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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Bible Questions Answered: Hating Father or Mother

Bible Questions Answered:
What does it mean that we are to hate mother or father?
Mekhi/Nairobi, Kenya

Bible Answers:

The Text:
Luke 14:25-33 KJV
25 And there went great multitudes with Him: and He turned, and said unto them,
26 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.
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.


Luke 14:25-33 NLT
25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them,
26 “If you want to be My disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be My disciple.
27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow Me, you cannot be My disciple.
28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.
30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’
31 “Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him?
32 And if he can’t, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace while the enemy is still far away.
33 So you cannot become My disciple without giving up everything you own.

The message Jesus put before the people was simply,”Who or what has supremacy in your life?
Jesus was looking for cross bearers.

If His followers had a loved one, that took first place in their lives, then certainly they would at one point or another leave Him, for their loved one.
If it was their land, their homes, or their friends, then again, they would at some time leave the Lord Jesus, for the love of other people or things.

Matthew 10:37-39 KJV
37 He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it.

The subject is not so much “hate,” as it is “love.”
What is it we love, most?
Who is it we love supremely?
Who are we the most loyal too?
Who's cross are we willing to take up and follow to the death?

Throngs of people followed the Lord Jesus, for His miracles, for their curiosity etc., but why do we follow Him?
Do we follow Him, out of true devotion, even if it means bearing a cross as He bore His? We must count the cost.

To truly be a disciple of the Lord Jesus, means we must follow Him, with hearts of adoration, and absolute devotion.

Revelation 12:10,11 KJV
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

It is God's will that we follow the Lord Jesus.

I Peter 2:21 KJV
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps:

John 12:26 KJV
If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour.

Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Psalm 119:2 KJV
Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.