First Published Tuesday, April 5, 2011
He brought back his nephew Lot, together with Lot's possessions and the women and everyone else who had been captured.
". . . because I came to divide a man against his father and a daughter against her mother . . . "
Note: The blog was written while I was at DisneyWorld with the entire extended family of my parents. My Dad had paid for all of us to go during Spring Break.
We have a difficult time squaring the idea of building family, and the effect of Christ's work upon families, which apparently is to divide them.
We know, as we shall see later, that Paul hated divisions among people. He called them a "heresy."
So I think that we need to be aware of the natural forces among us, which drive us apart. This happens most intensely to families. When you see it happening, realize what is going on. Next, know that divisions are going to be expected, especially in families. Satan loves family quarrels.
Finally, make your work focused on building up families. Christ draws and divides people. But that can't be helped. His work is integrally to restore the lost, to reconnect families; to rescue them from slavery, as Abram did his nephew Lot.
We know, as we shall see later, that Paul hated divisions among people. He called them a "heresy."
So I think that we need to be aware of the natural forces among us, which drive us apart. This happens most intensely to families. When you see it happening, realize what is going on. Next, know that divisions are going to be expected, especially in families. Satan loves family quarrels.
Finally, make your work focused on building up families. Christ draws and divides people. But that can't be helped. His work is integrally to restore the lost, to reconnect families; to rescue them from slavery, as Abram did his nephew Lot.
<2021 Comment. This post even generated some chatter. Here is the first remark, by Tim>:
