Matthew 10:32&33.Can you explain these scriptures?

Question

Matthew 10:32&33......32 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

See also
Luke 12:8 "And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

Revelation 3:5 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.


Mark 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

Luke 9:26 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us

Is Jesus getting his followers prepared for persecution ?
Are we to avoid all things which give advantage to our enemies ?
Is this the ultimate carrot or the stick ?
Why is Jesus saying , before his Father if Jesus is God in the flesh ?
Can you add any relevant comments or scriptures that explain what these scriptures mean to you ?

Answer 1

This is again a good question from you .

I find I agree with Sean Thurston .

Jesus can not be God if you think about what the scripture says .

Under persecution many of my Brothers & Sisters have stayed strong , remember fear not he who can kill the body.



By he way you have given me an idea , hope you don't mind if I use your question .

Answer 2

To deny the truth is to be a liar...



even though we profess our 'innocence'...

and the Truth denies the Liar...

but it embraces THAT which is Real.



[7:43] "Certainly the messengers of our LORD brought the truth."



John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. "

Alhamdulillah!

Answer 3

The apostle Paul warned of a falling away from genuine Christianity. He said that after his death, “oppressive wolves” from among professed Christians would “speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves.” (Acts 20:29, 30) They would “publicly declare they know God,” but in reality they would “disown him by their works.” (Titus 1:16) The apostle Peter likewise warned that false teachers would “quietly bring in destructive sects and [would] disown even the owner that bought them.” Their bad conduct, he said, would cause people to speak “abusively” about “the way of the truth.” (2 Peter 2:1, 2) To disown Christ in this way, says Greek scholar W. E. Vine, means to “deny the Father and the Son, by apostatizing and by disseminating pernicious teachings.”

How would Jesus react if professed disciples deliberately failed to “remain in [his] word” and to meet other requirements that he set out? He warned: “Whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens.” (Matthew 10:33) Of course, Jesus does not disown someone who makes a mistake despite his earnest desire to be faithful. For example, although the apostle Peter denied Jesus three times, Peter repented and was forgiven. (Matthew 26:69-75) However, Jesus disowns individuals or institutions that turn out to be wolves in sheep’s clothing—pretending to follow Christ but willfully and persistently rejecting his teachings. Of such false teachers, Jesus said: “By their fruits you will recognize those men.”—Matthew 7:15-20.

Answer 4

Bottom line:



As believers in Christ, we are to expect persecution of some form.



As for your other question concerning God in the flesh:

Jesus was still Deity.....but He was still human as well & acknowledged His Father in heaven..........while never giving up His Deity. It's all part of the trinity

Answer 5

he's saying if you are spreding his word and love him && other ppl like he loved you then he will put in a good word to our father in heaven (even though there actually one in the same) :) but if you hate and sin then he won't you know???

1 corinthians 13:4-8 is muah favorite verse

Answer 6

The attitude Jesus’ disciples must be equipped with.



"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."



a. Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven: The disciple must confess Jesus publicly. If we will not be public about our allegiance to Him, we cannot expect Him to be public about His allegiance to us.



i. Everyone Jesus called, He called publicly. There is really no such thing as a "secret" Christian; this is a contradiction in terms - an oxymoron.



ii. If you were put on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence among your family and friends to convict you of being a follower of Jesus Christ?



b. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: The disciple must love and follow Jesus supremely. Our devotion to Jesus must come above even our own household.



i. We should expect that normally, following Jesus makes us better husbands, fathers, wives, mothers, sons, daughters and so forth. Yet there are times when the presence of Jesus divides rather than unifies.



ii. The greatest danger of idolatry comes not from what is bad, but from what is good - like love in family relationships. The greatest danger to the best comes from second best.



c. Take his cross and follow after me: The disciple must follow Jesus even to the place of taking his cross. When a person took a cross in Jesus’ day, it was for one reason: to die, because the cross didn’t negotiate, didn’t compromise, didn’t deal. There was no looking back when you took up your cross, and your only hope was in resurrection life.



i. Your "cross" isn’t really your particular trial or trouble. The cross means one thing: death - death to self, but resurrection life unto God.



d. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it: The disciple lives in a paradox. He can only find life by losing it, and he can only live by dying. Resurrection life can only come after we have taken up our cross to follow Jesus.

Answer 7

No, I was never good at making sense out of nonsense.