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
Luke 14:26
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Heaven and Earth will pass away before any one of His words passes away. Many people would like to interpret this passage into obscurity, equating it with similar, albeit, related scriptures, such as this one.
His mouth is sweetness itself;
Song 5:16 (portion)
Oh, how I love His Word. His mouth is sweetness itself. There is nothing finer, nothing more pleasant, nothing more desirable, than His mouth. Taste and see that He is good.
If ever there was a question about God’s greatness, it is settled in this. You may talk about love, but He is it. You may talk about justice, but He is it. You may talk about joy, but He is the only source. You may talk about peace, but He is its prince. You may talk about patience, but who is more than He? You may talk about kindness, but show me another father willing to send all his prophets, and then, at the last, His son. You may talk about anything that it is to be human, and, you may see someone demonstrate some portion of it, or you may see idealized someone who is famed for it, but Jesus is it all.
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.
John 3:19-21
This is the verdict. Light has come. Men didn’t want it. They wanted something different.
The difference here is important. Jesus contrasts the two walks. One is those who do evil. The other is those who do Truth.
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