"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:26
Hate in Luke 14:26 means "love less by comparison." If our love for our parents interferes with worshipping and obeying God properly, we do not genuinely love Him. Matthew 10:37 shows that Christ refers to those who place their father or mother above God in obedience and reverence; this is idolatry. The time may come when it is no longer necessary or right for us to obey our parents. Even so, we should never cease to honor them. Honor indicates a high respect for their worth, high esteem, and reverence. Without this, we cannot properly revere God. Just as our parents corrected us, so also God corrects us. As a result we honor and respect our parents, which is a shadow of our subjection to the Father.
The word "hate" is not an absolute term but a relative one. He is establishing a comparison: "You have to love Me more than mother, father, wife, children, brother, sister." We have to put Christ first; we have to love Him more than the others.
The word "hate" is not an absolute term but a relative one. He is establishing a comparison: "You have to love Me more than mother, father, wife, children, brother, sister." We have to put Christ first; we have to love Him more than the others.
But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are THESE WHO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND DO IT." (Luke 8:21 NKJ)
But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who HEAR the word of God AND DO it." (Luke 8:21 NKJ)
ReplyDeleteGOD OV-A EVERYTHING!
THE HOLY CREATOR OF ALL. HE READS THE "HEART" AND "KNOWS" ALL THINGS!
PRAISE YAH, ALL YE PEOPLE.
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.(1 John 3:1 NKJ)
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