Dont Love Anyone More Than God

For god to love something or someone more than himself would be inappropriate perverted immoral.

Dont love anyone more than god. We all share the same great feast so no matter the different sizes of our appetites we all end up happy and full with no need to compare who got more. Like god we must love him supremely in order to love everything else best. When you see me you see eyes full of love. Once you have your affections lined up properly and love me more than anything or anyone then and only then will you be capable of meeting nancy s needs loving jesus more.

For families does this sound a bit divisive. This includes our love for ourselves and our own life. Love god the father with all your heart soul mind and strength. The point which jesus is making is that the gospel of jesus christ will make you or break you depending on how you might react to it.

37 he that loveth father or mother more than me the words are important partly in themselves partly as explaining the stronger phrase of luke 14 26 27 which speaks of a man hating father or mother as a condition of discipleship where two affections come into collision the weaker must give way. Because i am love. So now you have two powerful deep life transforming commands. This is repeated in matthew 10 37 where the translation is a bit different but the meaning is the same.

When we or anything else if that s possible become our supreme love instead of god love becomes distorted and diseased. And love jesus more than you love children more than you love parents surely more than you love anything. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. That s why any thought that tells you i don t love you is a lie.

The horrible result of not loving god most. God s love is something like that. Christians are sometimes persecuted and. But it s also like football because even though we all watch the same touchdown and erupt together wild with joy some fans are happier than others.

10 37 if anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters yes and even his own life he cannot be my disciple. Whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me matthew 10 37. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.

Anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me matthew 10 34 37 niv. A love that is stronger than anything you will ever be able to comprehend. That s also why any thought or feeling which tells you i m not there for you is a lie. And though the man may not and ought not to cease to love yet he must act as if he hated.