Have you ever wondered why the U.S. is hated among other nations? We all see news items almost every day where someone is burning a U.S. flag or blaming the U.S. for the woes of the world. The Iranian president recently said, “May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world,” using language reserved for hated enemies. Bin Laden is said to be involved with a plot to cover the U.S. and Europe with terrorism. Mass transit systems are said to be targeted for attack.
The U.S. has always been a leader in warning of terrorist threats around the world. That’s one reason we are hated.
But probably the greatest reason the U.S. is hated is that we are largely followers of Jesus. People that do not believe in Jesus, hate Jesus followers. Haters of Jesus want to cause problems all over the world.
We have a “sure warning” of the signs of the times and we don’t need to make up anything new! It is the Word of God! And the Word tells us that as Disciples of Christ, we will be hated for His Name’s sake!
Matthew 24:9,10 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.”
Matthew 10:22 “All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
John 15:18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.”
John 15:21 “They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.”
We have nothing to fear from the world if we just leave Jesus out. The devil doesn’t fight you when the love of money is your goal. “Happy Church” is so much easier. It poses no threat to the evil present in the world.
But if we preach Christ, and Him crucified, we pose a threat to the devil’s kingdom – and we can expect to be hated by those who hate Him. If we keep telling people about Jesus, the Messiah, the Savior of the world, those who do not receive Him as such will continue to hate us and to gnash their teeth at us in anger and fury.
The anti-christ spirit is arising in the world because the time is short, and it will try its best to kill those who know Jesus as the one and only true Christ.
But Jesus is still Lord over all that is against Him and His Church! And in the end, every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!
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