Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Mat 10:37 He 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.
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WHY are we told to HATE? Isn't that contradictory to loving? I know we've study this before but it bears further studying.
Truly if we put ANYONE before God in our affection we've placed them in the wrong order for a truly spiritual life.
Our love for God must reign supreme. God give us the only true ability to love so when we love with OUR love it's faulty. Loving with GOD'S love is a pure love we can never possess without Him.
When we say- I love you to someone we are telling them that with the love God gives us, we are loving them. God needs to be FIRST. God allows us to love.
Contemplating all of this is a good thing, because it's so easy to get caught up in ourselves in so many ways- little and big- and we scarcely notice.
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'The failure of many is to seek from man what can be found only in God.
All human affection is empty; the love of God alone is able to fully satisfy one’s desire.
The moment a Christian seeks a love outside God his spiritual life immediately falls.
We can only live by the love of God. What then? Does this indicate we need not love man? The Bible repeatedly charges us to love the brethren and even to love our enemies. Accordingly we know it is not God’s will we should not love man, but He does desire to manage our affection towards all men.
God does not want us to love others for our sake but to love for His sake and in Him. Our natural likes and dislikes do not have any part here; natural affection must lose its power.' Excerpt The Spiritual Man- by Watchman Nee
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More tomorrow by the grace and will of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST- may we strive to LOVE HIM first and foremost, knowing only then we can truly love others.
Luk 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luk 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Mat 10:37 He 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.
*******
WHY are we told to HATE? Isn't that contradictory to loving? I know we've study this before but it bears further studying.
Truly if we put ANYONE before God in our affection we've placed them in the wrong order for a truly spiritual life.
Our love for God must reign supreme. God give us the only true ability to love so when we love with OUR love it's faulty. Loving with GOD'S love is a pure love we can never possess without Him.
When we say- I love you to someone we are telling them that with the love God gives us, we are loving them. God needs to be FIRST. God allows us to love.
Contemplating all of this is a good thing, because it's so easy to get caught up in ourselves in so many ways- little and big- and we scarcely notice.
*******
'The failure of many is to seek from man what can be found only in God.
All human affection is empty; the love of God alone is able to fully satisfy one’s desire.
The moment a Christian seeks a love outside God his spiritual life immediately falls.
We can only live by the love of God. What then? Does this indicate we need not love man? The Bible repeatedly charges us to love the brethren and even to love our enemies. Accordingly we know it is not God’s will we should not love man, but He does desire to manage our affection towards all men.
God does not want us to love others for our sake but to love for His sake and in Him. Our natural likes and dislikes do not have any part here; natural affection must lose its power.' Excerpt The Spiritual Man- by Watchman Nee
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More tomorrow by the grace and will of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST- may we strive to LOVE HIM first and foremost, knowing only then we can truly love others.
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