I Came Not to Bring Peace, but Division | Luke 12:49–53 | Difficult Saying of Jesus
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
For the most part, everyone likes the Jesus of Christmas, who brings peace on earth and goodwill to men. And they usually like the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount, who urges us to love one another and turn the other cheek. But uncontroversial people don’t get crucified. On this edition of Summit Life, we’re unpacking more of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | The difficult statement that we're going to look at this week comes from Luke chapter 12. |
| 0:04.8 | This is what Jesus says. |
| 0:06.5 | Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? |
| 0:10.8 | No. |
| 0:12.0 | No, I tell you, but division. |
| 0:15.0 | You said, no, wait a minute, not peace. |
| 0:16.4 | He came to bring division. |
| 0:17.5 | I thought Jesus was the prince of peace. |
| 0:29.5 | No. to bring division, I thought Jesus was the Prince of Peace. Welcome to the Summit Life podcast with J.D. Greer. I'm Molly Vinovich. Before we dive in today, |
| 0:35.3 | I wanted to take a quick second to tell you about a daily email |
| 0:38.6 | devotional from Pastor J.D. couldn't we all use a little encouragement first thing in the morning |
| 0:43.5 | to remind us of God's love and grace? I know the busyness of life can quickly joke out any joy |
| 0:50.1 | that we feel in our walk with God. So why not cut those weeds away each morning with a timely |
| 0:55.5 | word from the Lord? These devotionals are short, practical, and packed with truth. Sign up for this |
| 1:01.4 | free resource right now at jadie greer.com slash resources. Today, Pastor Jady continues our study |
| 1:07.9 | called The Difficult Sayings of Jesus. So grab your Bible, turn to Luke chapter 12, and let's get started. |
| 1:22.7 | Jesus was very polarizing. |
| 1:24.8 | You either loved him or you hated him. |
| 1:26.5 | At the same time that he was becoming |
| 1:28.4 | really attractive to certain people, he was becoming really repulsive to others. And so you see, |
| 1:34.0 | toward the end of his life, after he's really revealed himself, you see great crowds throwing |
| 1:38.1 | to him, and you see simultaneously other people plotting his death. That's how you know, |
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