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Illustration: Thrill Rides- Getting Stuck on a ride.
Rmember our context here.
Jesus is still hours away from His death.
Really from chapter 11 up until chapter 18, Jesus is preparing His disciples for what is about to take place.
(Die, Resurrect, Ascend)
He has commanded them with regard to their treasuring of Jesus while he is with them.
They need to cherish the time,
and spend it in worship.
(Mary’s anointing of him)
He has encouraged them through his service.
(washing his disciples feet).
they should be following his example.
He has encouraged them with regard to their future with him.
he is going to prepare a place for them.
This is supposed to be comforting to them.
They are to see that they have a future with Christ and that makes all the difference in the world in the present.
He has encouraged them to abide in him and to love each other in chapter 15 so far.
Now he moves beyond their relationship with each other tot their relationship with the world in which they live.
He is going to answer our questions about the world.
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What should we expect as believers and followers of Christ in this world?
Keep in mind what I just said there.
“As followers of Christ”
The first thing that is true of us as believers is that we are not of this world.
We are not of this world.
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Jesus doesn’t want his disciples to be caught off guard when they are hated, but he does want them to understand why.
Why cant we just expect people to like us as believers?
Why do people hate Christians?
Why does it seems that our country is moving more and more toward looking like the rest of the world when it comes to being hated?
For the past few months, we have been looking at other countries that are experiencing persecution, and it almost seems normal across the world for Christians to be hated and persecuted.
Why is that the case?
Verse 19 gives us a few reasons.
If the world loves
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The world has no problem accepting those who are its own.
Those associated with the world because of their worldly action, they will be treated just fine.
The recognizes its own.
It accepts its own.
it loves its own.
Why wouldn’t it?
and Here’s where we have to take a step back and make the observation that if the world loves you, its probably because we are worldly.
If the world has no problem with you, its probably because you have no problem with the world.
The world loves its own.
It accepts it own.
But continue on with me in verse 19.
But you are not of this world, but I chose you out of the world.
In other words, if Christ, in his grace, has chosen you and set his affection on you, and has given you salvation!
You are no longer apart of this world!
If you are saved, it is because God chose to save you and He did this for a purpose.
Paul says it this way:
We have been chosen to be holy.
Holy means set apart, different than that which is common to the world.
Jesus’s disciples were chosen to be different than the world around them.
We have been chosen, to be different than the world around us.
I love the way the KJV translates 1 peter 2:9
A peculiar people.
A people that this world will not recognize, and a people that the world certainly will not accept.
This is why he ends verse 19 the way he does.
Because of this, the world hates you.
This aspect of the Gospel and what it means to follow Christ is painfully absent in much of preaching today.
Its painfully absent in “Easy Believeism.”
Its painfully absent in the prosperity gospel.
Following Christ doesn’t necessarily mean that your life gets easier.
In fact, It should mean, according to Jesus, that you will go from being loved and accepted by the world to being hated and no longer accepted by the world.
This is what Jesus is saying we should expect!
And This has to be apart of the Gospel we proclaim.
Why Should we expect this?
The World Hated Jesus.
Look back with me in verse 18
Jesus here again is informing the disciples of the hatred that they will experience because of their following of Christ.
Jesus basically says to them.
Don’t be surprised, They hated me too.
You say well I’m not Jesus… Why would they hate me like they hated him?
And here is where our theology of salvation is important in the every day walking out of our faith.
If you have been saved, you are in Christ.
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The Bible says you are in Christ, of Christ, and Christ is in you.
Therefore, don’t be surprised if you are hated like Christ was when you are faithful to walk in the Spirit that has been placed within you.
The first reason we should expect to be hated is that we are in Christ and Christ is in us.
And we are not any greater than our master.
We shouldnt expect better than what Jesus got.
Look at verse 20
Jesus reminds them of a previous statement he made in
tIf we do what Christ did, we can expect to receive what Christ received.
Our position in Christ gets us a favorable position in the sight of God, but it will most certainly be an unfavorable position in the eyes of the world, and Jesus is a prime example of this.
Perfectly pleasing to the Father and yet despised and rejected by the world.
So we follow his example to be faithful despite injustice and despite the hatred.
Why else should we expect this?
The World Hates the Father who sent Christ.
Look in verse 21
John 15:21
They hate him because they do not know Him.
This does not mean that they are ignorant that there is a God.
Everyone knows by through creation that there is a God.
Its that they choose to embrace ignorance rather than intimate knowledge of God that comes through Christ.
But hear me out here:
Embracing ignorance whenever God has extended knowledge of Christ to you is inexcusable and results in damnation.
People like this have no excuse.
Look in the next 3 verses
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