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NASB | Matthew 10:32 ¶ "Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 10:32 ¶ "Therefore, the one who confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: Are you a follower of Jesus or a church? |
Bible Note: There is an interesting group of verses in Matthew that I have experienced first hand, when I first trusted in Jesus as my own personal Savior. Things have quieted down some but I still take abuse from many. Matthew 10:32-39 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37He 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. 38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. My own relatives said that I must have found religion or something; others said it’s only a phase of temporary insanity and he is becoming a Bible thumper. People can talk about God, and church, and denominations, all they want, without much flack; but when one emphasis the person and work of Jesus Christ and a living relationship with him, the adversary doesn’t like that even a little bit and he gets his dander up real quickly. 2 Tim. 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. How many have had similar experience like this when you trusted Christ, and do you still have these problems? John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. A person once made this comment, ”If you were ever arrested for believing in, and being a disciple of Jesus Christ, could they find enough hard evidence to convict you?” Notice, this isn’t asking if you attend or belong to a church or a group that professed to be Christians! Food for thought, CDBJ |