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Hate? – September 7, 2025

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Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:25,26

Hate?

Did you ever have anyone dump a bucket of cold water over the shower curtain rod while you were in the middle of a nice warm shower?

In our Bible verse today, Jesus dumped some pretty cold words on the myriad of wide-eyed miracle marvellers who were following him. No, he was not telling them to hate their family members for no good reason. That would be contrary to his command to even love our enemies. But like a blast of cold water, Jesus wanted them to stop and seriously consider what it means to follow him.

From time to time, we need to have Jesus dump some ice-cold reality upon us so that we examine our priorities. Is Jesus really priority number one? Following Jesus means that our love for our families, and yes, even our own lives, cannot come before our love for Jesus. Why? Because Jesus is the only one who could pay the price for our sins, earning God’s forgiveness and giving us eternal life. If we lose him, we lose everything.

So, out of love for us, Jesus encourages us not to let anyone or anything come between us and him.

Prayer:

Dear Jesus, I know that from time to time, I do not love you as I ought. Forgive me and wash me clean. Help me to walk in your footsteps each day and truly reflect your love to my family, friends, and neighbors. Amen.

Daily Devotions is brought to you by WELS.

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Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:25,26

Hate?

Did you ever have anyone dump a bucket of cold water over the shower curtain rod while you were in the middle of a nice warm shower?

In our Bible verse today, Jesus dumped some pretty cold words on the myriad of wide-eyed miracle marvellers who were following him. No, he was not telling them to hate their family members for no good reason. That would be contrary to his command to even love our enemies. But like a blast of cold water, Jesus wanted them to stop and seriously consider what it means to follow him.

From time to time, we need to have Jesus dump some ice-cold reality upon us so that we examine our priorities. Is Jesus really priority number one? Following Jesus means that our love for our families, and yes, even our own lives, cannot come before our love for Jesus. Why? Because Jesus is the only one who could pay the price for our sins, earning God’s forgiveness and giving us eternal life. If we lose him, we lose everything.

So, out of love for us, Jesus encourages us not to let anyone or anything come between us and him.

Prayer:

Dear Jesus, I know that from time to time, I do not love you as I ought. Forgive me and wash me clean. Help me to walk in your footsteps each day and truly reflect your love to my family, friends, and neighbors. Amen.

Daily Devotions is brought to you by WELS.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

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