of the World

The rest of my day went smoothly enough. I went back to work after lunch. I worked in a computer lab on computers rather than in the server room on laptops... It was still boring. After work I went home and prepared for a friend of mine to come over and play Halo3 with me. He and I are rooming together in the fall at the Uni... He's cool. We pwned some no0bs online and then he had to leave to go to his g/f's house.
Speaking of g/f's mine is coming home from Indiana tomorrow! she's been at a CIY (Christ in Youth) convention all week. We've talked and texted... I get to see her tomorrow so that's cool. Its only about 8 o'clock and i have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my day...
Well here's the scripture for the day...............:



John 15:18-21 (New American Standard)
18 "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out the world, because of this the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me."

I have heard this verse many times. Today I just randomly opened my Bible and this is the first verse I saw... The world is a terrible place. God knows that. He put us here with the sole purpose of bringing/giving Him glory. So why isn't the world doing that? The people of the world are so lost. They must not know that, quite simply, they're going to hell.
This verse talks about how followers of Christ will be tormented, killed, and made fun of. All of this done to them just because we believe in who God is, and that He sent Jesus to die for us.
The little blurb about the slave and his master hit home for me. I'm prideful. I can be proud. Often times I'll find myself looking down on certain people around me. Why do I do this? More often than not its because I see myself as being greater than them.

This thinking is so wrong.

The last part of the verse talks about the reason the world hates Christians is because they don't know God. They don't know that God lowered Himself to our level in the form of His own Son and then allowed His Son to be killed. And not only killed but BRUTALLY beat and killed.
Well the solution to this problem is summed up in the Great Commission:
Matthew 28:18-20
18 "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'"
We have to tell the world what's up. We have to show them the love of Jesus. The promise of eternal life.

We have to help them understand that they would rather be us than torment us...

God Bless