The Pledge of God's Presence
Jesus Promises an Advocate
John 15:18-27 The Message
18-19 “If
you find the godless world is hating you, remember it got its start
hating me. If you lived on the world’s terms, the world would love you
as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on God’s terms and no
longer on the world’s terms, the world is going to hate you.
20 “When
that happens, remember this: Servants don’t get better treatment than
their masters. If they beat on me, they will certainly beat on you. If
they did what I told them, they will do what you tell them.21-25 “They are going to do all these things to you because of the way they treated me, because they don’t know the One who sent me. If I hadn’t come and told them all this in plain language, it wouldn’t be so bad. As it is, they have no excuse. Hate me, hate my Father—it’s all the same. If I hadn’t done what I have done among them, works no one has ever done, they wouldn’t be to blame. But they saw the God-signs and hated anyway, both me and my Father. Interesting—they have verified the truth of their own Scriptures where it is written, ‘They hated me for no good reason.’
26-27 “When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes—the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father—he will confirm everything about me. You, too, from your side must give your confirming evidence, since you are in this with me from the start.”
For Reflection
Lets
face it squarely. Godlessness and Evil inhabit the world. We see it
every day; racism, favored injustice, allegiance to the wealthy or most
popular at the expense of others, self-absorption, psychopaths, who
make killing a religion.
The only real solution is to fill the world with God fearing people who act with compassion, forgiveness, mercy, and have a preference for justice and peace.
Pray
The only real solution is to fill the world with God fearing people who act with compassion, forgiveness, mercy, and have a preference for justice and peace.
Pray
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