Page 56 - Enemies Within Our Household

So what we find here in Luke 14:26 is that we

are to love God above every other thing and

every other person. I don't care if it's your

spouse. God has to be number one. I don't care

if it's your children, your babies, your relatives,

your mom and dad. It doesn't matter. God has

to be number one. But most put their relatives

first, especially their kids. They put their kids

even above God. John Bunyan's family was

absolutely destitute. He spent about fourteen

years in a Bedford jail in England, and all John

Bunyan had to do to get out of that jail is

compromise, take a license to preach and say,

“There will be some things I won't preach and

some things I will.” But do you know what he

did? He spent fourteen years in jail. I mean, his

family was destitute. He said it was the hardest

decision he ever made. What would you do?

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