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Excerpted from: The Wonderful Ordinance of Water BaptismPart of counting that cost is to love family and self less than God the Father and Jesus Christ. The word "hate" means, to love less. But, that is not enough; we must also forsake all our possessions, interests, and normal human desires. We have to be less interested in these things than we are in God the Father and Jesus Christ and their giving way of life.
The costs are extremely high to follow Christ. It may cost friends and family, jobs, possessions and someday even our own lives. The price may be ridicule, rejection or persecution. We must be willing to suffer persecution with enduring patience. In following Jesus Christ's example, we are to be living sacrifices. In many ways the toughest part of living God's way of life is actually going against the world, Satan and our own human nature and sin.
It is easy to look at the negative side and say, "What if I cannot do it?" The fact is we cannot do it ourselves! That is why it takes faith to be baptized. We cannot, of and by ourselves, go God's way. But with His Spirit helping, guiding and leading us, and with Jesus Christ actually living His life over in us, God promises that we can make it.
Luke 14:26
Excerpted from: Simplifying Life (Part Three): Managing Human and Spiritual RelationshipsThe Amplified Classic Edition adds further clarifying details, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother [in the sense of indifference or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters—[yes] and even his own life also—he cannot be My disciple.” Our Lord and Savior in Matthew 6:24 cautioned us that divided loyalties are dangerous and that no one can really serve two masters.
Luke 14:26
Excerpted from: Life, Fortunes, Sacred HonorThat is a pretty stiff term! Now we all understand that it does not mean literally hate. It means to love less by comparison; to be willing to put mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, and any other relative that we might have, secondary to Christ; that if there ever comes a time when our obedience is going to be in question we have to make a choice between either following Christ, or following the family. That choice is not going to be easy.
Luke 14:26
Excerpted from: Revelation 2-3 and WorksLet's go back to the book of Luke. Here is the issue not only at baptism, but also for a disciple. And that means all through his existence as a disciple:
Undertaking discipleship involves the entirety of a person's life all the time, everywhere. It is the issue in the Bible! Whether we, by our lives, are going to show that we are loyal to the Kingdom of God. This is the issue in Revelation 2 and 3.
Luke 14:25-27
Excerpted from: Love's Greatest ChallengesThis covers much the same principle of the preceding verses but in more personal relationships. This time it is right in the family. The loss of family ties, loss of family traditions—like Christmas dinner or exchanging gifts at Grandma’s house on Christmas. There could be quite a loss to extend oneself to love Christ.
Luke 14:26
Excerpted from: Loving Christ and Revelation 2:1-7The word "hate" here is not an absolute term. It's a relative term. What He is doing is establishing a comparison. He's saying, "You have to love Me more than mother, father, wife, children, brother, sister." We have to put Christ first. We have to love Him more than the others.
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