Bible Discussion Thread

yes. Iam preparing a sermon on Sunday and looking for bible references and other sources that would be of assistance in developing the sermon on "Facing the world hatred".

I pray for blessings for your sermon that God uses you and speaks through you so that His truth is delivered to those who need to hear it.

John 15:18

Matthew 10:22

The world hated Jesus first. I'm really concerned about the world currently, because people are exchanging truth for lies as the shinier more appealing object of their affection. Truth seems unpopular in current times- this is hard to see unfold as I used to have hope for a brighter future.

Maybe you have been thinking about a brighter future in this life . Maybe you need to look to the next life and not so much this one . You must see that this world is full of people and people are sinners . Most of the people with power in this world are not Christians . They are interested in the pleasures of this life . We have to be different to them and set our hearts on the next life , when we will be with our Saviour . That's better than anything this life can offer . Christians have lots to look forward to but this life isn't where we shall find peace and happiness . If we were of this world then this world would love us , did this world love Jesus ? No it did not . We must be dead to this world and alive in Christ . This world is nothing to us and we are nothing to it and that's exactly how it should be .

Hatred of the world: Here are some scriptures I hope will be helpful :

1John 3, whole chapter, , John 15:12-26, Luke 6:22, 1Peter 4, John 16:1-16,

Examples of Christ to follow = John 16:32-33, John 3:17, Luke 23:23,33,34

James 4:1-4,

Hi James. You may care to do a search for "The Hatred of the World by Tim Beerman". He gives an extensive outline with many Scriptures that may assist you in your prayerful consideration of this subject.