John 15:18-16:4.
John 15.18-16.4
The World's Hatred
"If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated
me first. If you belonged to the world, its people would love you.
But you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the
world behind, and that is why its people hate you. Remember how I
told you that servants are not greater than their master. So if people
mistreat me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will
do what you say. People will do to you exactly what they did to me.
They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one
who sent me. 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. Everyone who
hates me also hates my Father. I have done things that no one else
has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not
be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me
and my Father too. That is why the Scriptures are true when they say,
"People hated me for no reason." I will send you the Spirit who comes
from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and
will tell you about me. Then you will also tell others about me,
because you have been with me from the beginning. I am telling you
this to keep you from being afraid. You will be chased out of the
Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill
you and think they are doing God a favor. They will do these things
because they don't know either the Father or me. I am saying this to
you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have
said.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
I was with you at the first, and so I didn't tell you these things."
God bless you.
The World's Hatred
"If the people of this world hate you, just remember that they hated
me first. If you belonged to the world, its people would love you.
But you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the
world behind, and that is why its people hate you. Remember how I
told you that servants are not greater than their master. So if people
mistreat me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will
do what you say. People will do to you exactly what they did to me.
They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one
who sent me. 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. Everyone who
hates me also hates my Father. I have done things that no one else
has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not
be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me
and my Father too. That is why the Scriptures are true when they say,
"People hated me for no reason." I will send you the Spirit who comes
from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and
will tell you about me. Then you will also tell others about me,
because you have been with me from the beginning. I am telling you
this to keep you from being afraid. You will be chased out of the
Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill
you and think they are doing God a favor. They will do these things
because they don't know either the Father or me. I am saying this to
you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have
said.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
I was with you at the first, and so I didn't tell you these things."
God bless you.
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