18 “If the world hates 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 of the world, because of this the world hates you. John 15:18-19 (LSB)
Over that last several post I have attempted to teach from God’s Word the lessons geared toward drawing Christians to self-examination and repentance. Why? The Church, the truth Church, is not organizations or buildings, but is, instead, a group of people whom God has called out of this world. True Christians are called to love not this world. Instead, they are to love the Lord their God even more than our own lives….
However, after decades of being attacked by false shepherds and bad theology, the visible church is very sick. Within it is the True Church and we are encouraging all Christians to pray and get serious about their walk with Christ for it is only through this that we overcome the world.
On the night before His crucifixion, our Lord poured Himself into His disciples to prepare them for what was coming. Let us look at part of that discourse.