Is it any wonder that Ted rebelled against his dad when his father made these asinine statements? Imagine having a father that compares you to Jesus and expects you to be submissive in all things.
UNDERSTAND this! If we are
led by the Spirit of God we shall enter into His Kingdom of God at the
time of Christ's coming and the resurrection. Will GOD'S Kingdom be
divided?
Again, we are, so to speak, in the process of being
trained for entrance into the Kingdom of God, where WE SHALL JUDGE
ANGELS (I Cor. 6:3).
A kingdom or a house divided against itself cannot stand! Even two cannot walk together except they be agreed! (Amos 3:3).
A
few years ago, when I had high hopes that my son, Garner Ted, might
qualify in God's sight for very high office in God's Kingdom, I said to
him, "Ted, I often think of you and me as a father-and-son team, and how
wonderful it would seem if we could be like the Father-and-Son divine
Team that heads the entire universe! But to walk together as God and
Christ do, we would have to remember that the Son agreed completely with
the Father in all things. He said, ‘I have not spoken of myself; the
Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say'" (John
12:49).
But as soon as I mentioned that the Divine Son was in
total agreement with His Father, Ted would immediately change the
subject. Good News April 1979