Choosing Christ
In Matthew 10:35-36, Jesus says to His disciples, “For I have come to ’set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’“
Jesus knows the heart of men and their unwillingness to trust Him and walk in His light. Therefore, He tells His disciples what is to come. Without Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we love our sins more than anything else, and those who sin with us. However, when we turn from our sins, we also turn from those who sin with us, and they turn against us. Why must this be? The enemy of God is sin. God hates sin, and sin hates God. This is the spiritual warfare that we go through. As we have seen, betrayal comes from within and we must continue to seek the Lord and trust in Him that we may handle any circumstances we may face with His guidance.