Handling The World’s Hatred

Jesus said, “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.” Followers of Jesus shouldn’t be surprised when we are hated, because the very Founder of our faith was hated. We do not fit into this world, because we do not belong to this world. This means that life will be hard and our faith will cost us something. But that should not surprise us either, because Jesus’ faithfulness cost Him his life. When our loyalty to Jesus means being hated by the world, may we say with the Apostle Paul, “I am not ashamed of the gospel.”Take-Home Message: The world hates Christians because the world hates Jesus. “The world” in John: The sinful world system that opposes God. If you are a Christian… The World Will Hate You (15:18-25) -          Why does the world hate Jesus?They do not know His Father (21)He exposes the world’s sin (22-24)To fulfill God’s Word (25) -          Why does the world hate Christians?We are not of this world (19) -          What does it mean to not be of this world?Our ultimate loyalty is not to our friends, our family, our company, our country, our race, or our culture. Instead, our ultimate loyalty is to Jesus.  The Spirit Will Help You (15:26-27) The Savior has Warned You (16:1-4) Message: Handling The World’s Hatred Scripture: John 15:18 - 16:4 Simple. Authentic. Jesus. Prairiebible.org