Jesus also said "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple... In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple."
Luke 14:26-33
love thy Neighbor and love thy enemy
honor thy mother and thy father
2007-04-06 22:00:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And Jesus said it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven.
Rich men have actually gotten into heaven (not many, but a few) while very few camels have actually passed through the eye of a needle (unless you count light particles and such.) It's only a contradiction to the point that you make it so.
In other words, Jesus is not asking us to 'hate' those people. What Jesus is asking is his followers to 'hate' our allegiance to those people, if it means that they are keeping us from following his example.
Jesus wants you to 'hate' the need you have to hold onto those 'things' because the need to hold onto those things will be what makes you 'less' of a Christian. This could mean that you honor your mother, but if your mother is wanting you to 'hate' someone she doesn't like, when Jesus himself said to 'love even your enemy', then the influence your mother is having upon you needs to be resisted.
Some bibles have the word 'hate', some have the word 'deny', but both are very similar in metaphoric meaning. Jesus, in other words, is asking you to do and be things that can/will make you uncomfortable to others. This, in turn, is part of the 'sacrifice' of oneself towards the will of God that Jesus asks of those who follow him.
It is not about hate, it is about surrendering oneself completely to the will of God, whatever that may be. This can only come from an act of 'faith', and faith cannot simply 'be'; it must be demonstrated.
2007-04-06 22:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question when you pointed out the phrase in Luke 3 that is translated "was supposed". It comes from a Hebrew terms that means "was considered by law". It is used when you are tracing a person lineage through their in-laws, which is exactly what Luke was doing. That phrase is the "proof" that this is the lineage of Mary. Under Jewish law, an adopted child had the same LEGAL rights as his father, so through Joseph in the Matthew genealogy we trace the LEGAL line of Jesus back to David. But in you read in Jeremiah, he prophesied that the Messiah would NOT be have the bloodline of the kings which followed David. So if you backtrack through the genealogy of Luke 3, you will find that Jesus through Mary is of the bloodline of David, but through his son Nathan, who was NOT in the bloodline of the other kings. So Jesus can be virgin born, still have the blood of David through his mother, and the legal kingship through his adopted father. Sorry, but neither an error or a contradiction is found in those two genealogy, but rather the fulfillment of a prophecy that Jewish scholars (before Jesus came) were puzzled about. How could the Messiah be BOTH of the line of the kings, and not of the line of kings. In Matthew and Luke you have the answer.
2016-05-19 02:36:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a collection of sayings of Jesus put together. What it means is the disciple's family must take second place to the absolute dedication involved in following Jesus (see also Luke 9:59-62).
Peace and every blessing!
2007-04-06 22:43:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The subject here is the word for hate, which is the Greek "miseo". Depending on the context or situation, it would mean to love less than, or to put oneself second. It could also mean literally hate as we use the word.
Example - ): it is said that in battle, men "must count his own life his enemy for the honor of Sparta" -- That does mean that the Spartan warriors saw themselves as the enemy of Sparta, but would have to be willing to die for Sparta. Another way of saying their life secondary to Sparta.
2007-04-06 22:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by mark g 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What Jesus is saying is that you have to dedicate your life to Him first and when you do this there will be great tension in your family.To be a true follower of Jesus the Holy Spirit may ask you to do many things and if you do then you shall be rewarded now and forever
2007-04-06 22:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
When Jesus spoke these words, He didn't literally mean to "hate" your father and mother. He was implying that you can't put your family in first place over God.
2007-04-06 22:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
All He was saying was that one must love God, and Jesus Christ, above all else. They can't even value their own life more than they value their relationship with God, much less their family.
However, many times He also said that if a person takes up their cross and follows Him, they will be blessed richly, beyond measure.
2007-04-06 22:06:56 · answer #7 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
this is a problem all through the bible....the biggest problem I'm afraid is King James....its hard to say just what was edited in & edited out of the bible.....I think this is where faith comes in an ya pray an follow your heart an believe
2007-04-06 22:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by butterflysnflutterbyes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christ was using an ancient instrument of rhetorical comparison.
He was saying that your love for Him must be so great it would APPEAR as if you hated your mother and father.
2007-04-06 22:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sus: In context, Jesus is asking Christians to love his or her parents, wife / husband , relatives "LESS" than they love Him [Jesus]. The translation, K.J.V. sometimes, due to its old English poetic rendering makes the meaning vague.
2007-04-06 22:06:35 · answer #10 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋