If my children hated everything I did for them, hated how I talked, hated how I looked, hated what I said, hated all I bought for them, hated when I said ‘no’, blamed what I did in their lives on Satan. Would that not be equivalent to them hating ME?
Be careful what you call evil or blame Satan for because you might accidentally begin to hate Jesus Himself.
I count five distinct times that Jesus mentioned the gentiles as he taught his disciples and others. When Jesus mentioned “the gentiles” he was essentially talking about humanity outside Gods covenant family.
Jesus said the following about “the gentiles”:
By these comparisons, Jesus contrasted “the gentiles” to his disciples and the kingdom that he was bringing to earth within himself.
It is vitally important to notice that these traits do not belong anywhere in the the ecclesia…the church. As Jesus is given his proper place among his people theses gentile traits will be pushed away from among God’s people entirely and eventually this will expand into all of creation.
Gentiles otherwise known as humanity outside of Jesus Christ has no real future. They were crucified with Jesus on the cross and are going away. There is a new humanity in the earth which is vitally connected with Jesus Christ.
Loving money will not just make us sin or be a little greedy, (harmless right?) far worse, it will make us hate God and whatever it is God is doing in our lives.
We’ll whine and despise what he is doing, maybe even blame it on the devil.
If God intentionally gave you money troubles would you hate him for it?
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” – Matthew 6:24
If money is our focus and pursuit we will begin to have contempt for God (“be devoted to one and despise the other”) He will get in money’s way and we’ll begin to “hate” him in your life.
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