Read: John 14-15
“If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me. If you lived on the world’s terms, the world would love you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God’s terms and no longer on the world’s terms, the world is going to hate you. “When that happens, remember this: Servants don’t get better treatment than their masters. If they beat on me, they will certainly beat on you. If they did what I told them, they will do what you tell them. “They are going to do all these things to you because of the way they treated me, because they don’t know the One who sent me. If I hadn’t come and told them all this in plain language, it wouldn’t be so bad. As it is, they have no excuse. Hate me, hate my Father—it’s all the same. If I hadn’t done what I have done among them, works no one has ever done, they wouldn’t be to blame. But they saw the God-signs and hated anyway, both me and my Father. Interesting—they have verified the truth of their own Scriptures where it is written, ‘They hated me for no good reason.’
John 15:18-25 MSG
Thoughts: These scriptures sort of sum up these two chapters for me. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The world isn't going to see things the way a child of God sees it. We will be hated. This political season is the time that will test our faith in how we will stand for Truth or not. I believe there are brothers and sisters on the left and the right. It has almost felt like a shouting match at times. It is hard to show the truth in love, especially when persecution is involved. And fear is the absence of love and faith and one of our greatest enemies in my honest opinion. I think we just have to keep in mind who the real enemy is and keep our eyes focused on Jesus when persecution and other storms arise. We just have to realize God's Word is always right and we have to stand by that.
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“If you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start hating me. If you lived on the world’s terms, the world would love you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God’s terms and no longer on the world’s terms, the world is going to hate you. “When that happens, remember this: Servants don’t get better treatment than their masters. If they beat on me, they will certainly beat on you. If they did what I told them, they will do what you tell them. “They are going to do all these things to you because of the way they treated me, because they don’t know the One who sent me. If I hadn’t come and told them all this in plain language, it wouldn’t be so bad. As it is, they have no excuse. Hate me, hate my Father—it’s all the same. If I hadn’t done what I have done among them, works no one has ever done, they wouldn’t be to blame. But they saw the God-signs and hated anyway, both me and my Father. Interesting—they have verified the truth of their own Scriptures where it is written, ‘They hated me for no good reason.’
John 15:18-25 MSG
Thoughts: These scriptures sort of sum up these two chapters for me. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The world isn't going to see things the way a child of God sees it. We will be hated. This political season is the time that will test our faith in how we will stand for Truth or not. I believe there are brothers and sisters on the left and the right. It has almost felt like a shouting match at times. It is hard to show the truth in love, especially when persecution is involved. And fear is the absence of love and faith and one of our greatest enemies in my honest opinion. I think we just have to keep in mind who the real enemy is and keep our eyes focused on Jesus when persecution and other storms arise. We just have to realize God's Word is always right and we have to stand by that.
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