Jesus Does Not Promise Peace On Earth

About this episode

The episode discusses Jesus' promise of division rather than peace, exploring themes of loyalty to Christ versus the world and addressing marital duties from 1 Corinthians 7.

Jesus says something that cuts straight across our instinct for comfort: He doesn’t promise peace on earth, He promises division. We sit with Luke 12 and take it seriously, not as a vague spiritual metaphor, but as a real-world warning about what happens when loyalty to Christ collides with loyalty to the world. We also read a marriage passage many people would rather avoid. From 1 Corinthians 7, we talk about mutual marital duty, self-control, agreed seasons of abstinence for prayer, and wh...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Topics covered

• faith
• division
• marriage
• loyalty
• spirituality

Keywords

• Jesus
• peace
• division
• marriage
• 1 Corinthians
• Luke
• loyalty
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 12, 1 Corinthians 7

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