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This is a Spotlight on the Scripture. “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Luke 6:22. Charles Spurgeon once said, the present age is so flippant that if a man, loves the savior he is a fanatic, and if he hates the powers of evil, he is a bigot. I know that we live in a world, where everybody wants to be like. If you go to Facebook, you will see people doing the craziest things just to be like. People of God I want you to know, that WE CANNOT BE SERVANTS OF JESUS WITHOUT SUFFERING. The contrast between the natural heart and the redeemed heart is that one is following the course of this world, and the other is following their Savior, Lord Jesus Christ.
Listen to what Jesus, said, “Blessed are you when people hate you. Listen, you never think of the people who admit that they are lost, they cannot save themselves, they see themselves as spiritually poor and hungry, and cry out to God to save them, would be hated. It seems impossible that they would be hated, just because they confessed and acknowledged that they are sinners and need the savior Jesus Christ, but they are hated, because of that. Jesus said that they will hate, exclude, condemn, and snub your name as evil.
In biblical times there were consequences for following Jesus in a fallen world then, and there are consequences for following Jesus today. (cf. Matt. 5:10-11). The person who believes the Word of God is going to have a rough time. If he or she does not have a rough time, something is wrong. Jesus said Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and reject your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Listen in 1856, Henry Brown, a slave in Richmond, Virginia, decided he didn’t want to be a slave anymore. Henry Brown found himself a box, a small wooden crate, and he stamped it to an abolitionist in Philadelphia, which was free territory. Henry Brown got inside and mailed himself to Philadelphia. Listen Henry Brown was banking on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver him. He was in slavery and needed to be delivered. The abolitionist got the crate. When he opened the box, Henry Brown stood up, after being in that box for three weeks, and said, “How do you do sir. My name is Henry Brown and I was a slave. I heard about you being an abolitionist, so I’m entrusting my future to you.” Beloved that was a big risk. It was an oxygen risk, a risk of being discovered, it was a risk of starving to death. But when Henry Brown stood up in Philadelphia, he was a free man. Henry Brown rejoiced because the risk was well worth the inconvenience. Saints living a committed Christian life involves taking a risk. It involves having faith that Jesus is going to come through for you. But living a committed Christian life is a risk that is well worth the inconvenience. This is a Spotlight on the Scripture. 2/5/24
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This is a Spotlight on the Scripture. “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Luke 6:22. Charles Spurgeon once said, the present age is so flippant that if a man, loves the savior he is a fanatic, and if he hates the powers of evil, he is a bigot. I know that we live in a world, where everybody wants to be like. If you go to Facebook, you will see people doing the craziest things just to be like. People of God I want you to know, that WE CANNOT BE SERVANTS OF JESUS WITHOUT SUFFERING. The contrast between the natural heart and the redeemed heart is that one is following the course of this world, and the other is following their Savior, Lord Jesus Christ.
Listen to what Jesus, said, “Blessed are you when people hate you. Listen, you never think of the people who admit that they are lost, they cannot save themselves, they see themselves as spiritually poor and hungry, and cry out to God to save them, would be hated. It seems impossible that they would be hated, just because they confessed and acknowledged that they are sinners and need the savior Jesus Christ, but they are hated, because of that. Jesus said that they will hate, exclude, condemn, and snub your name as evil.
In biblical times there were consequences for following Jesus in a fallen world then, and there are consequences for following Jesus today. (cf. Matt. 5:10-11). The person who believes the Word of God is going to have a rough time. If he or she does not have a rough time, something is wrong. Jesus said Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and reject your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Listen in 1856, Henry Brown, a slave in Richmond, Virginia, decided he didn’t want to be a slave anymore. Henry Brown found himself a box, a small wooden crate, and he stamped it to an abolitionist in Philadelphia, which was free territory. Henry Brown got inside and mailed himself to Philadelphia. Listen Henry Brown was banking on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver him. He was in slavery and needed to be delivered. The abolitionist got the crate. When he opened the box, Henry Brown stood up, after being in that box for three weeks, and said, “How do you do sir. My name is Henry Brown and I was a slave. I heard about you being an abolitionist, so I’m entrusting my future to you.” Beloved that was a big risk. It was an oxygen risk, a risk of being discovered, it was a risk of starving to death. But when Henry Brown stood up in Philadelphia, he was a free man. Henry Brown rejoiced because the risk was well worth the inconvenience. Saints living a committed Christian life involves taking a risk. It involves having faith that Jesus is going to come through for you. But living a committed Christian life is a risk that is well worth the inconvenience. This is a Spotlight on the Scripture. 2/5/24
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Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com