Jose Luis writes LUKE 14:26-32 Discipleship It's not about hate, but learning to love.
The importance of having strong commitments to family, friends and others can not be made more clear than in Luke 14:26-32. This is a lesson and a warning by Jesus, where he tells people who his disciples are and should be, and what will be the result and danger of becoming a person greedy of religion.
Giving up money is not a problem, but giving up family and love ones - that is different.
If you read the "whole" chapter (Luke 14) you will have a better understanding of the whole verse.
I do like this chapter because of its intelligence to show a problem, and tell us who are the ones that are in real need of help. Not surprisingly they are the ones that are further from him and are in need of his assistance.
Who needs his (Jesus) teachings?
Certainly not the one that has and know everything. The ones that really needs him are the ones that have broken relationships, have hate or pain and are in desperately need of his teachings - they are his disciples!.
