{"id":31494,"date":"2024-06-09T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john-15_9-17-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:56:39","slug":"john-15_18-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john-15_18-27\/","title":{"rendered":"When the World Hates You"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 15:18-27 \u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 15:18-27.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

John 15:18-25 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If 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.
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Remember 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.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He who hates me hates my Father as well.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 18-25:\u00a0 An unbelieving world hated Jesus Christ so much that they killed him by nailing him to a cross.\u00a0 Even to this day, no name has received more hate in all of human history than the name of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 On a daily basis, there is no name that is more abused, more taken for granted and used more frequently as a curse word than the name of Jesus.\u00a0 As Jesus predicted in verses 20-21, just as much of the world despised Jesus, so much of the world despises Christians.\u00a0 That is why virtually the only time you hear a Christian leader making the mainstream news is if it is related to some kind of scandal.\u00a0 The world loves to pick Christians apart, pointing at their faults, laughing at their failings, and at the same time ignoring the good that Christians do or taking seriously the message that Christians preach.\u00a0 But this is should not surprise us, for Jesus says it himself, \u201cIf the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.\u201d (v18)<\/p>\n

Why did the unbelieving world hate Jesus and why does an unbelieving world hate Christians?\u00a0 It\u2019s because Jesus and Christians make some claims that were not politically correct back in Jesus\u2019 day, nor are they politically correct in our day.\u00a0 The message that we are sinners who need a Saviour has never been a popular one.\u00a0 Granted, Christians today must learn to speak this message in wise, sensitive ways, and it is a lack of wisdom that often brings more hate than necessary.\u00a0 Still, there will always be pushback against the Gospel message, even when delivered with wisdom, tact and love, because the sinful, me-centered nature in people will fight against it.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be discouraged or surprised when unbelievers curse you, hate you or persecute you, for that is the way they treated our Saviour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 15:26 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 26:\u00a0 In verse 26 Jesus teaches us some important truths about the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 He calls the Holy Spirit \u201cthe Counselor\u201d and \u201cthe Spirit of truth\u201d.\u00a0 The Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus from the Father.\u00a0 The Holy Spirit also testifies about Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0That is one way you can distinguish the Holy Spirit from evil spirits: the Holy Spirit is set on glorifying Jesus and lifting Jesus up, whereas evil spirits want to fight against Jesus\u2019 glory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

John 15:27 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 27:\u00a0 Just as the Holy Spirit testifies about Jesus, so we are called to testify about Jesus.\u00a0 Let\u2019s join the Holy Spirit in testifying about Jesus, working with the Holy Spirit to proclaim who Jesus is.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, I pray that I would share You with others lovingly, courageously and wisely.\u00a0 And whenever I am mocked, persecuted or hated because of it, may I remember that You went through even more.\u00a0 Holy Spirit, thank You for working in our lives and testifying to us about who Jesus is.\u00a0 May I join You in testifying about who Jesus is in my life to others.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 15:18-27.\u00a0 I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help, then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!
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\nJohn 15:18-25 (NIV)
\n18\u00a0\u00a0“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
\n19\u00a0\u00a0If 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.
\n20\u00a0\u00a0Remember 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.<\/p>\n

On verses 18-25:\u00a0 An unbelieving world hated Jesus Christ so much that they killed him by nailing him to a cross.\u00a0 Even to this day, no name has received more hate in all of human history than the name of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 On a daily basis, there is no name that is more abused, more taken for granted and used more frequently as a curse word than the name of Jesus.\u00a0 As Jesus predicted in verses 20-21, just as much of the world despised Jesus, so much of the world despises Christians.\u00a0 That is why virtually the only time you hear a Christian leader making the mainstream news is if it is related to some kind of scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31497,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31494\/revisions\/31497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}