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SAA Notes
For you and me, within Time, God seems to be taking awfully long to do what He has promised. Jesus challenges us to have a good servant’s readiness in his master’s business. What is His business for you today? Consider Jesus’ distress – its causes and reasons.
SJA Notes
* Dear God, please show us how to live from Your word today.
“Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”
This can be a strange word to our ears.
Isn’t Jesus, especially as we remember Him around Christmas time, the Prince of Peace?
Did not His coming to earth herald peace on earth and goodwill toward all man?
How can He say here that it is division He brings?
This is a hard thing to wrestle with.
Jesus IS the prince of peace.
Jesus IS the bringer of division.
These two are true, both of them.
It is this way firstly because we must believe God’s word (otherwise our foundation will be sand).
One of the other reasons for why it is this way is because there are two roads in life.
One is the narrow road, and to get on it we must pass through the strait gate (Jesus).
This road ends in eternal life.
The other is a broad way, and we are born on it.
This road ends in destruction and everlasting fire.
Jesus is the key, the crux, the pivot. The salvation He brings, peace to us who were at enmity with our Creator God.
The peace He brings is for His people.
The division He brings is between His people and NOT His people.
* God Above,
Your word to us today is true.
Please help us understand You better today.
Amen.