Lesson 2316

(Lesson 2316)(04-14-18) Matthew 10:34-39
    “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 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. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 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. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
   
    In the first part of today’s quote, Jesus made it clear that His message would stir hatred between even the closest of people among the Jews. In the remainder, He made it vividly clear to His apostles that their devotion to Him was to be prioritiy over everything else in their lives. That same rule should apply to today’s Christians. We should make our devotion to the will of Jesus Christ the first thing we think about in the morning and the last thing we think about at night.~