Bible Discussion Thread

Why does Christ want us to hate family?

Kari P.S. Just food for thought no place does it say for you to hate it says they will hate you, that's a big

difference unless I'm reading wrong. God Bless

Hi Kari Another point of view because they if their not born again won't and can't understand your

change devotion to what you consider now important, its not that I hate people who don't know or

don't believe its just that our commitment is to God first and foremost. We cannot serve God and mammon.

They may hate us but we walk in love of God towards them. That is the witness the change that what we

got captivated to at one time means nothing compared to our commitment to Christ. P.S. In addition to

what was already shared. God Bless

Kari,

I would like to share with you my perspective from a biblical Greek study on this word hate. In Luke 14:26, it says " 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."

First of all let me tell you what the word hate means. This word is MISEO. It is not the word for hostile or hatred as we know it in English. It is a word of comparison. When MISEO is used with any of the words that have to do with love, it is showing comparison.



In other words, Jesus is saying you must love me so much that the comparison between me and anybody else, or anything else, it makes it look like you hate them. You really don't, but that's what it looks like. It can't even be close!

Jesus is not talking about walking away from our families. He's talking about cutting the emotional ties, not cutting the relationship. We need to understand that. In our society, there's a big play on the social interaction with friends and relatives. Jesus didn't say you couldn't have family. Jesus didn't say that you have to stop your relationship with family members. That is not what He is saying.



He is saying that when it comes to choice and service, and what to do with your life, basically it's a no-brainer. It is Jesus. Family members that don't know Jesus aren't going to understand that. But do you know what they are going to understand? They are going to see and understand that Jesus means more to you than anything or anybody else in the world.

So this is the teaching of Jesus, you must hate. That is, love everybody much less then you love me. It can't even be close. No question about it. You love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself, and that's a Hebraism for you are going to love your neighbor according to how you love the Lord.

Thanks Jesse, Your post explains a lot.

Hi Bro Nice perspective! Learn something new everyday

Hello Kari In the context of Mathew Jesus Christ is talking about the spiritual battle, you may have family

members who don't believe and pretty negative towards you because of your belief in Christ. Thar's why he said

mother against daughter father against son and so on. Some personally experience this and some don't. If you

choose to follow Christ and you were hindu they, although you haven't died they literally have a funeral service

for you and will not talk to you again because to them your dead.