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Jesus cares for His own.
He is about to prove this in the greatest possible way.
He is about to absorb the wrath of God on their behalf.
He is about to endure an eternity of the Father’s wrath for them.
Don’t ever underestimate the love of the Shepherd.
He loves them.
He has chosen them.
He will die for them.
He will never leave them.
But even in the midst that truth, he also knows them.
He knows the tendency of mankind.
He has seen the example of Israel, those who God brought out by a mighty hand out of Egypt and yet they refused to trust him and they died in their idolatry in the wilderness.
LISTEN to what Jesus is saying.
Listen to how he pleads for their souls.
He pleads for Their allegiance.
He pleads for their strength and steadfastness in the faith in the middle of the angst and difficulty they are about to face.
Essentially Jesus says and I’m paraphrasing “Im telling you this beforehand, so that you are not caught off guard and so that you will remain faithful!”
These men are about to go through it.
Do you think he would be spending time on this if their road was going to be an easy one?
No, he speaks this to them because, as the Lord of all Creation, in His omniscience, he knows they will face hardship.
He knows how they will be treated.
And he knows the temptation to just walk away.
So, he issues this warning, against apostasy, against just giving in and returning to the sin and idolatry that condemns to Hell.
Look in verse 1
As a loving Father warns His children, Jesus warned His disciples.
“Be prepared.”
he continues on..
Get ready for it.
It is coming.
You will be outcasts from the synagogue.
The implication here is that the Jews will be the ones who will cast them out.
They will be cast out of the place where they used to worship.
This being cast out was not a small burden to bear.
They were treated harshly.
Religious, Social, Economic impacts.
You didn’t worship.
You didn’t show up with family to place of worship.
Socially, it seems reasonable to imagine that they would have been treated as traitors by family, friends, and loved one.
Economically, these were men whose jobs likely depended upon their knowledge of the people in their society.
They would be hated.
But not only will they be hated…
He goes on…
an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
Hour language speaks of the time in which Jesus will bring about ushering in His spiritual kingdom.
At this hour, Those associated with Christ will now experience a hatred from the world like never before because they have submitted to the King whose righteous wrath will one day be poured out upon those of the world.
They will do this thinking they are performing a service unto God.
Basically what it says here is that they will do this all the while combing their own conscience.
Same thing that happened to Jesus.
This also suggests that the same people who put Jesus to death will come after them as well.
There is certainly evidence that some rabbinic authorities held that slaying heretics could be an act of divine worship
They will act on their own and attribute their actions to God. but listen to what Jesus says of them.
Hear the love in His voice for His own.
They are going to do this, but they don’t know me.
In fact, the reason they are going to do this, is because they don’t know God or Christ.
Jesus assures them through this that He knows whats going to happen
The strength for the disciples during the hard time will come from the fact that they do know God and Him personally.
This isnt that encouraging for us on earth, but with an eternal persecitve it make all the difference.
This doesn’t mean that they will escape the difficulty.
In fact, it guarantees their difficulty and for some, it guarantees their deaths.
But for his disciples, there is the promise of his abiding presence and to reassure them when it does occur.
Jesus telling them about it beforehand assures them that their suffering does not happen outside His knowledge or His sovereignty.
Every ounce of suffering they went through and we go through as believers is not
Look in verse 4
John 16:4
The disciples are probably concerned at this point to say the least.
The level of expectation and sacrifice has increased.
The disciples at this point are probably struggling.
Suddenly, Jesus’s words “Follow Me.” mean something completely different for them.
Following Jesus for the past 3 years has meant a front row seat to some amazing miracles and ministry.
Now following Jesus, means more than amazing miracles and ministry.
Remember what He has told them before.
Now, it means death.
It means suffering.
It means a shift from Jesus being physically with them to being spiritually with them as they suffer.
It will even appear as those the world is winning.
Look what he says there at verse 4.
“So that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them.”
In other words, it will seem that they are winning, but remember what I told you.
Suffer Well.
Be faithful.
The disciples are probably concerned at this point to say the least.
The level of expectation and sacrifice has increased.
The disciples at this point are probably struggling.
Suddenly, Jesus’s words “Follow Me.” mean something completely different for them.
Following Jesus for the past 3 years has meant a front row seat to some amazing miracles and ministry.
Now following Jesus, means more than amazing miracles and ministry.
Now, it means death.
It means suffering.
Jesus didn’t tell them of the suffering before, because in reality, he took the hit for them.
They have watched him countless times be ridiculed and continue to minister.
Never do you read of a disciple getting persecuted while Jesus was with them.
They are about to watch Him suffer cruel punishment on the cross for a crime He did not commit.
But, Jesus will depart from them physically soon, but the suffering and persecution has only just begun.
The disciples will experience suffering like they never have before and it will all be because of the name of Christ.
Jesus won’t physically be there, but those who bear His name spiritually will be beaten, persecuted and killed.
And this is how it will be now.
Those who bear the name of Christ will always be the target of suffering.
We shouldn’t be surprised when this happens and we will not be alone.
Look in verse 5-6
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