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Revilonivek:

--- Quote from: Kat on May 01, 2011, 12:49:23 PM ---

Jesus said, Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple
(Luke 14:33).

Earlier in this chapter Jesus Christ states;

Luke 18:29  And He said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

So it is more than just putting out all of the doctrines of man. We can not put ANYTHING before serving Jesus Christ. I remember when I was in church they would say this means you have to go into the missionary field and literally leave your family. That is not the way I see it.

In our lives obeying God must take precedence over everything else. I do not believe that means we have to literally leave these things. In another Scripture Jesus says;

Luke 14:26  "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

So is Jesus actually telling us to "hate" our family? Of course not, it is a camparison, the absolute to the relative. We have to put God so far ahead of everything and everyone that God comes absolutely first above all else. This is what Paul speaks of.

Php 3:7  But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
v. 8  Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ,

So it all comes down to this;

1John 2:15  Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

mercy, peace and love

Hi Kat,



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Excellent scriptures...Yes- I think the word for miseo for hate in Luke 14:26 is better defined as love less. It would make alot more sense, if love less is used instead of hate itself.  Because in all his scriptures, he tells us to love our enemies and so on.. so hating our parents and family doesn't make sense.. so I think what he meant is that we are to love God more than anyone else in our lives. Its all about priorities. right?

Thoughts?


Denise

Kat:

Hi Denise,

Oh yes our priorities take a major shift and are being totally turned around and rearranged. He is teaching us and guiding us by the Holy Spirit to obey.

Php 3:13  Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
v. 14  I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

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