A) Don't imagine that I came to bring peace: Sorry, Christmas fans, but "peace in earth" is NOT amongst man...but between God and man... through Jesus Christ. While bringing peace with God...Jesus brought distinctions with absolute clarity between people. How do you know that you are at peace with God? You are not at peace with the world or the worldly. Other so-called Christians... (political or otherwise) don't get our obsession with Jesus.
2) So here is a headscratcher for many. Within your own household, there is strife. But Dave, if I get saved, then my household gets saved. It says so in the Book of Acts. NO...IT DOES NOT! It says the jailor was saved, he and his household, because they ALL believed. Salvation is not by proximity. Ask Esau.
3) Then Jesus puts the pedal to the metal. If you love mom, dad, or children more than Me, you can't be Mine. Why didn't Jesus include spouses? Because while the design is for only one, there are a plethora of possibilities for more than one spouse. But parents and children cannot be switched the same way (Abe is a good example). The reality is that the purpose of the passage is to make a clear-cut requirement to have our allegiance to Jesus first. OR...not at all!
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