Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Hates the Lord
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. ... They have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'" (John 15:18-21, 24b-25 NIV)
Two ideas to ponder:
(1) Does the world hate you? I do not mean abstractly. Do you know someone who hates you for the Absolute Truth you belong to?
(2) What love Jesus had to enter a world that hated him: hated by nations, leaders, and his own people.
Two ideas to ponder:
(1) Does the world hate you? I do not mean abstractly. Do you know someone who hates you for the Absolute Truth you belong to?
(2) What love Jesus had to enter a world that hated him: hated by nations, leaders, and his own people.
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 9:54 PM 
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I don't know about "the world," but the lady in the next cubicle hasn't talked to me in days. I told her that it is beneficial to submit you our leadership because they are there simply because God has put them there. She wanted to know what denomination I attended; and I refused to tell her because she would justify her wrong opinion by mislabeling me. She huffed off and won't make eye contact with me now.
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