RESTORATION TODAY
SATURDAY 8TH APRIL 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: THE WORLD MAY HATE YOU.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him Because his own works were evil, and his brothers righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if world hate you. 1John 3: 12 & 13.
An ancient proverb states that you can judge a man's character by who his enemies are. That is also true in the spiritual realm. The world loves its own, but since Christ chose believers out of the world, the world hates them (John 15: 19).
That this is true should come as no surprise to any student of God's Word. After all, the world hated Jesus so much that it killed Him. We, as His followers, can also expect hostility. If the world hates you, Jesus said in John 15: 18, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebub, He added in Matthew 10: 25, how much more shall they call them of his household??
From the beginning of history, the unrighteous have hated the righteous. The apostle John noted the tragic story of unrighteous Cain, who murdered his righteous brother Abel in a fit of jealous rage (1John 3: 12; Genesis 4: 1 - 8). In Acts 7: 52 Stephen asked his accusers, Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute And they killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
Peter explained that Christians lives are a threat because they rebuke unbelievers sin and remind them of coming judgment (1Peter 4: 4). Have you experienced the world?s hostility, opposition, prejudice, rejection, or even persecution for your stand for Jesus Christ? If so, that?s evidence that you belong to the One who also suffered rejection by the world.
ACTION POINTS
Christians are rejected by the world but accepted by God.
SCRIPTURES:
John 15: 18 - 19
Matthew 10: 25
1John 3: 12
1Peter 4: 4.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, enable me to rejoice in the face of persecution in the name of Jesus.
2. Lord, let my light shine brightly in the world in the name of Jesus.
3. May this day bring me good news in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Leviticus 14: 33 - 57
Psalm 119: 41 - 72
Mark 6: 1 - 29.
SATURDAY 8TH APRIL 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: THE WORLD MAY HATE YOU.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him Because his own works were evil, and his brothers righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if world hate you. 1John 3: 12 & 13.
An ancient proverb states that you can judge a man's character by who his enemies are. That is also true in the spiritual realm. The world loves its own, but since Christ chose believers out of the world, the world hates them (John 15: 19).
That this is true should come as no surprise to any student of God's Word. After all, the world hated Jesus so much that it killed Him. We, as His followers, can also expect hostility. If the world hates you, Jesus said in John 15: 18, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebub, He added in Matthew 10: 25, how much more shall they call them of his household??
From the beginning of history, the unrighteous have hated the righteous. The apostle John noted the tragic story of unrighteous Cain, who murdered his righteous brother Abel in a fit of jealous rage (1John 3: 12; Genesis 4: 1 - 8). In Acts 7: 52 Stephen asked his accusers, Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute And they killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
Peter explained that Christians lives are a threat because they rebuke unbelievers sin and remind them of coming judgment (1Peter 4: 4). Have you experienced the world?s hostility, opposition, prejudice, rejection, or even persecution for your stand for Jesus Christ? If so, that?s evidence that you belong to the One who also suffered rejection by the world.
ACTION POINTS
Christians are rejected by the world but accepted by God.
SCRIPTURES:
John 15: 18 - 19
Matthew 10: 25
1John 3: 12
1Peter 4: 4.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, enable me to rejoice in the face of persecution in the name of Jesus.
2. Lord, let my light shine brightly in the world in the name of Jesus.
3. May this day bring me good news in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Leviticus 14: 33 - 57
Psalm 119: 41 - 72
Mark 6: 1 - 29.
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