“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” John 15:19
August 5, 2024
Brace yourselves, brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus gathered His disciples around Him the night before what would appear to be the greatest disappointment of their entire earthly experience with Jesus. They would be hated by the world of mankind in rebellion against God. The world always suspects nonconformity. Those who are followers of Jesus Christ are not a part of the world’s family. According to Aaron M. Renn, in the his book, Life in the Negative World, Christians in America have lived through two societal periods. One is of general friendliness to Christianity (1964-1994). The second is a passive resistance to Christianity ((1994-2014). But now we are in a period of absolute hostility to the Christian worldview – repudiation of Christian morality (2014 – present). Of course the world system, energized by Satan’s deceptions, has always been at war with God. Be aware, “as we testify of the world that its deeds are evil and as we let our light shine and expose the unfruitful works of darkness, we share the hatred this age feels toward our Lord.” Vance Havner.
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“The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” 1 Jn. 3:1