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If Luke 12:49-56 feels offensive, remember: the cross is always scandal before it is comfort.
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See PlansLuke 12:49-56 calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 29:1, 4-7 challenges spiritual passivity—grace is not an excuse to stay unchanged—today, not someday.