Bibliorum

 

Matthew 10:33

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33 But whoever shall deny Me before men, I also will deny him before My Father who is in the heavens.


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Commentarius

 

Fighting the Same Fight, Family Issues

By Todd Beiswenger


Ut pergas pasco dum audis, audi in fenestra nova.

There some places in the Word where we're told to fight against our father, mother, brothers, etc., and the idea is that as we work on our regeneration we're going have to fight family members. Not literally of course, but we're going to have to fight against parts of ourselves that are closely tied to our identity and sense of self. These issues are not easy to recognize, and painful to give up when we do. We'll be seeing this concept illustrated in the story of King David.

(Notae: 1 Kings 2:1-6; 2 Samuel 3:22-27; Matthew 10:16-39; Micah 7:6)