Can one who loves as Jesus loves,command someone to hate?
What Jesus is appealing for
is loyalty so great
that nothing else can come before
our faithfulness to him.
Beside our love for Jesus Christ
all human loves seem dim.
It’s not that Christ wants us to hate
those who are close to us.
To think that’s what this saying means
would be preposterous.
But ties of home and family
should never interfere
with our obedience to Christ.
That’s what he’s saying here.
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