Along with earlier post of do we love God or man more, is this.....
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[c]
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Dan, world, what is your answer ?
Matthew 10 : 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[c]
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Dan, world, what is your answer ?
How hard it is for the righteous to enter the kingdom.
ReplyDeleteJesus lived out the question you posed in Gethsemane. So much so, that his sweat was like drops of blood. Continually he said, "Not my will but yours be done Father" in great anguish and sorrow. But for the joy set before him...
Peter denied Christ three times as told to his face. Which way, God or man, did he go? Yet the Peter afterwards is a giant compared to the Peter before; he could not have known that he would rise again; his hope died with Christ.
But if God is able to turn the worst into our best, and resurrect the dead, how much more can he do for you and me?
I hope this helps, you've got me thinking.