Matthew 10:36 From My Point of View

 

Matthew 10:36 From My Own Point of View: By Anthony Joseph Hopkins May 4, 2022

 

      Good Evening Everyone!!  How are you doing tonight?  Fine, I hope.  Matthew 10:36 says; A man’s enemies will be those of his own household.  This is the truth because it is the people, who we are familiar with that knows us very well that the Bible verse is talking about.

 

 I will admit; my family members are not speaking to each other right now.  The reason why is because of our past with each other.  My siblings, who are younger than me,  think that I cannot beat them anymore because we have reached adulthood.  My younger brother stated to me that he can beat me up right now.  I understand that the Institution of Family has been dysfunctional for a very long time.

 

Next, there were incidents inside of the Bible where family members have killed each other.  For example, Cain killed his own brother Abel because God favored Abel over his brother Cain.  Particularly when it came to an offering to God.  I want to inform you that Cain killed his own brother because he was jealous and mad because God accepted Abel’s offering over his own.

Further, I remember inside of my own family, my brothers and I used to fist fight each other because my younger brothers used to steal from me.  During the 1980s and 1990s, I taught my siblings how to hustle for money for themselves.  I know that my younger brothers used to imitate my behavior.  An example is when my brothers used to wait until I got drunk from alcohol just to steal from me.  They waited until I was sleep and took all of my money.

 

 

 

Moreover, I want to inform all of you that one of my brothers used to steal from me all of the time.  I remember catching him in the act, and I literally beat him up because he attempted to take my money.  I remember donating my own plasma for money.  I used to donate plasma and give it to the dope-man because I was an addict.  I remember on a particular day November 25, 1985, my brother was shooting dice with his own father.  His name sake!!  They were gambling for money, and my brother cheated his own father out of money.  Suddenly, his father drew a hook knife on his own son. 

In Addition, I want to inform you that I got stabbed on my forearm because his father tried to kill him over his money.  I know that I am not supposed to bring this up, but this is a prime example of the violence that occurred in my own family.  Anyway, I got stabbed and I had to go to the hospital because I almost bled to death.  My brother also robbed his own father when he used to get drunk.  This is another example of the violence that occurred in my own family. 

 

Finally, I called the police on my brother’s father, but I also told the police that he was too old to go to Jail.  I had forgiven him for stabbing me with a hook knife.  I had to forgive my own mother for an act of fraud that she had committed against me when I was a child.  My siblings and I do not speak to each other because they're constantly keep bringing up my past against me.  My siblings did not forgive me for the things that I have done to hurt them.  I had to be the bigger person and forgive them for even hurting me personally.  This is an example of the things that I am dealing with inside of my own family.  God Bless All of You!!