The World Hates The Disciples

You will be hated…as they hated Him that made you.

John 15:18-25 (NIV)

18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If 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. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’[c]

Jesus has directed and commanded us to love. Therefore, anyone who hates, does not know Jesus, and therefore does not know the Father. If you do not know the Father, then you have not ever known Jesus, and you are still living in sin.

How do we throw out the sin? Once we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord, we are saved. Upon receiving that Salvation, we will be prompted to love more than we ever thought possible. Our cup will overflow with so mich, that we will not have the ability to hold it in. That is precisely the way that God designed you. We are made to receive love and give love. Daily.

Picture yourself as a machine. A machine so perfectly made, that the only fuel required to efficiently operate is love. Love of God. Love of yourself. Love of your neigubor. You are God’s perfect machine, and you are called to love all mankind. Even when you are hated. Not if you are hated. When you are hated. That time is upon us now.

Hold fast to the Lord, and speak in the name of Jesus Christ. Whatever is asked for in His name will be given to you. Believe that what Jesus says, is key to activating your machine. You will love beyond any level that you have ever dreamed. #JesusSaves

Amen.
DK