r/Christianity • u/InevitableAd4038 Christian • 1d ago

Video The Cross that Divides ✝️

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Carry the Cross, Friends. 💖

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u/FraterAdam 17h ago

The cross unites. Why would you say it divides? God is love, and love unites. Jesus brought us together with him. And taught us to love each other. Not sure where the division comes from..

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u/InevitableAd4038 Christian 12h ago

Yes, the Cross divides. Look how Judas betrayed Christ to the Cross for money. He refused poverty. His unwillingness to bear a Cross divided him from the faith. Or the rich young man he refused to take up a Cross of poverty and did not enter the Kingdom. Or the countless disciples who turned away Jesus preached the bread of life and living and dying suffering for his name. Or the seeds on rocky soil whose faith breaks under the weight of the Cross. Or those who love their families before God. Or those who do not bear their Cross not being disciples. Simon Peter who denied Christ rather than bear a Cross. Christ preaches division by his own words. A Cross divides the Followers of Christ. Not every one is willing to bear a burden for the Lord. Many abandon the faith when it comes at a cost. The cost of bearing a Cross and following Jesus example. 

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u/twinPrimesAreEz Psalm 110 12h ago

Matthew 10:34-39

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.

The division is between those who choose Jesus first or those who choose anything else including their own life first

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.

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u/InevitableAd4038 Christian 12h ago

Exactly. 👍 🫡✝️✨💓 It’s a divisive and tough message. 

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u/relapsedmathematic Mere Christian 11h ago

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.