Marvel not because of the hatred of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is something common in all the ages for all faithful Followers of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the hatred of the world. Have you been hated before by anyone, because of your faith in Christ? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen to what our Lord said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then you must not be hated because of your inadequacies on your job or careless attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why then will the word hate you? It is because of your stance for God’s eternal words, that will determine the eternal wellbeing of all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listen to our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world will hate you, if you live by man should not live by bread but by the world of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you choose to obey God at all cost, the world will hate you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acts 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever been in position where you and your boss had issues, because of God’s words?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever been in a position where you and your spouse had issues because of God’s words?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you ever been in a position where you and your parents or you and your children or you and your family had issues because of God’s words?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always remember this, God’s words will determine your eternal wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So you are under compulsion not to live by bread alone but by God’s words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you want to be separated from God for all eternity, because you want to avoid temporary persecution here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have not been thrown into fiery fire or lions dens, because of your faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t forget, nothing must separate you from the love of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember don’t be surprised, if the world hate you because of your stance on God’s unfailing unchanging immutable eternal words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us pray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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