Don't be surprised

 

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. – 1 John 3.13-15

 

The West is now waking up to a reality that the world has known for centuries. The world is not going to love us. We are starting to learn that the world is going to hate us if are works are righteous because theirs are evil. It all started when Cain killed Able for that very reason. We have passed from death to life and the world is still dead in their sin. They are not going to get it no matter what.

 

Most of the world knows this. It is no shock because they experience it every day. They are arrested, tortured, locked away is boxes, beaten, and killed. Families are separated, women are raped, and men brutalized. And all because the world hates them so much.

 

I am not sure how we have escaped it. Things are changing though and it’s going to harder and harder to maintain our walk with the Lord and our testimonies. How are you going to respond to hatred and abuse? How are we going to act as our freedoms and our worship and such become the aims of government control?

 

We should not be shocked. If the world hated Jesus and we are walking as He walked how can we expect them to love us?

 

Don’t be surprised. Be ready.