There is a supremacy in the feeling of Christ’s preciousness to the believer, which is worthy of a remark. Christ has the pre-eminence in the affection of the regenerate. “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.” Listen to His own words, asserting His claim to a single and supreme affection: "Whoso loveth father or mother, brother or sister, wife or children, more than Me, is not worthy of Me.” There are natural ties of affection—the parental, the conjugal, the filial; there are ties, too, of human love and friendship, linking heart to heart; but not one word does He who inspired those affections, who formed those ties, breathe, denying their existence or forbidding their exercise. Nay, the religion He came to inculcate distinctly recognises these human relations, and seeks to strengthen and intensify by purifying, elevating, and immortalizing them. But mark the emphatic word employed by Christ–“MORE than Me!”…In a word, Christ should become more supreme and precious to our hearts by all the sweet, sacred relations and affections of life.