Lin Wood sounds like someone who came to Faith in Jesus Christ later in life. This is a dramatic change, and if his children were not brought up to be Christians, they will react with hatred toward this family member who has changed and went from being an atheist to suddenly becoming a born-again Christian. It happens all the time. This is quite typical, and it is what Jesus warned.
Jesus: Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. 52 For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” Luke 12: 51-54
Jesus: Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’…Matthew 10: 34-36
His children are not mad at him, they are mad at his FAITH in Jesus Christ!
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