The Wednesday Word 3.23.2022
Luke 14:25-28, 33 New Living Translation 25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. 28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it…33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own. This statement sounds so foreign to our ears. We don’t like to think of our Loving Savior as using such harsh rhetoric to drive home his point. But making such a crucial point calls for strong language. Not reading Greek or Aramaic or being well versed in first century vernacular, I can only assume the use of the word hate in this...