Division between you and your loved ones.

[Comfort me]

Matthew 10

34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 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’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’[e] 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

I guess with accepting Christ as your savior and the Lord of your life this might mean that your own family could turn on you. Being a Christian means living at a higher standard and that may not sit well with family or friends who will view you as "being better" than what they are. Some of them will search out your flaws to make themselves feel better. I have experienced this and have even lost friends. I do not have a good relationship with my parents because they refuse to see the light and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord. It has all been worth it. The Lord is my rock. I am in his favor and at the end that is what will really matter.:thumb

[Beth O]

Matthew 10

34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 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’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’[e] 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

I guess with accepting Christ as your savior and the Lord of your life this might mean that your own family could turn on you. Being a Christian means living at a higher standard and that may not sit well with family or friends who will view you as "being better" than what they are. Some of them will search out your flaws to make themselves feel better. I have experienced this and have even lost friends. I do not have a good relationship with my parents because they refuse to see the light and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord. It has all been worth it. The Lord is my rock. I am in his favor and at the end that is what will really matter.:thumb

Matthew 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

I do count it as a blessing!!

[Racheal59]

:prayMatthew 10

34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 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’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’[e] 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

I guess with accepting Christ as your savior and the Lord of your life this might mean that your own family could turn on you. Being a Christian means living at a higher standard and that may not sit well with family or friends who will view you as "being better" than what they are. Some of them will search out your flaws to make themselves feel better. I have experienced this and have even lost friends. I do not have a good relationship with my parents because they refuse to see the light and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord. It has all been worth it. The Lord is my rock. I am in his favor and at the end that is what will really matter.:thumb

TEARS.....I so understand. I'll be praying for you. I guess this is also the sign of the end times, when you're heart is ripped out of your chest and you don't even wish to live anymore......but Jesus will comfort us if we stay close to Him in these difficult days. Keep praying for our loved ones, never give up praying. Satan hates it when we pray and stay in close communion with Jesus. So don't you give up! With man it is impossible, but with GOD ALL things are possible. He loves you with an everlasting love from everlasting to everlasting. He will never leave us nor forsake us even if many times through this tribulation we think that He doesn't care and that He left.......but God is not a man that He should lie. His Word will NOT return to Him Void. Blessings and prayers.
Love in Christ :pray:pray

[jean]

Yes the sword is the contradiction of our reaction to one another.While our unbelieving family members intentionally do evil,we respond in compassion and love by not being overcomed by evil, we do not return evil for evil.The peace is the acceptance of the truth.Anyone not resting in God's will is not at peace with God,thus the conflict at home when there are non-believers and believers.While we use the spiritual armor,that is not carnal,our unbelieving family uses carnality.The battle in the household is between evil and good.We who are believers live by faith our unbelieving family lives by sight.While we believers operate in the power of the Holy spirit,our unbelieving families operate in the flesh.While we love them in the Lord to be saved.They hate us because of Jesus in us.:)
My mother hated me so much when i became a christian even without doing anything bad.She just hates me to the core.I will not elaborate for i know you all know what i mean if an unbeliever hates you.
Up to now she has caused the major misery in my life.But i thank God,being obedient to our Father in heaven,none of her bad wishes happened to me.And i love her to be saved despite,that is our diference with them.They hate us though we love them,just like Jesus,who loves us so much.so we are able to return thier evil with good.Without jesus it is impossible for us to love them.


Matthew 10

34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 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’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’[e] 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

I guess with accepting Christ as your savior and the Lord of your life this might mean that your own family could turn on you. Being a Christian means living at a higher standard and that may not sit well with family or friends who will view you as "being better" than what they are. Some of them will search out your flaws to make themselves feel better. I have experienced this and have even lost friends. I do not have a good relationship with my parents because they refuse to see the light and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord. It has all been worth it. The Lord is my rock. I am in his favor and at the end that is what will really matter.:thumb

[Beth O]

My mother hated me so much when i became a christian even without doing anything bad.She just hates me to the core.I will not elaborate for i know you all know what i mean if an unbeliever hates you.
Up to now she has caused the major misery in my life.But i thank God,being obedient to our Father in heaven,none of her bad wishes happened to me.And i love her to be saved despite,that is our diference with them.They hate us though we love them,just like Jesus,who loves us so much.so we are able to return thier evil with good.Without jesus it is impossible for us to love them.

I can honestly say I understand. This is exactly what happen with my mother when I got saved! :hug

[A Berean]

Yes the sword is the contradiction of our reaction to one another.While our unbelieving family members intentionally do evil,we respond in compassion and love by not being overcomed by evil, we do not return evil for evil.The peace is the acceptance of the truth.Anyone not resting in God's will is not at peace with God,thus the conflict at home when there are non-believers and believers.While we use the spiritual armor,that is not carnal,our unbelieving family uses carnality.The battle in the household is between evil and good.We who are believers live by faith our unbelieving family lives by sight.While we believers operate in the power of the Holy spirit,our unbelieving families operate in the flesh.While we love them in the Lord to be saved.They hate us because of Jesus in us.:)
My mother hated me so much when i became a christian even without doing anything bad.She just hates me to the core.I will not elaborate for i know you all know what i mean if an unbeliever hates you.
Up to now she has caused the major misery in my life.But i thank God,being obedient to our Father in heaven,none of her bad wishes happened to me.And i love her to be saved despite,that is our diference with them.They hate us though we love them,just like Jesus,who loves us so much.so we are able to return thier evil with good.Without jesus it is impossible for us to love them.

With me, it was my father. He died over 7 years ago, and it was without Christ :ohno.

[Born2worshipHim]

Matthew 10

34 ?Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 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?; 36 and ?a man?s enemies will be those of his own household.?[e] 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

I guess with accepting Christ as your savior and the Lord of your life this might mean that your own family could turn on you. Being a Christian means living at a higher standard and that may not sit well with family or friends who will view you as "being better" than what they are. Some of them will search out your flaws to make themselves feel better. I have experienced this and have even lost friends. I do not have a good relationship with my parents because they refuse to see the light and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord. It has all been worth it. The Lord is my rock. I am in his favor and at the end that is what will really matter.:thumb




I too clearly understand what you are saying. I am an only child, so is my mom. So when I got saved I had been with a boyfriend for almost 7 years who had a big family and EVERYONE EVERYONE EVERYONE loved me so much.
Jesus showed up and things changed. I left him, and very fast. My parents, he and his family thought that I had lost my mind, and for a moment so did I. I came home from work one day and said goodbye. I left. I have had so much rejection since 1989.
- That hasn't been as hard to deal with as when it happens with the brethren. That I totally DO NOT understand cause if we say we love God and hate our brother, the truth is not in us.

So I pray that the Lord will strengthen us, and that we will guard our hearts.
:hug:hug:hug

[graceforme]

The only thing we can do when faced with this situation is to:

1) Continue to pray for them.
2) Continue to show the love of Christ to them through your own life.

Number 2 is most often the hardest part. I'm having a bit of controversy with my son and daughter-in-law right now. It's very stressful. My husband pointed out to me last night that we need to continue showing the love of Christ to them. This is so hard for me. Part of me wants to "slap them upside the head" to make them understand, and another part of me wants to "just pinch their heads off." What a struggle! So, instead of "slapping" them or "pinching" them, I'll continue to pray and show Christ's love to them through my own life.

"I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me." Praise God for the strenght He gives us!

Many blessings to all.

[Born2worshipHim]

There are more false brethren than genuine Christians.

:ohno I pray not. For it makes me:sob
:crying :sob :cry
We have to keep :praying :praying