FBC Long Beach, MS
The World Will Hate You!
John 15:18-16:4
John 15:16-18 ESV
John 16:1-4 ESV
As disciples of Jesus, we should remember:
I. The world hates Jesus
15:18-25
John 15:18-25 ESV
When you are persecuted as a disciple of Jesus, remember:
1. The world hated Jesus first, verse 18.
2. Being hated by the world proves we are not of the world, verse 19.
3. In persecution, we share Jesus’s experience, verse 20.
4. When hated, we not only suffer with Jesus, but we suffer for Jesus, verse 21.
John 15:18-21 ESV
II. God provides a Helper for Jesus’s disciples
15:26-27
John 15:26-27 ESV
III. Jesus challenges His disciples to endure to the end
16:1-4
John 16:1-4 ESV