Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
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Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
2006-08-15 10:14:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus is saying that we should respect and love our parents, BUT that we should love Christ MORE and before anything else> If we choose to follow Christ, then we have to leave everything behind and love God first>
2006-08-15 10:19:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
OK, lets examine this closely:
To take care of your parents is a form of honor- this is the first of Gods promises that show a reward.
The second verse, of Luke 14:26 shows that God wants a love for him thats so strong that the love you have for your family seems like hate. Now thats a very strong love
For better understanding of the word of God? Take the verse you're interested in, and take the preceeding 4 verses and the following 4 verses or so, so that you DON'T take items out of their context.
Also, use a modern translation- Jesus Christ never spoke english, he spoke Kone' (Pronouced "Coin-A") Greek- which roughly translates as "street greek".
I would suggest using a New American bible, a New International Bible, or something similar. I would avoid the King James (The one you're using) because compaired to modern sources it has some errors in it. The "Living Bible" isn't a bible but a pharaprase- and a very poor one at that!
Good Luck
2006-08-23 09:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm really not a J.P. Holding fan because of his over the top ad hominem attacks on skeptics (told him so even before my deconversion), but I nevertheless find a lot of his apologetics pretty sound, just as I find a lot of the attacks by skeptics, some I know and love, are intentionally simplistic, argumentative and obtuse just to be annoying. Guilty myself at times. But regarding Luke 14:26 I think Holding does a solid and accessible job of explaining the use of hyperbolic absolutes in scripture that do not intend to carry the meaning we give them in our culture. There are other examples as well. You can find the link below.
2006-08-23 10:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it back to the original text.
Honor is simple look it up in the dict.
It does not mean hate but to love less. God should be the most important thing in your live you should love the Lord more than anything or anyone else.
So you parents, wife, children, grandchildren should all come in second to the love you have for God.
Like standing an egg on end on a table- simple when you understand.
2006-08-15 10:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you father and mother do not line up with the word of god you will hate the fact that they may like to sin. And pray for them .Some parents rob other people and think its OK just a example .But they love you and might steal for you .But it will hurt you because you want what god wants so there will be division in your house because you chose to do what the bible say.that's why the bible say on er them.and your days will be made longer but that dint mean steal for them break all curses and they will se how the bible changed you and they will be changed if it in there hearts.to do right.but at first they will feel guilty or covicted
by you but give them the same onnor.
2006-08-22 21:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree with most answerers here, just like to add that we have physical parents and spritual parents, God is our spiritual father, and the community where we were reborn, is our Mother.
Should our physical parents be of the same faith, it is a bonus, you could be your Fathers Father in the spirit.
Mother earth is also our mother, and the god of this world our father....
2006-08-23 10:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Featherman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is why you should read the book , but make up your OWN mind. The bible has been copied by hand hundreds of times~~thus, it has been changed hundreds of times. Most of the stories never happened, but were told to teach lessons. Just be a good person,don't hate anyone~~~~ but put your faith in a higher power.
2006-08-23 09:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by rhonda y 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have brought up an excellent question, and as you can see by these other answers....it's not answering the question you're asking. So here it is.
In Luke 18:18-20, this is when a rich young ruler flat out, comes up to Christ, and asks the same question we ask the pastors, preists, denominational leaders, group heads of today.
Only, Christ did NOT say, (as you can see) "Just believe in me and you'll be fine." OR "Believe in what my shed blood will do on the cross, and you'll be fine." NOPE. Doesn't say one word about that. Not one.
Christ is in Israel, because he's finally there as the king, to bring in the Kingdom of Heaven. This physical, visable, earthly kingdom pertains only to the nation of Israel, and thus, they are under law. Law has it's 630 commandments, and Christ brings that up to the ruler, specifically naming some of the first 10. Israel is under the law program, and must obey it to inherit eternal life. One of these laws is, honor thy father and thy mother. It's 1 of 630 laws.
When it comes time for the Kingdom to start up, beginning in Israel, men and women everywhere MUST forsake all they have, and give it to the Kingdom of Heaven, also known as the Kingdom of God. Peter left his fishing occupation, many of the other apostles did the same, they left family, children, jobs, their entire lives to follow the King.
They had to sooner cut everything that they once loved, to love, serve and worship the Son of God in the Kingdom as he began in Israel, thus hating family,friends, children, brethren, etc. Not because they want to, but because when you weigh out your choices, between following a life of being with Christ, or continuing on as being a good brother to your sister, or son to your mother, or so on.....it just doesn't cut it in comparison to Christ Jesus!
Yes, they followed the law of honoring their family, but when their Messiah came, the loyal followers had to set it all aside....cast it all away...to follow God himself; Jesus Christ.
2006-08-22 16:57:11 · answer #8 · answered by The (1Cor.15:1-4) Ambassador 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Keyser Söze,
Honoring them is by showing them love. Now this might sound contraditory, but follow me for a minute here.
A Christian tries and tries to deliver the right words to their relatives in order to remove them from God's wrath. That's the punishment for those that aren't saved. Not the preaching(lol) but the result of denying Christ.
After an encounter, the Christian who loves his family begins to get picked on for his or her faith. Resentment settles in and the hatred of the relatives begins. They are not only rejecting Christ whom the Christian loves, but they are belittling the Christian faith and gift of God, cheapening it.
After all the time spent with the family, growing up with them, they suddenly treat you like you lost all sense of common sense.
That's where the hate part comes. It is them setting against the message of grace through Christ for faith.
I hope that helps you understand.
2006-08-15 10:43:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Maybe you'll say it isn't supposed to be taken literally.." It isn't meant to be taken in the contemporary English meaning of the word. "But even if you do, how can we know for sure which parts of the bible are to be taken as such, and which are to be interpreted? Just wondering." You will have to study the original languages (Hebrew Greek etc). Most people don't want to, so they just listen to their priests, ministers, (or Bible scholars) since most of them are required to be able to read enough of those languages to study scripture.
2016-03-27 03:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋