Page 57 - Enemies Within Our Household

What would you do if your family was

destitute? What would you do if your family

was poor and you had to compromise?

And notice, Jesus also said that we are to

hate our own life. We have to deny our own

self; we have to deny our self-interests and

self-desires. We have to put God not only

above wife or husband and children and mama

and daddy, but we have to put God above our

own self. We have to die to our self. That's

what Jesus is saying here in this passage. Mark

3:32 says, “And the multitude sat about him,

and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother

and thy brethren without seek for thee,” and

Jesus answered them in verse 33 and

said, “Who is my mother, or my

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brethren?” And he looked round about on

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