“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:26 KJV
Jesus says here that following Him is a calculated commitment that redefines relationships! Delicate relationships are most vulnerable. It means that your immediate family might not prove to be your strongest support - you probably oppose their complete sentiment. Whether it be your father, your mother, your wife, your sisters, your brothers and even your own life, everything is redefined! In Hebraic metaphor love implied a strong positive attachment and hate, merely a less love - indicating that we put Jesus above every other relationship. Earlier He had stated that His mother and immediate family are those who who keep hearing and consistently engage His Word without being hesitant. After Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, Paul was able to write that “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named”. We, who believe in Jesus the Christ come in to the family of God, the only true Blood connection we have and love Him above every other relationship! Amen!
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