Pastor Sun East’s scripture of the week

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Luke 14:26-27
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.”

Remember, this doesn’t mean that you should despise the people in your life and treat them poorly. God wants us to love our family and treat one another with respect. But we must not put our family before God.

We must be willing to follow God and serve Him, even if it means separation from our family. We cannot make excuses for sin in our family’s lives. We must speak the truth to them.

Our God is a jealous God and He must come first in every area of our lives. When we put Him first, He will take care of everything else in our lives. Trust Him to do what He has promised!

God bless you,
Pastor Sun Hui East

7 People reacted on this

  1. Wow, that is powerful Pastor Sun Hui East. It’s hard to believe the Lord would say that, but I guess it just shows that we bearly know Him. I guess we really need to re-evaluate and change our priorities.

  2. I totally agree with this passage being our guide for selflessness in the Lord’s kingdom. Praise God for you Pastor Sun Hui East.

  3. I also love this passage in the Bible. Again, this is one that I did commit to memory way back in Sunday school when I was a child…great memories, thanks Pastor Sun Hui East. I love your blog.

  4. I do like this Scripture, although I didn’t truly understand it in the past. It sounds so harsh and I just couldn’t get my hands around why Jesus would tell us to “hate” anyone… I am slowly learning that the Lord was speaking symbolically, and He wants things/people to be nothing to us in comparison to our connection to Him. As you have said many times, Pastor Sun Hui East, “No Greater Passion than Christ”!

  5. I have a really tough time putting God before my family! It is not that I’m such a “nice” and caring person, it’s that I like my family’s attention to be focused on me, plus I like to be in control. If I let go and focus on the Lord, I feel that I am losing what matters to me. Sometimes I am just lazy, and don’t want to surrender and give up my comfort… anyway, it is all wrong and it comes down to the fact that I have allowed my relationship with the Lord to suffer as I go after attention from my husband, my children and even my parents.

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