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NASB	Exodus 32:29 Then Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD--for every man has been against his son and against his brother--in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
AMPLIFIED 2015	Exodus 32:29 Then Moses said [to the Levites], "Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD--for each man has been against his own son and his own brother [in his attempt to escape execution]--so that He may restore and bestow His blessing on you this day."

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Subject: Peace or a sword?

Bible Note: Hi Searcher, Thanks for responding. I ask some weird questions sometimes :) don't I?

What I wanted to point out in this question is the fact that we as christians need to decide for ourselves whom we are going to serve. We can not let our family members or friends, etc. keep us from dedicating ourselves to God.

The people in Exodus wanted a god or gods which they can see. Aaron sinned and said after they made the molten calf, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt." Exodus 32:4 and 8. Aaron explained to Moses, Exodus 32:23, "For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him." They erred in making a god and they erred in looking to a mere man for leadership.

Exodus 32:29 is the verse that I compare with Matthew 10:35. In Exodus "every man has been against his son and against his brother" and in Matthew "a man's enemies will be the members of his household".

Matthew 10:37, "He who loves 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."

So just as the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book." Exodus 32:33; just so Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; and A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD."

So you see, this is an important decision we make when we decide to follow Him. We dare not follow after other gods or other committments that we could make that do not include Him. This dedication to Him - forsaking all others- are "in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today." Exodus 32:29

From the heart, Ray

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