They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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… They're going to persecute you also. He comes to John 16, verse 2 and 3, somewhere in there. He says, he says, there's going to be a day where religious people think they are honoring God by taking your life. he knew that they were going to go through difficulty. And it's true. Out of those 11 guys, 10 of them died martyrs' deaths. What he prayed for was that in the middle of that, they would hold fast to the character of God and they would trust in him. Because when they did, they would show the word most clearly to the world. And it makes sense How did Jesus show the character of the Father most clearly to us? On a cross. In the middle of suffering. This is a sobering thought. And I'll be honest with you, as your pastor, I don't realize all the ramifications of it. But I believe it's what Scripture teaches. If we're going to give ourselves to making disciples of all nations as a church, if we're going to show the character of Christ, then it's going to involve suffering. …
It is a benefit of knowing Jesus. Jesus said to his disciples in John 16.3, He said, I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world. You see, peace is not the absence of problems in your life. Jesus said, in this world you will have trouble. So trouble is the common denominator of every person who has breath in their lungs. Peace is the addition of power to whatever trouble you're in. So before we go any further, I need to clear up exactly what kind of peace I'm talking about. I'm not talking about a mood or a mental state where everything feels well. I'm not talking about a spa or a vacation spot. I'm not even talking about a quiet Saturday morning in your slippers while everyone else is asleep, because I don't know what your life is like, but if I have to wait for those moments, if I have to wait for that kind of peace, I'm not going to have a very peaceful life. Now, there are two types of peace in the Bible that we find. There's external peace, and then there's internal peace. External peace refers to your relationships with others. …
4. Is it strange that it should decrease, if those words are really found in the oracles of God: “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?” What is the meaning of these words? Let us seriously consider. And may God open the eyes of our understanding; that, in spite of all the mist wherewith the wisdom of the world would cover us, we may discern what is the good and acceptable will of God! 5. Let us, First, consider, what it is which the Apostle here means by the world. He does not here refer to this outward frame of things, termed in Scripture, heaven and earth; but to the inhabitants of the earth, the children of men, or at least, the greater part of them. But what part? This is fully determined both by our Lord himself, and by his beloved disciple. First, by our Lord himself. His words are, “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: But because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. And all these things will they do unto you, because they know not him that sent me.” (John 15:18.) You see here “the world” is placed on one side, and those who “are not of the world” on the other. They whom God has “chosen out of the world,” namely, by “sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,” are set in direct opposition to those whom he hath not so chosen. Yet again: Those “who know not him that sent me,” saith our Lord, who know not God, they are “the world.” …