In Luke 14 Jesus had a large crowd following him. I am sure he was thinking something like, You are following me now because it is easy, but you do not know that following me may cost your lives. And so he started talking about the cost of following him. He began with family, saying, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters . . . he cannot be my disciple.” And he moved even closer to home: unless you hate “even [your] own life, [you] cannot be my disciple.” We know from Jesus’ strong commands to love even our enemies that
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Following God putting Him before everything is what he calls all to do. God doesn't mean literal hate but that He is a priority in everything. When He wants us to do something we drop all to do it no excuses cause we are called to His will and purpose
