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  • Essay / Reflection Paper - 1006

    I have a baptism to be baptized; and how constrained I am until this is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in a house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (Luke 12:49-53) Jesus' life, message and mission were certainly divisive; It was accepted by some and rejected by others. Today, He continues to establish divisions for the same reasons. When we truly embrace Christ, our desire is for God's will to be done and for us to personally and corporately please God. However, those around us can strive to live and behave according to their own pleasures and not God's. This can lead to serious