Ok. Truth to be told I love my parents and
children as much as I love Jesus which would seem to make me more worthy of
Jesus since he’s all about love. But then these passages were penned in a time
when loving Jesus got you kicked out of the synagogue and being worthy of Jesus
made you less than welcome in your own home. The cross that the first
Christians carried was often a real life wooden one as claiming the name of
Christ to gain eternal life meant losing your temporal one. We do not bear such
crosses but we are called to lose self-centered lives in order to find lives of
Christ centered service for the sake of those are thirsty for a cup of cold
water or a warm meal or a shelter from the sun or storm. That means loving
Jesus more has nothing to do with loving anyone less.
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