Thoughts on Christ and His Word

What do you do when your enemies live in your own house?  “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Your enemies will be right in your own household!’ “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.  If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.  If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. Matthew 10:34-39 NLT Jesus doesn't always bring peace to our home, but division. When one or two members of the family want to serve Christ and the others vehemently oppose them, there's a temptation to give in to those who oppose for the sake of peace. But Jesus says if you give in and stop se

In the Sermon of the Mount Jesus dealt with several issues. Among them was sex and money. In the topic of sex he dealt with adultery and divorce and said that we should do neither of them since they violate the law of love. For money he said "you cannot serve both God and money." Loving money will lead us to stealing, cheating, fraud, and anything else we can invent to take other people's money illegitimately. So Jesus taught us to love God supremely overall things and not to worry about our fame and about the things that unbelievers run after in order for us to be free from the love of money and the love of sexual gratification. Our bodies, our mind and our heart should belong to God.