but not everyone is in the family of God.
For those who are looking for a warm, fuzzy Jesus relationship that makes everyone happy and never offends anyone, DON'T READ THE BIBLE.
The FAULT IS NOT in Jesus, Who actually is very compassionate and self sacrificing and loving. The fault is in ourselves, because we insist on having things our way rather than submitting to the God of the universe.
FACE IT, YOU ARE GOING to lose friends, and loved ones if you choose Jesus. It won't be because you turn your back on them, but because they reject Christ and turn their back on you. They will love the things that Satan loves and hate the things that God loves. We will still seek to reach them by love, but they will turn against us with anger and sometimes with violence.
Some folks may be confused over gender confusion issues, but God and His word are clear to His people.
Some folks may hate Israel and the Jew, but God has a different viewpoint.
Some folks may choose to abuse their body and mind with drugs of various kinds (including legal and illegal, socially acceptable and Biblically forbidden).
Some folks may think they have a right to satisfy carnal desire, but the body is the temple of God and it must not be defiled in illicit relationships or activities.
Some folks think that the State is God, or Man is God, or Knowledge is God, but these popular false gods will not save them from eternal separation from God.
Some people accept doctrines of demon in the false religions and cults of this world. Even though they call themselves Christians, they are enemies of the cross and the people of God.
HIS TRUE FAMILY
Matthew 12:46-50
(46) While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
(47) Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
(48) But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
(49) And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
(50) For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
THE CHRISTLESS RESPONSE
Matthew 10:34-39
(34) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(35) For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
(36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
(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.
(38) And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
(39) He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
PEACE ONLY IN JESUS
Luke 12:49-53
(49) I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
(50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
(51) Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
(52) For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
(53) The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
For those who are looking for a warm, fuzzy Jesus relationship that makes everyone happy and never offends anyone, DON'T READ THE BIBLE.
The FAULT IS NOT in Jesus, Who actually is very compassionate and self sacrificing and loving. The fault is in ourselves, because we insist on having things our way rather than submitting to the God of the universe.
FACE IT, YOU ARE GOING to lose friends, and loved ones if you choose Jesus. It won't be because you turn your back on them, but because they reject Christ and turn their back on you. They will love the things that Satan loves and hate the things that God loves. We will still seek to reach them by love, but they will turn against us with anger and sometimes with violence.
Some folks may be confused over gender confusion issues, but God and His word are clear to His people.
Some folks may hate Israel and the Jew, but God has a different viewpoint.
Some folks may choose to abuse their body and mind with drugs of various kinds (including legal and illegal, socially acceptable and Biblically forbidden).
Some folks may think they have a right to satisfy carnal desire, but the body is the temple of God and it must not be defiled in illicit relationships or activities.
Some folks think that the State is God, or Man is God, or Knowledge is God, but these popular false gods will not save them from eternal separation from God.
Some people accept doctrines of demon in the false religions and cults of this world. Even though they call themselves Christians, they are enemies of the cross and the people of God.
HIS TRUE FAMILY
Matthew 12:46-50
(46) While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
(47) Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
(48) But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
(49) And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
(50) For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
THE CHRISTLESS RESPONSE
Matthew 10:34-39
(34) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(35) For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
(36) And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
(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.
(38) And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
(39) He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
PEACE ONLY IN JESUS
Luke 12:49-53
(49) I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
(50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
(51) Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
(52) For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
(53) The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
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