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Sunday, November 22 2009
Jesus Christ commanded His people to put obedience to Him first in their lives. The use of the English word "hate" in the Scriptures below has a different connotation than the original Greek word that Christ actually spoke, which literally meant to love less i.e. Christ's disciples aren't to "hate" their parents (which would violate the Fifth Commandment; see The Two Great Commandments) or children; they are to love Christ more than anyone or anything.
"14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 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." (Luke 14:25-26 KJV)
Genuine obedience to the Messiah is how Christians "bear his cross" (see the Fact Finder question below).
"14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:27 KJV)
"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear"
The lesson then continued with the Messiah's parable of counting the cost:
"14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish." (Luke 14:28-30 KJV)
Another example, as the parable continued:
"14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace." (Luke 14:31-32 KJV)
And so too must true Christians not lose their "salt" (see No U Turns On The Road To Life).
"14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? 14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." (Luke 14:33-35 KJV)
Fact Finder: Unlike some people of Judah who use physical devices to vainly claim obedience to the LORD (e.g. see Frontlets and Phylacteries and The Fringes Of His Garment) or some Christian-professing people who do the same by wearing idolatrous "crucifixes" (see Fundamentals Of True Christianity: Lesson 2), how do the LORD's people truly "carry the Cross"?
See Carrying The Cross
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This Day In History, November 22
1220: Frederick II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III at St. Peter's in Rome. Frederick pledged to defend the Catholic Church and launch the next Crusade.
1718: Edward Teach, the English pirate known as "Blackbeard," was killed off the coast of North Carolina.
1757: Austrian forces defeated the Prussians at Breslau during the Seven Years War.
1830: The Belgian Congress voted to turn the country into a monarchy.
1842: Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted and became the first volcanic event in America for which a date could be established
1878: In Afghanistan, the British under Sir Samuel Browne bombed and captured the Ali Masjid fortress, thus beginning the Second Afghan War.
1906: The International Radio Telecommunications Commission adopted "SOS" as a new distress call.
1942: The Soviet army completed the encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad during World War II.
1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at age 46. The shots were allegedly fired in Dallas from the Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, who himself was shot and killed 2 days later. Lyndon Johnson became president became the 36th president.
1967: United Nations Resolution 242 was passed by the Security Council. It intended to provide Israel with secure frontiers, while at the same time requiring it to return "conquered" territories, and stated a need for a just solution for the Palestinian refugees.
1975: Juan Carlos was sworn in as king of Spain, the first Spanish monarch since Alfonso XIII went into exile in 1931. General Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain since 1939, died 2 days earlier.
1990: Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as British Prime Minister after 11 years in power.
