Separated unto The Lord

 Matthew 10

28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 

30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 

31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 

32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 

33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

***Read Matthew 5:9-12***

34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 

35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 

36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 

***Light must be separated from darkness otherwise how could it ever be recognized as Light.  Do we want our families saved? Yes!  

But before there can be any reconciliation between sinful men, a person must first be reconciled and set apart completely to the sinless and Holy God…This means we must step over the line and separate ourselves solely unto Him…

Holding nothing back, and forsaking everything and everyone else…

Still living in the world, but no longer of the world. 

Offensive?…Yes - 

But this is how we are sanctified…

This is how we are able let our lights shine before our families…friends…enemies…even in the face of  persecution. (I speak from first hand experience)***

Matthew 19:29-30

Luke 9:23-26

John 17

37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 

***Note: These instructions were given to Jesus’s closest followers - The Twelve. These same instructions apply to all of us who also desire to be Jesus’s disciples and to follow Him closely.***

Lord, it is the final hour…and we cannot perch on the fence any longer. Please make Your Bride ready…and if it takes persecution - so be it…because you love us!

Read Revelation ch.2 & 3