This little daily blurb kinda goes along with the What would you do thread.
Terry
I N F I N I T E S U P P L Y
Sunday, November 06, 2005
by Chip Brogden
http://www.watchman.net/articles/hate.html
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"If any man come to Me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also,
he cannot be My disciple" (Luke 14:26).
I have seen a lot of altar calls, but never in my life have I ever seen
an altar call based on Luke 14:26. Why not? Because no one would respond!
What is Jesus talking about? He is talking about a holy hatred. Becoming
a disciple means Jesus will have the preeminence in my life from this
moment forward. "Preeminence" means the first, the highest, the best,
the supreme, the most favored place. It means putting Him before everyone
and everything else, even those most dearest to me. It means giving up
all my rights and demands, hating my own life and giving it over to Him.
It is the death of Self. Jesus will not be thrust in a corner, or
relegated to a couple of hours on Sunday morning, while we live any way
we please under the delusion that we are "saved." Either He is Lord OF
all, or He is not Lord AT all.
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"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you
ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org
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