Hated with Him, Kept in Him
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 you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
John 15:18-21
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Hated with Him, Kept in Him
Jesus speaks plainly: the world that rejected Him will also reject those who belong to Him. This hatred is not random, it is the world’s rebellion against the Father Himself. Our union with Christ through Baptism means we share not only in His life but also in His cross. The disciple is not above the Master, and so the scorn He endured becomes, in some measure, our own. Yet this is not cause for fear. The cross that marks us as His also shelters us in His victory. The same Savior whom the world hated has already borne its sin and overcome it. When hostility rises, we remember that we carry His name, not the world’s. And though the world may not know us, the Father does. In Christ we remain chosen, kept, and upheld, even in the midst of hatred.
John 15:18-21
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Hated with Him, Kept in Him
Jesus speaks plainly: the world that rejected Him will also reject those who belong to Him. This hatred is not random, it is the world’s rebellion against the Father Himself. Our union with Christ through Baptism means we share not only in His life but also in His cross. The disciple is not above the Master, and so the scorn He endured becomes, in some measure, our own. Yet this is not cause for fear. The cross that marks us as His also shelters us in His victory. The same Savior whom the world hated has already borne its sin and overcome it. When hostility rises, we remember that we carry His name, not the world’s. And though the world may not know us, the Father does. In Christ we remain chosen, kept, and upheld, even in the midst of hatred.
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