THE TEACHING
LUKE 12:49-53

Luke 12:49-53: "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled; I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!  Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?  No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one 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 mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daugher-in-law against her mother-in-law."

The incident that occurred between the messengers of Jesus and the Samaritan villager provides Jesus the opportunity to teach his disciples about his role as separator among the people.