Live to Love Scripture Encouragement John 16.3

John 16:3 “These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.” Why can we expect to be rejected, cast out, and possibly killed by others who think they are serving God? We can expect it because they do not know the Father or Jesus, His Son. Again, John applied this truth in his first epistle. “See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him” (1 Jo. 3:1). If they know Jesus, they know the Father. If they know them, they know the children of God. God is love. Jesus revealed the Father’s love. His children live to love with Jesus. The children know one another because they are siblings, having received their life and love from the same Father. Since the world doesn’t know the Son, they cannot know the Father. They are from a different father, and therefore, the children of God are aliens to them. They are strangers and enemies to their family and values in this world. Therefore, since they live their lives to love the world with its lusts and pride, we can expect them to want to cancel or kill us as a service to their god. This was not spoken to discourage us. We should all the more live each day looking for those God puts in our paths to love with His love. Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com