Scripture
Luke 12:49
Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10; Psalms 40:2-4,18; Hebrews 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53
Sermon Week/Year
Today’s text causes us to consider one of the real mysteries in the Gospel. Here was this man, Jesus of Nazareth, who loved people; healed people; told people how much God loved them; told them they could have wholeness of life just by saying “Yes” to God. Yet, why did the religious people, the educated people, the leading citizens of the time, reject Him instantly? Why did they murder Him? Why? What was at the root of their problem with Jesus? Why this fear, and then anger, and hatred? Some time ago, there was a national poll taken in America in which a large number of people were asked what they thought would happen if Jesus came back again. The…
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