All too often we are so focused on the minor aspects of Christianity, that we miss the center altogether…like listening to an old vinyl record, we are so focused on the scratches that we fail to hear the music.
Nothing is more important than FAMILY, right Jesus? Why did he have to say THAT? Our relations on earth are only in the right order when they are ordered by our relationship to God.
Scripture: Romans 6: 15-23, Matthew 10: 34-39.
Our only hope to have the kind of moral life we desire is if we accept the death of Christ in our place and the death of living only for our desires. It is when we learn to live Christly discipline that we receive Christly victory and freedom.