TEXT: LUKE 12:49-53

TITLE:
WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE. IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU HAVE

INTRODUCTION
A. Place your focus on God’s kingdom, first  ​

B. Then, you will get everything else  ​

C. Note: Placing your focus on God’s Kingdom is not just about getting “stuff”  ​
D. Placing your focus on God’s Kingdom is about doing what God desires ​

E. Two Questions: ​
1. What does God desire?
Matthew 6:10,  10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is
                             in heaven.
2. How do we pursue it?
Matthew 11:12,  12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the  
                               kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent      
                               take it by force.
 
* (As the kingdom of God advances, so does the violence against it)
 
WHY DID JESUS COME?

A. Jesus came to save the world  ​

B. Jesus came to set the world on fire  ​
1. NKJV  49 “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already
                kindled (kindled = lit)
2. NLT  49 “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already
               burning!
 
DID JESUS COME TO BRING PEACE?

A. Jesus is the Prince of Peace  ​

1. Isaiah 9:6,  6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the                    
                    government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be
                    called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
                    Father, Prince of Peace.

2. Acts 10:36,  36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel,
                    preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all

3. Ephesians 2:14, 17,  14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both
                    one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
                    17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off
                    and to those who were near.

B. Jesus is the Prince of Peace, Jesus is peace and Jesus preached peace  ​

C. However, Jesus did not come to bring peace, He came to bring division  ​