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NASB | Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]--he cannot be My disciple. |
Subject: Did Jesus teach hate? |
Bible Note: Amen. And doesn't he deserve it?!? Jesus is God, and one of his attributes is that he is inscrutable. Can we understand how he can be everywhere, know everything, do anything? Can we understand how he can walk through walls and how before Abraham was, he is? No man ever spoke like that man. No man could do what he could do because, as you said, he is the God-man. Ever facet of his life, and every statement that he made requires reflection, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to get the gist of it. Sometimes we wonder whether we will ever plumb the depths of it. When we get deep we tend to get overwhelmed, and that's when our knees get weak enough to bow and our spirits are lifted into worship. But all of his words are true, and everything the prophets wrote of him is true. He is the Prince of Peace. That's what Isaiah said. He is in charge of it and he alone can say, “My peace I give unto you”. Some other people say “Peace. Peace” just before destruction. But he gives a peace that no one can take away. He also brings a sword, and when you reflect on it you will see that there is no confusion there. He gives us peace, peace beyond comprehension, and yet so real to experience. It is a personal peace. And strangely enough, that is the very reason some people will turn against us, even hate us. That sometimes might include even members of our families. The sword means that people will be against us even to the point of killing us. But our experience is that we have peace in the midst of all that. If you can differentiate between inner, personal peace, and interpersonal peace, then I think you’ve got it. |