No Rivals!

Benjamin Franklin once said, "He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals." How true this is. Luke 14:26 says, "If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Self love is one of the main hinderances to our becoming a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. We must learn as he did, to become servants of all, manifesting love, humility, patience, mercy, forbearance, forgiveness, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, kindness, and did I mention love. Without love our lives are at best, lonely and legalistic. "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." (John 13:35) Hopefully all men can see who we are by seeing our love one to another.