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say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
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sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive
an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and
children, and lands, with persecutions; and in
the world to come eternal life.”
A living sacrifice
Jesus also teaches in Luke 14:26 that we
must hate our own life in order to be one of
His disciples. We hate our own life by
denying our worldly and self-interests and
presenting our body as a “living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God” (Rom. 12:1) for
God’s use and for His eternal purposes. We
hate our own life when we renounce the
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