 verse 00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:09.940 11 00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:13.540 God 00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.900 is not 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:17.320 malicious 00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:17.320 00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:28.900 God is not 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.340 malicious 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:33.439 because he is compassionate and loving 00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:35.879 he does not delight in our destruction. 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:39.220 It would satisfy his justice, yes 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:41.399 but he would rather we repent 00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:43.419 and be reconciled to him. 00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:50.259 Jesus longing to bring fire upon the earth 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:53.220 reflects his justness 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:55.019 and his righteousness 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:59.639 but his mercy and his love 00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:03.299 constrains him to let that longing go unfulfilled 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.980 until he has provided the way of escape 00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:09.259 for all who will repent and believe. 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:15.019 It's like this world is infected by a deadly contagion 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:19.299 that just continues to spread and wreak havoc. 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.940 It doesn't just affect our bodies 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:24.879 but it affects our minds and our hearts 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.260 and even our souls. 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:31.240 And the only option to fully and finally clean up the mess 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.600 is the nuclear option. 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:36.160 It's to wipe out the population entirely 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.920 and eventually it must be done. 00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:42.540 But before God does it 00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:43.860 he offers us the cure 00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:46.660 a way to be saved 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:51.560 and Jesus is and has the cure 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.399 to this deadly virus. 00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:55.819 He's holding open the door for us 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.839 to receive it. 00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:58.480 He's the only bomb shelter 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.940 where we can find 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.559 safety from the blast 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.940 and he's inviting us in. 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.359 And yet many are stubborn 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:09.940 and refuse 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.419 to listen. 00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:16.600 The last few verses of this section 00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.380 are sobering. 00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.880 Jesus states that 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.160 he's not come to bring peace on earth 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:23.880 but division. 00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:26.700 And these words make us think 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:28.560 because there's a lot 00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:31.779 about how Jesus, the Messiah, 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.720 will bring peace. 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:35.640 Think about those words 00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.839 we hear at Christmas time 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.400 every year 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.039 about how Jesus is the prince of peace. 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.900 Peace on earth 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.900 to those on whom his favor rests. 00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:49.160 Peace among the nations 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:52.720 and that peace will come. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:56.079 But here in Luke's gospel 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.940 Jesus is talking very specifically 00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.779 about how 00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.960 his coming brings division 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.000 within families. 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.519 And it's not that Jesus 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.799 wants that division 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.079 in families. 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:12.140 It's that Jesus is so polarizing 00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:13.640 as we've seen. 00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:15.299 Some believe in him 00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.279 and accept him 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.420 but many just stubbornly 00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.279 reject him. 00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:22.579 And so as Jesus stays true 00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:24.000 to what he has come to do 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:26.079 which is to proclaim 00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.539 the word of God to us 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:30.539 this mixed response 00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.559 is inevitable. 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:35.399 Families must be divided. 00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:38.379 And Jesus knows this 00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.899 because some will respond 00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:41.119 in faith and repentance 00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.720 while others will not. 00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.279 They will not accept him. 00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.359 And so there will be 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.019 some families 00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.000 where only two 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.819 of the five believe. 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.559 Or where three 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:56.019 embrace Jesus 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.960 of the five 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.559 but two do not. 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.640 He says there will be 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.299 some families 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.940 where a father 00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:05.420 follows him 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:07.500 but a son 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.039 will not. 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.460 Or where a son 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.400 embraces him 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:14.119 but the father 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.679 will not. 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.880 Probably all of us 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.840 have some family 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.699 if not immediate 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:22.519 then extended 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:24.500 where we see this 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.119 to be true. 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:27.920 rare 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:29.219 is that family 00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:30.299 where every member 00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.719 in it 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.460 has fully 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.739 embraced Jesus 00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:34.239 and is following 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.699 Jesus. 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:37.819 This is how it must be 00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:39.319 says Jesus. 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:41.139 He knows 00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:42.219 that his ministry 00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:43.719 of speaking God's word 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:45.359 will have this effect. 00:34:46.859 --> 00:34:48.239 And if that's the case 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.139 in your family 00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.699 this morning 00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.659 if you know someone 00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.559 that's on your heart 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:53.179 we must hold on 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.819 to that truth 00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.579 that God takes 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.399 no pleasure 00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:57.259 in the death 00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:58.359 of the wicked 00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:59.659 and he desires 00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.199 all 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.899 to come to repentance. 00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:03.819 Let's not give up 00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.179 praying 00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.839 for the salvation 00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.879 of our loved ones. 00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.500 Even 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.839 the family 00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.480 of Jesus 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.359 the earthly family 00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:13.839 of Jesus 00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:14.539 was divided 00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.119 over him. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.739 There were moments 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:20.159 where his mother 00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.199 and his brothers 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.639 all opposed him 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.460 John tells us 00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.199 that even 00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:27.000 his own brothers 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.799 did not believe 00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.199 in him. 00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.940 But later on 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.879 his brother James 00:35:32.879 --> 00:35:34.199 had a change 00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.599 of heart 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:36.759 and his mother Mary 00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.339 was numbered 00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:38.199 with 00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.779 the believers. 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.619 Jesus knows 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.199 what it's like 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.920 to have division 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.920 of the worst kind 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.960 in the family. 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.799 These words 00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.239 of Jesus 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.940 are hard. 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:53.000 but they're 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.300 true. 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.300 They help us 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.840 make sense 00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.179 of what's 00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.099 really going on 00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.800 in the grand 00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.559 story of our 00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.880 world. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.099 There is no 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.820 comfort here 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.920 for the 00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.539 unbeliever 00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.420 unless they 00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.240 turn to God 00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.000 and embrace 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.440 Jesus. 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.639 But there is 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.099 a whole lot 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.519 of clarity 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.059 for us 00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.519 who believe 00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.000 in Jesus' 00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.440 name. 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.119 God 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:16.740 helps us 00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.440 understand 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.440 the times. 00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.119 Let's pray. 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:27.859 Father we 00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:28.179 thank you 00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.579 for these 00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.960 words 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.699 and 00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.559 on the 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.079 top of our 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.519 hearts and 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.759 minds 00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.219 is those 00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:34.059 we know 00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.099 and love 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.759 who don't 00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.400 know you 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.839 and we 00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.380 ask that you 00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.799 would work 00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.519 powerfully in 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.000 their hearts 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.539 and bring them 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.159 to repentance. 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.960 Grant them 00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.440 repentance. 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.799 Fill them 00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.380 with faith. 00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.519 Open their 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.619 hearts to see 00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.420 their need 00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.840 for you 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.500 and to 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.119 respond 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.119 in accepting 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.500 you. 00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.380 Lord we 00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.860 don't like 00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.320 to think 00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.639 of the 00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.960 fire 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:02.460 but we 00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:03.480 know that's 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.900 what you've 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.380 saved us 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.720 from 00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:07.139 and we 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.680 want to see 00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.240 that in the 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.880 lives of all 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.200 we know 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.619 and love 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:11.980 so we 00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.420 just commit 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.000 those people 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.460 to you. 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:16.039 We ask 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.340 for your 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.700 grace 00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.320 for them. 00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:21.079 In Jesus 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.440 name 00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.579 Amen.