In John 15, Jesus is preparing His disciples for life without Him once He departs. And He gives them some warnings and encouragements about persecution. Because if you’re going to be a committed disciple, then opposition is inevitable. So in today’s Bible study, we’ll see why the world hates Christians along with some comforting words from Jesus. And then at the end, I’ll give you 5 practical takeaways.

Related videos:

What It Takes to Be a Committed Follower of Christ — https://youtu.be/uouHHVUse_0

The Wildly Different Responses to Jesus — https://youtu.be/Z1jHSQ32aek

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0:00 Intro

1:41 What persecution is, and how it’s experienced

5:32 Jesus’ warning about persecution

6:01 The world hates Christians because they hate Christ.

10:50 The world hates Christians because we are not of the world.

14:03 The world hates Christians because they don’t know God.

18:33 Jesus’ encouragement for persecution—they would receive the Holy Spirit.

21:26 They would remember Jesus’ words.

25:09 Summary and practical takeaways

Bible passages in this video:

John 15:18-27, John 7:7, 1 Samuel 8:7, 2 Timothy 3:12, Romans 12:2, 1 John 4:7-8, Matthew 5:44, 1 John 4:4, John 16:1-4, Matthew 5:10-12

All verses are in the King James Version (KJV).

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