Dont Love Anyone More Than God
That s also why any thought or feeling which tells you i m not there for you is a lie.
Dont love anyone more than god. When we or anything else if that s possible become our supreme love instead of god love becomes distorted and diseased. The horrible result of not loving god most. A love that is stronger than death. Once you have your affections lined up properly and love me more than anything or anyone then and only then will you be capable of meeting nancy s needs loving jesus more.
Anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me matthew 10 34 37 niv. But it s also like football because even though we all watch the same touchdown and erupt together wild with joy some fans are happier than others. For god to love something or someone more than himself would be inappropriate perverted immoral. Like god we must love him supremely in order to love everything else best.
This is repeated in matthew 10 37 where the translation is a bit different but the meaning is the same. Christians are sometimes persecuted and. And though the man may not and ought not to cease to love yet he must act as if he hated. Whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me matthew 10 37.
Because i am love. Love god the father with all your heart soul mind and strength. Well jesus said that he would divide families luke 12 49 53. A love that is stronger than anything you will ever be able to comprehend.
And love jesus more than you love children more than you love parents surely more than you love anything. When you see me you see eyes full of love. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 10 37 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.
God s love is something like that. Don t love anyone more than god. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. We all share the same great feast so no matter the different sizes of our appetites we all end up happy and full with no need to compare who got more.
The point which jesus is making is that the gospel of jesus christ will make you or break you depending on how you might react to it. This includes our love for ourselves and our own life. Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. That s why any thought that tells you i don t love you is a lie.