~ Because The World Hates Christ ~
Introduction to This Series ~ The word world does not refer to the physical world and all its creative beauty. Rather, it refers to the world system, its typical beliefs and often anti-God actions.
Scripture ~ “Then Jesus said to them, ‘My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come’” (John 7:6-8).
Christ’s Prayer to The Father for You ~ “I gave them your Word; the godless world hated them because of it, because they didn’t join the world’s ways, just as I didn’t join the world’s ways. I’m not asking that you take them out of the world but that you guard them from the Evil One. They are no more defined by the world than I am defined by the world. Make them holy — consecrated — with the truth; Your word is consecrating truth” (John 17:14-17, The Message).
Comment ~ “My time has not yet fully come.” God (Jesus) came down to earth the first time to suffer a cruel death to pay for all the sins (past, present, and future) of those who accept His free gift of salvation. When He comes a second time to judge those who have not accepted Him as their Savior His time will have fully come.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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