Matthew 11:1 ~ The Purpose and Effects of Preaching and Teaching

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When an unsaved person receives the Lord at the preaching of His word, a division and separation takes place between that person and all other nonbelievers.  It is a spiritual separation.  When you become a child of God, you are born of the Spirit of God.  You become part of the family of God.  Here is what makes it difficult.  Spiritually you are part of the family of God, but humanly you are part of your human family.  There is a conflict now because you and I are constantly being tempted to compromise our relationship with Christ in order to satisfy the unsaved people around us.  When you make a decision to be obedient to Christ, a separation takes place.  As he said in Matthew chapter 10, people will hate you.  People will think you do not love them anymore.   And Jesus saw this as a major problem.