Hate Are you surprised?

John 15:17-25

Men and women were placed naked on a hot grill until they denied

their beliefs.

Men and women had their mouths filled with gun powder, while people

would light torches and walk toward them

Men and women were taken in caves, hung

upside down with a bag placed on their heads with starving rats placed inside that would eat their ears

and lips and eyes.

Men and women had their fingers chopped off 1 inch

at a time until they recanted the belief

Moms and Dads and their children being brought to a field of staring pigs. The

parents are tied to a tree and told to recant their beliefs

and if they don’t their children are thrown in one by one and are devoured before their eyes, while the children are screaming for help from

their parents

WORLD'S TOP 10 ANTI-CHRISTIAN REGIMES

1. North Korea 2. Iran 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Somalia 5. Maldives

6. Afghanistan 7. Yemen 8. Mauritania 9. Laos 10. Uzbekistan

In Indonesia, incidents of Christian persecution nearly

doubled in 2011, and an Islamic extremist group is threatening

to have five churches demolished because they don’t

have permits, according to Compass Direct News. In Ethiopia, a group of 500

Muslims burned down a church, also citing the church’s lack of a permit. The church had existed

there for 60 years on land owned by Christians.

In countries like Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, Christians are

often viewed as second-class citizens. Persecution in these

countries is commonly manifested through the sexual

abuse of Christian women; forced conversions to Islam;

unjust enforcement of apostasy and blasphemy laws; the theft of Christians’ property and the plunder and burning of

their homes; and physical attacks and murder.

Despite the growth of Islamic extremism around the world, evangelicalism has surged in

an unlikely place — Afghanistan. As a country

with one of the lowest percentages of evangelicals,

with an estimated 500 to 8,000 Christians, Afghanistan now has the second fastest

growing evangelical population in the world,

according to Operation World and WORLD Magazine.

I. The preparation for the hate

(Joh 15:17) These things I command you, that ye love one another.

(Joh 15:21) But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent

me.

A. The marks that DEFINE us

as a Christian

(Joh 13:35) By this shall all men know

that ye are my disciples, if ye have

love one to another.

(Act 1:8) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come

upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both

in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost

part of the earth.

B. We prepare for the hate by DRAWING

closer together

(Rom 12:10) Be kindly affectioned one to another

with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

(Eph 4:2-3) With all lowliness and meekness, with

longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond

of peace.

(1Pe 3:8) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of

another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

(1Pe 4:8) And above all things have fervent charity among

yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

(Col 3:13) Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so

also do ye.

II. The purpose for the hate

(Joh 15:18-21) 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 his own: but because ye are

not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world

hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have

kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know

not him that sent me.

A. They hate us

because we are

DIFFERENTVs.19

(1Pe 2:9) But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath

called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

(2Ti 3:12) Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ

Jesus shall suffer persecution.

B. They hate us

because we our

DOCTRINEVs 20

(2Ti 3:16) All scripture is given by inspiration of

God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction

in righteousness:

C. They hate us because of lack of

DISCERNMENT

Vs 21

(Rom 1:21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him

not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their

imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

(Rom 1:28) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave

them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not

convenient;

III. The products of the hate

(Joh 15:22-25) If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for

their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among

them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now

have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled

that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

A. Their hate is fueled because their sins

are DISCLOSED

Vs 22

(Joh 12:48) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath

one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same

shall judge him in the last day.

(Jas 4:17) Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it

not, to him it is sin.

B. Their hate is DIRECTED

aboveVs 23

C. Their hate is

DETERMINED without cause