Lesson 3159

 (Lesson 3159)(08-25-20) Matthew 34-42

    “ 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. He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”

    In today’s quote, Jesus clearly established that He had not come to the earth as a peace maker, but rather, He came to bring a message that would put enormous pressure on even the closest of earthly ties. 

    Jesus made it very clear that a person who claims to follow Him must go ALL in. There can be nothing that stands between a follower of Jesus Christ and his/her faith in the same. 

    Sadly, there are literally millions of so-called Christians who put water ‘baptism’ between themselves and their faith in Jesus Christ. 

    One claiming to believe (have faith) that the blood of Jesus Christ remits sin, then also claims to believe (have faith)  that Jesus’ blood can’t remit sin unless one submits oneself to a water bath creates an oxymoron, a situation that, according to Jesus’ own words, cannot be. 

As Jesus said in today’s quote, ones faith must be wholly and completely in Him, it cannot be watered down, or misdirected, by something else, such as water baptism.~