“He who loves his father or mother more than Me
is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughter more than Me
is not worthy of Me.
“And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me
is not worthy of Me.
“He who finds his life will lose it,
and he who loses his life for My sake
will find it.
“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
Matthew 10:36-40“He who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.”
Quite the statement.
Jesus in this paragraph is sending out His disciples. He is telling them what to expect, He lays everything on the line. He makes it clear that what He is and what He is teaching is controversial.
He also makes it very clear, they have to make up their minds who they will serve.
Jesus states clearly,
“He who loves his father or mother more than Me
is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughter more than Me
is not worthy of Me.”
We may have to chose between our family and God.In North America, we rarely hear of such a thing happening, but in some cultures coming to know Christ gets you cast out of the family, at the very least.
It could get you put in jail or even put to death.
We here in North American and the western world are blessed at this moment in time. We have freedom to worship and even if our families may disagree with us, they usually accept us.
In many ways, that freedom is a double-edged sword, because we may not take our commitment to Christ seriously enough. Tending to give Him second best in our lives.
There are times in our lives when we have to skip a church service or event for the sake of a family event, but such events should I believe be rare.
Generally most family events come at times late enough for us to catch morning church service. We should if at all possible attend at least one Sunday service even when we are away from our home church.
There are times when our job gets in the way. But if it starts getting in the way too much we should reconsider where we are working?
I know, I work for myself and because I’m in children’s entertainment most of my work is on weekends, Saturday or Sunday.
I however am fortunate in that most of the time I can arrange our Sunday work to fall between services at our home church.
On the rare times I can’t I listen to a service on television or radio. Taping a service if necessary.
I strongly feel Christ should be number one in our lives. .
Something to think about:
We must love Christ so much, that it shows to the world around us in word and deed. Our life must be in Christ, and revolve around Him,”
How dedicated to Christ is your life?
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