Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “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.(Luke 14:25-26 ESV)
Jesus has been getting more and more demanding in His call to enter His Kingdom and follow Him. Yet, the crowds are growing. So He begins to use hyperbole to make sure we are conscious of what we are committing to. If we truly believe what we say: That He is as great as He is (and He is - He is God the Son) and that what He says is as wonderful as we say it is (very truth), then He deserves what He demands - First Place. In comparison to our love and allegiance to Him, all else is Hatred. Jesus is calling us to Honesty - Is He Lord of our lives?
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