I know what it looks like, when grown children want nothing to do with their parents in life, but they show up after the funeral because they want their parents stuff.
The apostate church are just like this, they want to claim blessings from God, they want to pretend they love Him, but they become angry when challenged to actually obey His word, the Bible.
One of the biggest clues that we are living in the end times is the lack of natural affection among family members. Everyone seems to be intent on "one upping" one another rather than sharing in the matters of life.
There is no real concern about anyone else, the 2 Timothy 3:1-6 passage has come home to roost, it is in evident in every family and getting worse.
We must keep our eyes on Christ, focused on His truth and provision. If we do that, then we will not pine away so severely for the love that is missing, in fact, the love that is from Christ in us will allow us to feel steady and secure in our walk.
We know that our brothers and sisters in the Lord are our family, we may even be relieved when unsaved and angry bio family remove themselves. The peace that comes from those who love the Lord will be far greater than anything we think we are missing.
1 Thessalonians 4:8-10 "Isaiah 1:18King James Version (KJV)
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
1 John 3:15-16 "…15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. 16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers."
John 13:35
"35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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