WEBVTT 00:09:20.290 --> 00:13:28.420 find our hymnals we will start noon song service song number 274 thank you so 00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:31.360 much once again for this awesome church thank you so much for everything that 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.800 you do for us Lord we love you and we just ask that you fill this church with 00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:37.120 your spirit help us sing out to you this afternoon and it's in Jesus name we pray 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:45.790 for our next song let's go to our binders sung it this morning so I know 00:13:45.790 --> 00:13:52.690 y'all had some practice I know well sing it out rejoice in the Lord it's in your 00:13:52.690 --> 00:14:04.580 black binders the back pages from the last rejoice in the Lord let's all sing 00:14:04.580 --> 00:17:02.010 that out together come to steadfast Baptist you need a 00:17:02.010 --> 00:17:05.060 bulletin raise your hand one of the ushers will get one to you if you 00:17:05.060 --> 00:17:09.090 weren't here this morning I brought up that pastor Shelley is out of town he's 00:17:09.090 --> 00:17:13.450 in Oklahoma City today preaching for anchor Baptist Church for their one-year 00:17:13.450 --> 00:17:18.980 anniversary if you want to listen to his sermons just search on YouTube anchor 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:22.550 Baptist Church it's right there and you can listen to what he had to say up 00:17:22.550 --> 00:17:27.330 there at that church and of course be sure to like and subscribe all right we 00:17:27.330 --> 00:17:31.930 also have our Bible memory chapter there on the bulletins Psalm 53 if you can 00:17:31.930 --> 00:17:37.090 quote this to a non-family member you'll get a prize we have the information on 00:17:37.090 --> 00:17:40.590 the inside of the bulletin regarding our service times and our soul winning times 00:17:40.590 --> 00:17:47.910 pay attention to those and come out for that the stats expecting ladies in terms 00:17:47.910 --> 00:17:52.870 of the upcoming events be sure to come out for the turkey bowl on November the 00:17:52.870 --> 00:17:59.210 29th that's led by Brother Marcel we have the ladies Christmas party on 00:17:59.210 --> 00:18:04.190 December the 5th Christmas caroling will take place on the 8th that's always a 00:18:04.190 --> 00:18:08.590 great time going singing to random people after knocking their door and 00:18:08.590 --> 00:18:13.670 being a blessing to the community in that way on the 21st it's the children's 00:18:13.670 --> 00:18:18.060 choir they're gonna get up and perform for us looking forward to that the same 00:18:18.060 --> 00:18:23.030 day is the cookie bake-off you can vote on your favorite cookie you can eat as 00:18:23.030 --> 00:18:29.990 many as you like it's gonna be a party folks the 24th is the Christmas candle 00:18:29.990 --> 00:18:34.910 light service always powerful and then we have men's preaching and pizza where 00:18:34.910 --> 00:18:38.840 some church members are gonna get up some men are gonna get up and they're 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:44.250 gonna preach a five-minute sermon and we're also gonna have some pizza to go 00:18:44.250 --> 00:18:49.230 along with that event but that's all I have for the announcements we'll move 00:18:49.230 --> 00:18:55.390 on to our next song courtesy of brother Dustin who was in the hallway brother 00:18:55.390 --> 00:19:08.770 Dustin come on down and let's get a let's get a song going here Psalm 139 00:19:08.770 --> 00:19:19.550 our Psalm of the week go to Psalm 139 Psalm 139 let's all sing that out 00:19:19.550 --> 00:23:01.960 together Isaiah chapter 53 that's Isaiah chapter 53 Isaiah 53 just real quick I 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:05.740 forgot to mention brother Samuel Foley is preaching for us this evening filling 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:10.190 in for pastor Shelley Isaiah 53 the Bible reads who hath believed our 00:23:10.190 --> 00:23:15.630 report and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed for he shall grow up 00:23:15.630 --> 00:23:20.750 before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground he hath no form 00:23:20.750 --> 00:23:25.250 nor comeliness when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire 00:23:25.250 --> 00:23:30.970 him he is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief 00:23:30.970 --> 00:23:36.520 and we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not 00:23:36.520 --> 00:23:41.320 surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him 00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:46.540 stricken smitten of God and afflicted but he was wounded for our transgressions 00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:50.610 he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him 00:23:50.610 --> 00:23:56.030 and with his stripes we are healed all we like sheep have gone astray we have 00:23:56.030 --> 00:24:00.370 turned everyone to his own way and the Lord had laid on him the iniquity of us 00:24:00.370 --> 00:24:05.790 all he was oppressed and he was afflicted yet he opened not his mouth he 00:24:05.790 --> 00:24:10.250 is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is 00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:15.300 dumb so he openeth not his mouth he was taken from prison and from judgment and 00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:19.960 who shall declare his generation for he was cut off out of the land of the 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:24.330 living for the transgression of my people was he stricken and he made his 00:24:24.330 --> 00:24:28.430 grave with the wicked and with the rich at his death because he had done no 00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:33.460 violence neither was any deceit in his mouth yet it pleased the Lord to bruise 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:38.150 him he hath put him to grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin 00:24:38.150 --> 00:24:42.950 he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the Lord 00:24:42.950 --> 00:24:48.160 shall prosper in his hand he shall see the travail of his soul and shall be 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:53.390 satisfied by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many for he 00:24:53.390 --> 00:24:57.650 shall bear their iniquities therefore will I divide him a portion with the 00:24:57.650 --> 00:25:02.260 great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he had poured out his 00:25:02.260 --> 00:25:07.330 soul under death and he was numbered with the transgressors and he bear the 00:25:07.330 --> 00:25:12.320 sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors. Let's bow our heads for a 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:15.580 word of prayer. Father in heaven I pray Lord God that you would fill brother 00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:20.740 Samuel Foley with your spirit enable him to preach the sermon with boldness that 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:25.140 you've laid on his heart help us to pay close attention to the message and apply 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:32.770 it to our lives we love you in Jesus name I pray amen. Amen. I want to thank 00:25:32.770 --> 00:25:39.560 pastor Shelley for the opportunity to preach. Look with me at verse one the 00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:44.440 Bible says who hath believed our report and to whom is the arm of the Lord 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:50.490 revealed for he shall grow up before him as a tender plant and as a root out of a 00:25:50.490 --> 00:25:55.870 dry ground he hath no form nor comeliness and when we shall see him 00:25:55.870 --> 00:26:02.100 there is no beauty that we should desire him he is despised and rejected of men a 00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:08.030 man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and we hid as it were our faces from 00:26:08.030 --> 00:26:15.650 him he was despised and we esteemed him not verse 1 is quoted in Romans chapter 00:26:15.650 --> 00:26:21.150 10 and it's applied to the unbelieving Jews rejecting Jesus Christ and not 00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:28.830 obeying the gospel now Jews today claim that this passage this entire chapter is 00:26:28.830 --> 00:26:38.350 referring to the modern state of Israel and anti-semitism let's reread verse 3 00:26:38.350 --> 00:26:43.990 it says he is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows and acquainted with 00:26:43.990 --> 00:26:50.150 grief and we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed 00:26:50.150 --> 00:26:57.220 him not see Jews today actually fulfill this chapter by rejecting Jesus because 00:26:57.220 --> 00:27:01.830 Jesus is in all the Old Testament Jesus is the Old Testament but Jews don't 00:27:01.830 --> 00:27:05.300 believe the Old Testament they don't believe the Bible they believe the 00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:11.390 Talmud not the Bible and their Antichrist book the Talmud teaches that 00:27:11.390 --> 00:27:17.940 Jesus was a sorcerer and he led Israel into into idolatry and they teach that 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:24.100 he is burning in dung today in hell that's who you think God's chosen people 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:30.240 is today the most blessed people on the planet right bunch of Christ-hating 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:37.490 pagans these people are wicked and Satanic and they're gonna go to hell but 00:27:37.490 --> 00:27:45.670 the irony is that their rejection of Jesus proves Isaiah 53 to be true turn 00:27:45.670 --> 00:27:55.850 with me to Psalm 22 Jesus started with glory with the father in heaven and the 00:27:55.850 --> 00:28:00.150 father sent the son to be to humble himself and become a man God manifest in 00:28:00.150 --> 00:28:04.880 the flesh and he came to be despised and rejected and that's the title of my 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:11.460 sermon tonight despised and rejected I want to look at how Jesus was despised 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:16.250 and rejected and I want to start with a couple definitions persecution is 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:22.240 defined as unfair or abusive treatment toward a person or group of people and 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:30.370 despise means to regard with content distaste or disgust to scorn or to hate 00:28:30.370 --> 00:28:37.230 Jesus was despised and rejected look with me in Psalm 22 starting in verse 6 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:45.660 the Bible says but I am a worm and no man a reproach of man and despised of 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:51.640 the people all day that see me laugh me to scorn they shoot out the lip they 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:56.390 shake the head saying he trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him let him 00:28:56.390 --> 00:29:02.100 deliver him seeing he delighted in him skip down to verse 12 many bulls have 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:07.820 compassed me strong bulls of Bayshan have beset me round they gaped upon me 00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:13.290 with their mouth as a ravening and a roaring lion I am poured out like water 00:29:13.290 --> 00:29:19.070 and all my bones are out of joint my heart is like wax it is melted in the 00:29:19.070 --> 00:29:24.320 midst of my bowels my strength is dried up like a pot shirt and my tongue 00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:29.940 cleaveth to my jaws and thou has brought me into the dust of death for dogs have 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:35.690 compassed me the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me they pierced my hands 00:29:35.690 --> 00:29:42.480 and my feet I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me they part my 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:49.320 garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture I wonder if this also is 00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:54.250 about the poor modern state of Israel obviously this is Jesus Christ being 00:29:54.250 --> 00:30:00.100 despised and rejected turn with me to Matthew chapter two Matthew chapter two 00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:07.660 in this sermon I want to really emphasize the gospel of John because I 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:11.830 think that Jesus is obviously despised and rejected throughout all of the 00:30:11.830 --> 00:30:16.760 gospel accounts but I think John especially just hammers this point every 00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:21.720 single chapter you see different aspects of how Jesus is just being persecuted 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:26.600 again and again and we're gonna bounce around a bit but once we get to John 00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:30.270 keep a finger there because we'll be there for the whole sermon but starting 00:30:30.270 --> 00:30:37.220 in Matthew chapter two look in verse 13 the Bible says and when they were 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:43.330 departed behold the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying 00:30:43.330 --> 00:30:48.580 arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou 00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:53.520 there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him 00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:58.780 when he arose he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into 00:30:58.780 --> 00:31:03.450 Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which 00:31:03.450 --> 00:31:07.460 was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying out of Egypt have I called my 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:13.350 son verse 16 then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men was 00:31:13.350 --> 00:31:18.500 exceeding wrath and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:23.460 and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under according to the 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:28.370 time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men my first point is that 00:31:28.370 --> 00:31:34.000 Jesus had enemies and they really despised and rejected him before he was 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:39.070 even grown when he was a little baby Herod was already trying to kill Jesus 00:31:39.070 --> 00:31:45.110 Jesus had enemies they hated him and Jesus's enemies tried to kill him flip 00:31:45.110 --> 00:32:02.240 over to Luke 4 chapter 4 and verse 13 the Bible says and when the devil had 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:08.810 ended all the temptation he departed from him for a season now we may 00:32:08.810 --> 00:32:13.580 sometimes get attacks from the devil I don't know for sure whether the devil 00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:17.950 just shows up and directly attacks all of us individually because the devil is 00:32:17.950 --> 00:32:25.600 not omniscient like God is but Jesus for sure had the devil targeting him he had 00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:30.190 a target on his back the devil knew he was the son of God and he tempted him 00:32:30.190 --> 00:32:37.150 with strong temptations just consider what he went through but jump down with 00:32:37.150 --> 00:32:43.990 me to verse 24 says and he said barely I say unto you no prophet is accepted in 00:32:43.990 --> 00:32:49.340 his own country the context is he's preaching this in Nazareth to his to the 00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:55.160 people that he grew up around verse 25 but I tell you of a truth many widows 00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:59.670 were in the day where in Israel in the days of Elias when the heaven was shut 00:32:59.670 --> 00:33:04.460 up three years and six months when great famine was throughout all the land but 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:09.630 unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta a city of Sidon unto a 00:33:09.630 --> 00:33:14.170 woman that was a widow and many lepers were in Israel in the time of 00:33:14.170 --> 00:33:18.710 Elysaeus the prophet and none of them was cleansed saving name in the Syrian 00:33:18.710 --> 00:33:23.180 and all they in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:27.680 wrath why were they wrathful because Jesus is saying that the Gentiles were 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:32.530 healed while the the poor widows in Israel were not the lepers in Israel 00:33:32.530 --> 00:33:38.040 were not whereas God was working in the Gentiles at this time it filled them 00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:43.480 with wrath verse 29 and rose up and thrust him out of the city and led him 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:47.650 unto the brow of the hill where on their city was built that they might cast him 00:33:47.650 --> 00:33:53.960 down headlong and so here again is another attempt on Jesus's life flip 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:59.080 over with me to John 10 this was in the first days of Jesus's ministry right 00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:02.790 after he came out of he was baptized he went to the wilderness to be tempted and 00:34:02.790 --> 00:34:09.240 then he went here to Nazareth and they were already trying to kill him John 00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:16.540 chapter 10 looking with me in verse 30 Jesus said I and my father are one then 00:34:16.540 --> 00:34:23.560 the Jews took up stones again to stone him turn with me to John 8 eventually 00:34:23.560 --> 00:34:30.350 they did kill him the Jews killed Jesus with great envy in their hearts not only 00:34:30.350 --> 00:34:35.370 were the Jews trying to kill him you're in John 8 Luke 13 says the same day 00:34:35.370 --> 00:34:39.990 there came certain of the Pharisees saying unto him get out and depart hence 00:34:39.990 --> 00:34:45.170 for Herod will kill thee he was under threat of the Romans trying to kill him 00:34:45.170 --> 00:34:51.220 not only this but the Jews also tried to trap Jesus Jesus's enemies were 00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:58.410 constantly laying snares for him John 8 verse 1 they brought a woman caught in 00:34:58.410 --> 00:35:05.530 adultery to Jesus John 8 1 Jesus went up unto the Mount of Olives and early in 00:35:05.530 --> 00:35:09.430 the morning he came again into the temple and all the people came unto him 00:35:09.430 --> 00:35:13.410 and he sat down and taught them and the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a 00:35:13.410 --> 00:35:18.640 woman taken in adultery and when they had set her in the midst they say unto 00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:24.050 him master this woman was taken in adultery in the very act now Moses in 00:35:24.050 --> 00:35:30.840 the law commanded us that such should be stoned but what sayeth thou and what 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:34.560 they're trying to do is they're trying to trap him because if he said to stone 00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:38.970 the woman they know that the Roman law did not allow the Jews to execute the 00:35:38.970 --> 00:35:42.570 death penalty and if he didn't stone them then he's gonna look like he's 00:35:42.570 --> 00:35:47.560 denying the law of Moses and so they're just trying to lay snares with for him 00:35:47.560 --> 00:35:53.200 stay in John 8 you know they came to him and asked him if it was lawful to pay 00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:58.660 taxes tempting him the Sadducees came to him and asked him about the woman that 00:35:58.660 --> 00:36:03.520 had seven husbands the the the lawyer came to Jesus asking him what was the 00:36:03.520 --> 00:36:07.530 greatest commandment they're doing all these things to tempt him to try to trap 00:36:07.530 --> 00:36:12.840 him to try to snare him and eventually it says they caught on that you can't 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:18.580 trap Jesus Luke 20 says after and after that they durst not ask him any question 00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:23.440 at all you know if they're gonna try to trap Jesus in his words and get him to 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:27.390 say something stupid and try to catch him don't you think they're gonna do the 00:36:27.390 --> 00:36:33.660 same thing with us we need to be wise as serpents but harmless as doves and they 00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:38.590 just continue conspiring Matthew 12 says then the Pharisees went out and held a 00:36:38.590 --> 00:36:43.730 council against him how they might destroy him so Jesus was having threats 00:36:43.730 --> 00:36:48.990 on his life and he was constantly trying to be trapped and snared he was also 00:36:48.990 --> 00:36:57.220 accused of demon possession look at John 8 John 8 verse 46 Jesus said which of 00:36:57.220 --> 00:37:03.070 you convinced me of sin and if I say the truth why do you not believe me he 00:37:03.070 --> 00:37:07.700 that is of God heareth God's words ye therefore hear them not because ye are 00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:12.550 not of God then answered the Jews and said unto him say we not well that thou 00:37:12.550 --> 00:37:18.790 art a Samaritan and hast a devil Jesus answered I have not a devil but I honor 00:37:18.790 --> 00:37:25.160 my father and ye do dishonor me they're saying that Jesus the same thing that 00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:28.880 the Jews say today they're saying he's some bastard of a Samaritan just 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:33.910 blaspheming him and they're saying that he's demon possessed turn over to John 00:37:33.910 --> 00:37:39.190 10 mark 3 says and the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said he hath 00:37:39.190 --> 00:37:44.680 Beelzebub and by the prince of the devil's casteth he out devils John 10 00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:51.620 verse 19 says therefore there was a division therefore again among the Jews 00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:57.520 for these sayings and many of them said he hath a devil and is mad why hear ye 00:37:57.520 --> 00:38:02.760 him others said these are not the words of him that hath a devil can a devil 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:10.230 open the eyes of the blind flip back to John 7 again Matthew 11 they say the son 00:38:10.230 --> 00:38:15.890 of man came eating and drinking and they say behold a man gluttonous and a wine 00:38:15.890 --> 00:38:21.880 beaver a friend of publicans and sinners he's being accused of being some wicked 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:26.510 person being some demon possessed man and they still accuse him of the same 00:38:26.510 --> 00:38:29.730 thing today they accused him of being a drunk they accused Jesus of drinking 00:38:29.730 --> 00:38:39.420 wine all the time John 7 verse 43 Jesus caused division amongst his enemies 00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:47.110 Jesus was constantly dividing people in verse 43 John 7 the Bible says so there 00:38:47.110 --> 00:38:51.110 was the division among the people because of him and some of them would 00:38:51.110 --> 00:38:55.770 have taken him but no man laid hands on him then came the officers to the chief 00:38:55.770 --> 00:39:01.170 priests and Pharisees and they say unto them why have you not brought him the 00:39:01.170 --> 00:39:05.990 officers answered never man spake like this man then answered them the 00:39:05.990 --> 00:39:10.860 Pharisees are ye also deceived have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees 00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:16.370 believed on him but this people that knoweth not the law are cursed they could 00:39:16.370 --> 00:39:20.890 even sayeth unto them he that came to Jesus by night being one of them doth 00:39:20.890 --> 00:39:27.470 our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he doeth and it goes on 00:39:27.470 --> 00:39:32.080 but Jesus caused division amongst the people he caused divisions amongst the 00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:42.860 rulers amongst the Pharisees he's dividing people look in a chapter 9 we 00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:47.550 have here the story where Jesus healed a blind man John chapter 9 verse 1 and as 00:39:47.550 --> 00:39:54.710 Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth verse 6 says when 00:39:54.710 --> 00:39:58.760 he had thus spoken he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and he 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:04.370 anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay and said unto him go wash in 00:40:04.370 --> 00:40:08.390 the pool of Siloam which is by interpretation sent he went his way 00:40:08.390 --> 00:40:15.710 therefore and washed and came seen look in verse 13 Jesus heals the blind man 00:40:15.710 --> 00:40:22.680 and then they they find the man that was healed verse 13 they brought to the 00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:27.350 Pharisees him that a four-time was blind and it was the Sabbath day when Jesus 00:40:27.350 --> 00:40:32.460 made the clay and opened his eyes then again the Pharisees also asked him how 00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:37.660 he had received his sight he said unto them he put clay upon mine eyes and I 00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:43.040 watched and do see therefore said some of the Pharisees this man is not of God 00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:47.880 because he keepeth not the Sabbath day others said how can a man that is a 00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:53.780 sinner do such miracles and again there was a division among them they say unto 00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:58.110 the blind man again what sayeth thou of him that he hath opened thine eyes he 00:40:58.110 --> 00:41:03.450 said he is a prophet but the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had 00:41:03.450 --> 00:41:07.500 been blind and received his sight until they called it the parents of him that 00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:12.380 had received his sight so they're asking this blind man what did Jesus do to you 00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:17.530 and he said I don't know he just healed me I see now and say we don't believe 00:41:17.530 --> 00:41:22.560 you so they call the parents in verse 19 and they asked them saying is this your 00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:28.660 son who ye say was born blind how then doth he now see his parents answered 00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:33.050 them and said we know not we know that this is our son and that he was born 00:41:33.050 --> 00:41:38.710 blind but by what means he now seeeth we know not or who hath opened his eyes we 00:41:38.710 --> 00:41:44.380 know not he is of age ask him he shall speak for himself these words spake his 00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:49.680 parents because they feared the Jews for the Jews that agreed already that if 00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:54.650 any man did confess that he was Christ he should be put out of the synagogue 00:41:54.650 --> 00:42:01.240 therefore said it his parents he is of age ask him so you see this man that was 00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:05.720 just simply healed by Jesus and he's being put on trial like he's some kind 00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:10.670 of criminal and they're just grilling the guy calling in his parents just 00:42:10.670 --> 00:42:16.060 because he was healed and notice in verse 22 it says if they confessed he 00:42:16.060 --> 00:42:23.080 was Christ they should be put out of the synagogue and verse 34 just as a side 00:42:23.080 --> 00:42:28.080 note it says here they answered and said unto him that was all together born in 00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:33.160 sins and dost thou teach us and they cast him out Jesus heard that they had 00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:37.580 cast him out and when he had found him he said unto him dost thou believe on 00:42:37.580 --> 00:42:42.100 the Son of God he answered and said who is he Lord that I might believe on him 00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:47.450 because consider before he was just healed and then went away from Jesus he 00:42:47.450 --> 00:42:53.840 didn't have time to interact with Jesus very much and verse 37 Jesus said unto 00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:58.570 him thou has both seen him and it is he that talketh with thee and he said Lord 00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:03.860 I believe and he worshiped him and so this man stuck through the persecution 00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:08.010 he stuck through where the Pharisees are just giving him a hard time and Jesus 00:43:08.010 --> 00:43:11.920 shows up and whenever you're going through persecution stick it out and 00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:29.000 Jesus might show up to comfort you flip over to John 11 verse 47 John 11 47 then 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:34.370 gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council said what do we for 00:43:34.370 --> 00:43:39.780 this man do with many miracles if we let him thus alone all men will believe on 00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:44.600 him and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation and one 00:43:44.600 --> 00:43:49.630 of them named Caiaphas being the high priest that same year said unto them he 00:43:49.630 --> 00:43:54.350 know nothing at all nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should 00:43:54.350 --> 00:43:58.960 die for the people and that the whole nation perish not and this fake he not 00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:03.720 of himself but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die 00:44:03.720 --> 00:44:10.330 for that nation and not for that nation only but that also he should gather 00:44:10.330 --> 00:44:15.570 together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad so we see here 00:44:15.570 --> 00:44:21.470 Caiaphas one of Jesus's enemies is just willing to sacrifice him conspiring 00:44:21.470 --> 00:44:25.510 behind closed doors saying it we might as well just let this man die so we 00:44:25.510 --> 00:44:31.670 don't lose our position Jesus had enemies trying to kill him and if you 00:44:31.670 --> 00:44:36.050 just look at this carnally Caiaphas was well spiritually Caiaphas was 00:44:36.050 --> 00:44:39.890 prophesying because he was the high priest though he was not saved he was 00:44:39.890 --> 00:44:46.040 prophesying that Jesus would die for all men and save all people but if you look 00:44:46.040 --> 00:44:49.470 at it carnally he's just speaking from his own heart saying hey we might as 00:44:49.470 --> 00:44:54.240 well just kill him because Jesus had enemies that despised him and rejected 00:44:54.240 --> 00:45:04.310 him John chapter 12 Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and in John chapter 12 00:45:04.310 --> 00:45:09.340 verse 9 the Bible says much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was 00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:15.120 there and they came not for Jesus' sake only but that they might see Lazarus 00:45:15.120 --> 00:45:20.580 also whom he had raised from the dead but the chief priests consulted that 00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:25.090 they might put Lazarus also to death because that by reason of him many of 00:45:25.090 --> 00:45:31.370 the Jews went away and believed on Jesus and so just for being raised from the 00:45:31.370 --> 00:45:35.010 dead just having a miracle performed on you that was enough for them to try to 00:45:35.010 --> 00:45:39.130 kill you they tried to kill Jesus they're trying to kill Lazarus turn with 00:45:39.130 --> 00:45:45.810 me to John chapter 7 Luke 23 says and the chief priests and scribes stood and 00:45:45.810 --> 00:45:50.990 vehemently accused him and Herod with his men of war set him at knot and mocked 00:45:50.990 --> 00:45:56.660 him and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him away to Pilate and the same 00:45:56.660 --> 00:46:02.330 day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity 00:46:02.330 --> 00:46:07.680 between themselves so we see that Jesus brings unity and peace not to the world 00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:12.500 but to Herod and Pilate for having a common enemy in Jesus and hating Jesus 00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:17.710 and rejecting Jesus. You know Jesus ripped against the scribes and the 00:46:17.710 --> 00:46:21.870 Pharisees and they despised him for it and they rejected him and they killed 00:46:21.870 --> 00:46:30.090 him. They said his blood be upon us and upon our children. They hated Jesus. Not 00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:35.380 only was Jesus despised and rejected by his enemies but there were times where 00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:44.360 his acquaintances and his family rejected him. Look at John 7, John 7 verse 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:50.330 1, after these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would not walk in Jewry 00:46:50.330 --> 00:46:55.330 because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was at 00:46:55.330 --> 00:47:02.010 hand. His brethren therefore said unto him depart hence and go into Judea that 00:47:02.010 --> 00:47:07.220 thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest for there is no man that 00:47:07.220 --> 00:47:12.570 doeth anything in secret and he himself seeketh to be known openly if thou do 00:47:12.570 --> 00:47:18.010 these things show thyself to the world. So his brethren are saying hey just go 00:47:18.010 --> 00:47:21.480 up to this feast and just reveal yourself they're trying to kill you but 00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:26.370 hey just come out in the open. Verse 5 for neither did his brethren believe him 00:47:26.370 --> 00:47:34.320 they rejected him at this moment. Verse 6 says then Jesus said unto them my time 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:41.420 has not yet come but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you but me 00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:47.280 it hateth because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up 00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:52.620 unto this feast. I go not up yet unto this feast for my time is not yet 00:47:52.620 --> 00:47:59.090 full come. Just as a side point here in verse 8 the first word yet is removed 00:47:59.090 --> 00:48:04.540 from the modern versions. It's removed from the NIV and what this does if you 00:48:04.540 --> 00:48:10.060 read this passage without that word yet there it makes Jesus a liar. He says hey 00:48:10.060 --> 00:48:15.390 I'm not going to this feast and then a couple of verses later he goes and so in 00:48:15.390 --> 00:48:19.520 the NIV Jesus is a liar. You need to throw that garbage away. Get a King James 00:48:19.520 --> 00:48:31.540 Bible. Turn to Mark 6. Jesus' friends said that he was beside himself. In Mark 3 00:48:31.540 --> 00:48:37.050 you're turning to Mark 6. Mark 3 says and the multitude cometh together again so 00:48:37.050 --> 00:48:41.760 that they could not so much as eat bread and when his friends heard of it they 00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:46.740 went out to lay hold on him for they said he is beside himself. They're just 00:48:46.740 --> 00:48:54.740 saying he's a madman. Mark 6 verse 1 and he went out from 00:48:54.740 --> 00:48:59.580 thence and came into his own country his own country his hometown and his 00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:03.380 disciples follow him and when the Sabbath day was come he began to teach 00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:08.240 in the synagogue and many hearing him were astonished saying from whence hath 00:49:08.240 --> 00:49:13.700 this man these things and what wisdom is this that is given unto him that even 00:49:13.700 --> 00:49:18.610 such mighty works are wrought by him is not this the carpenter the son of Mary 00:49:18.610 --> 00:49:24.470 the brother of James and Joseph and of Judah and Simon and are not his sisters 00:49:24.470 --> 00:49:30.980 here with us and they were offended at him Jesus offended even his own hometown 00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:35.510 even his own acquaintances of the people that he grew up around Jesus offended 00:49:35.510 --> 00:49:46.390 them turn with me to John 1 in Matthew 11 it says then began he to upbraid the 00:49:46.390 --> 00:49:51.060 cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not 00:49:51.060 --> 00:49:55.850 woe unto thee Cherubim woe unto thee Bethsaida he did great works and the 00:49:55.850 --> 00:50:00.740 people did not repent even where he did most of his miracles that says they were 00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:05.160 still not believing on him they were not turning to believe on the Lord Jesus 00:50:05.160 --> 00:50:10.030 Christ when Jesus heals the demon-possessed man in the gatherings it 00:50:10.030 --> 00:50:14.910 says that the city came out and besought him to depart from their coast 00:50:14.910 --> 00:50:18.810 he's doing great works amongst them and they're rejecting they're saying get out 00:50:18.810 --> 00:50:30.760 of here Jesus was despised and rejected in John chapter 1 verse 9 the Bible says 00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:36.670 that was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world he 00:50:36.670 --> 00:50:41.990 was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not he came 00:50:41.990 --> 00:50:48.240 unto his own and his own received him not he came to his own people he came to 00:50:48.240 --> 00:50:56.330 those he came to those Jews that he grew up as a Jew he lived in Israel and he 00:50:56.330 --> 00:50:59.580 came to them and they rejected him they wanted nothing to do with them they 00:50:59.580 --> 00:51:05.060 despised him and they rejected him but not only was it his acquaintances his 00:51:05.060 --> 00:51:10.940 family his nation that rejected him but even at times his his friends and his 00:51:10.940 --> 00:51:20.290 disciples rejected him at times look over at John 1 45 says here Philip 00:51:20.290 --> 00:51:25.150 findeth Nathaniel and saith unto him we have found him of whom Moses in the law 00:51:25.150 --> 00:51:31.200 and the prophets did write Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph and Nathaniel 00:51:31.200 --> 00:51:36.980 said unto him can there any good thing come out of Nazareth Philip saith unto 00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:40.660 him come and see and of course Nathaniel ended up repenting and believing on 00:51:40.660 --> 00:51:46.260 Jesus Christ a blind halt withered waiting for the moving of the water for 00:51:46.260 --> 00:51:50.090 an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water 00:51:50.090 --> 00:51:55.800 whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole 00:51:55.800 --> 00:52:00.410 of whatsoever disease he had and a certain man was there which had an 00:52:00.410 --> 00:52:05.670 infirmity thirty and eight years when Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had 00:52:05.670 --> 00:52:10.640 been now a long time in that case he saith unto him wilt thou be made whole 00:52:10.640 --> 00:52:16.600 the impotent man answered him sir I have no man when the water is troubled to put 00:52:16.600 --> 00:52:22.620 me into the pool but while I am coming another stepeth down before me Jesus 00:52:22.620 --> 00:52:27.490 saith unto him rise take up thy bed and walk this man has just been waiting for 00:52:27.490 --> 00:52:30.860 a miracle he's been waiting to be healed thirty and eight years it says 00:52:30.860 --> 00:52:36.460 he was lame Jesus comes along and just says get up and go and immediately verse 00:52:36.460 --> 00:52:40.920 nine immediately the man was made whole and took up his bed and walked and on 00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:45.200 the same day was the Sabbath the Jews therefore said unto him that was cured 00:52:45.200 --> 00:52:50.650 it is the Sabbath day it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed he answered 00:52:50.650 --> 00:52:56.080 them he that made me whole the same said unto me take up thy bed and walk then 00:52:56.080 --> 00:53:00.000 asked they him what man is that which said unto thee take up thy bed and walk 00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:05.640 and he that was healed with not who it was for Jesus had conveyed himself away 00:53:05.640 --> 00:53:09.880 a multitude being in that place so Jesus had healed him but he did not know that 00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:15.360 it was Jesus verse 14 afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple and saith unto 00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:20.630 him behold thou art made whole sin no more lest the worst thing come unto thee 00:53:20.630 --> 00:53:26.370 15 verse 15 the man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had 00:53:26.370 --> 00:53:32.980 made him whole and therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay 00:53:32.980 --> 00:53:40.210 him because he had done these things on a Sabbath day this man was lame for 38 00:53:40.210 --> 00:53:44.880 years Jesus comes along and heals him and he turns around and just betrays 00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:50.750 Jesus to the Jews he knew that they were upset that he healed him on a Sabbath 00:53:50.750 --> 00:53:55.090 day and he just goes and he finds out it was Jesus that heals him and he just 00:53:55.090 --> 00:54:07.830 ratted him out betrayed despised rejected turn to John 12 John 6 66 says 00:54:07.830 --> 00:54:13.350 from that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him 00:54:13.350 --> 00:54:17.600 Jesus was constantly offending even his own disciples they were constantly 00:54:17.600 --> 00:54:25.400 walking away from him John 12 42 says nevertheless among the chief rulers 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:30.840 also many believed on him but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him 00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:35.290 lest they should be put out of the synagogue for they loved the praise of 00:54:35.290 --> 00:54:40.950 men more than the praise of God and isn't that true today today many people 00:54:40.950 --> 00:54:45.120 believe on Jesus Christ but they're not gonna go all out they're not gonna serve 00:54:45.120 --> 00:54:48.140 him with their life they're not gonna lay it all on the line because they love 00:54:48.140 --> 00:54:57.620 the praise of men more than the praise of God Matthew 11 says now when John had 00:54:57.620 --> 00:55:02.130 heard in the prison of the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples and 00:55:02.130 --> 00:55:07.800 said unto them art thou he that should come or do we look for another the 00:55:07.800 --> 00:55:13.480 greatest man born among women that was sent to prepare the way for Jesus the 00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:18.460 one that baptized Jesus and saw the Spirit descend bodily upon in a bodily 00:55:18.460 --> 00:55:28.080 shape upon Jesus it says that he doubted Jesus John 13 Jesus his own familiar 00:55:28.080 --> 00:55:35.570 friend despised him and rejected him and sold him out Judas I'm referring to John 00:55:35.570 --> 00:55:42.610 13 26 Jesus answered he it is to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it 00:55:42.610 --> 00:55:46.440 and when he had dipped the stop he gave it to Judas the scariest the son of 00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:52.400 Simon and after the stop Satan entered into him then said Jesus unto him that 00:55:52.400 --> 00:56:02.470 thou doest do quickly turn with me to Luke 22 Judas was with Jesus through his 00:56:02.470 --> 00:56:09.080 ministry Judas was chosen to be one of the 12 and he turns around and betrays 00:56:09.080 --> 00:56:17.600 Jesus hated Jesus he was a reprobate devil the Bible says Luke 22 verse 47 00:56:17.600 --> 00:56:27.880 the Bible says and while he yet spake behold a multitude and he that was 00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:32.700 called Judas one of the 12 went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss 00:56:32.700 --> 00:56:37.670 him but Jesus said unto him Judas betrayeth thou the son of man with a 00:56:37.670 --> 00:56:44.400 kiss in another place the Bible says he answered and said friend betray us thou 00:56:44.400 --> 00:56:51.120 the son of man with a kiss look at verse 52 then Jesus said unto the chief 00:56:51.120 --> 00:56:57.610 priest and captains of the temple and the elders which were come to him be he 00:56:57.610 --> 00:57:03.000 come out as against a thief with swords and saves when I was daily with you in 00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:07.860 the temple you stretched forth no hands against me but this is your hour and the 00:57:07.860 --> 00:57:13.720 power of darkness he was betrayed he was always teaching openly and they didn't 00:57:13.720 --> 00:57:18.300 come lay hands on him but they hated him and they conspired against him and they 00:57:18.300 --> 00:57:28.810 put him to death turn with me to stay there in Luke 22 actually mark 14 says 00:57:28.810 --> 00:57:33.380 and they all forsook him and fled referring to his disciples all of his 00:57:33.380 --> 00:57:38.930 disciples left him in his darkest hour John 16 says behold the hour cometh ye 00:57:38.930 --> 00:57:44.190 is now come that ye shall be scattered every man to his own and shall leave me 00:57:44.190 --> 00:57:56.530 alone Luke 22 verse 60 the Bible says and Peter said man I know not what thou 00:57:56.530 --> 00:58:02.160 sayest denying Jesus Christ in the context and immediately while yet spake 00:58:02.160 --> 00:58:09.120 the cock crew notice this and the Lord turned and looked upon Peter and Peter 00:58:09.120 --> 00:58:13.420 remembered the word of the Lord how he had said unto him before the cock crow 00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:19.020 thou shalt deny me thrice now consider what's happening here Peter goes out 00:58:19.020 --> 00:58:22.870 and he denies Jesus three times again and again and again and then he 00:58:22.870 --> 00:58:27.230 remembers what Jesus said how he would how he prophesied this would happen and 00:58:27.230 --> 00:58:35.060 Jesus from afar off turns around and just looks at at Peter and imagine the 00:58:35.060 --> 00:58:39.410 feeling of dread that Peter had at that moment verse 62 and Peter went out and 00:58:39.410 --> 00:58:47.770 wept bitterly. Peter was one of Jesus's closest disciples and he also turned on 00:58:47.770 --> 00:59:04.380 Jesus turn to John 20 Jesus was beaten and whipped they put a crown of thorns 00:59:04.380 --> 00:59:09.000 on his head they dressed him up in purple and mocked him they covered his 00:59:09.000 --> 00:59:15.960 face and beat him the Jews cried crucify him his garments were parted he was 00:59:15.960 --> 00:59:23.310 nailed to the cross while he was hanging there they gave him vinegar to drink he 00:59:23.310 --> 00:59:26.940 was mocked and he was railed on while he was there and the thieves that were 00:59:26.940 --> 00:59:31.690 crucified with beside him also mocked him the Bible says and they that were 00:59:31.690 --> 00:59:36.740 crucified with him reviled him and while he was hanging on that truck cross he 00:59:36.740 --> 00:59:42.280 even cried and lo I lo I la masa back tonight which being interpreted as my 00:59:42.280 --> 00:59:52.480 God my God why has thou forsaken me Jesus was despised and rejected after 00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:56.390 his resurrection when he was on the road to Emmaus he appeared to some of his 00:59:56.390 --> 01:00:01.500 disciples and he said oh fools and slow of heart to believe all that the 01:00:01.500 --> 01:00:09.160 prophets have spoken John 20 verse 24 the Bible says but Thomas one of the 01:00:09.160 --> 01:00:14.650 twelve called Didymus was not with them when Jesus came the other disciples 01:00:14.650 --> 01:00:19.470 therefore said unto him we have seen the Lord but he said unto them except I 01:00:19.470 --> 01:00:23.810 shall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print 01:00:23.810 --> 01:00:30.710 of the nails and thrust my hand into his side I will not believe and later Jesus 01:00:30.710 --> 01:00:36.190 appeared and he did believe but Thomas doubted him again and again Jesus's 01:00:36.190 --> 01:00:41.150 friends Jesus's disciples the people closest to him were turning against him 01:00:41.150 --> 01:00:47.880 they were rejecting him and you know consider Jesus did nothing but good to 01:00:47.880 --> 01:00:52.500 be constantly hated and mocked and ridiculed and scorned all he ever did 01:00:52.500 --> 01:01:06.610 was good look at John 12 John 12 verse 23 John 12 23 says and Jesus answered 01:01:06.610 --> 01:01:11.690 them saying the hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified verily 01:01:11.690 --> 01:01:16.850 verily I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it 01:01:16.850 --> 01:01:22.940 abideth alone but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit and so what he's saying 01:01:22.940 --> 01:01:28.390 here is that to be glorified to receive glory and to give glory to the Father he 01:01:28.390 --> 01:01:36.040 had to die verse 47 Jesus said and if any man hear my words and believe not I 01:01:36.040 --> 01:01:41.980 judge him not for I cannot to judge the world but to save the world the Bible 01:01:41.980 --> 01:01:46.800 says the world was already condemned the world was already condemned Jesus did 01:01:46.800 --> 01:01:52.730 nothing but to come to save the world he came just to do good look at chapter 01:01:52.730 --> 01:01:58.720 13 verse 1 now before the feast of the Passover when Jesus knew that his hour 01:01:58.720 --> 01:02:03.750 was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father having loved 01:02:03.750 --> 01:02:11.130 his own which were in the world he loved them unto the end all he did was simply 01:02:11.130 --> 01:02:18.300 love his disciples and do good and come to save the world and he was hated look 01:02:18.300 --> 01:02:29.500 at chapter 16 John 16 verse 1 says these things have I spoken unto you that ye 01:02:29.500 --> 01:02:34.300 should not be offended they shall put you out of the synagogues 01:02:34.300 --> 01:02:38.970 yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth 01:02:38.970 --> 01:02:43.950 God's service these things will they do unto you because they have not known the 01:02:43.950 --> 01:02:49.420 father nor me but these things that I told you that when the time shall come 01:02:49.420 --> 01:02:54.870 you may remember that I told you of them and these things I said not 01:02:54.870 --> 01:03:00.430 unto you at the beginning because I was with you he warned us he warned his 01:03:00.430 --> 01:03:04.730 disciples that the same persecution was going to turn around on them and he 01:03:04.730 --> 01:03:09.680 warned them for the purpose that they would not be offended when they were 01:03:09.680 --> 01:03:15.710 despised and rejected you know when Jesus was on the cross he taught us to 01:03:15.710 --> 01:03:19.980 pray for our enemies and when Jesus was on the cross he said father forgive them 01:03:19.980 --> 01:03:30.370 for they know not what they do flip back to John 15 the previous chapter verse 01:03:30.370 --> 01:03:36.830 24 says if I had not done among them the works which none other man did they had 01:03:36.830 --> 01:03:44.370 not had sin but now they have both seen and hated both me and my father but this 01:03:44.370 --> 01:03:47.410 cometh the past that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law 01:03:47.410 --> 01:03:55.350 they hated me without a cause look up at verse 18 again he says the same 01:03:55.350 --> 01:04:00.320 persecution the same hatred is gonna pass on you verse 18 if the world hates 01:04:00.320 --> 01:04:06.430 you you know that it hated me before it hated you if you were of the world the 01:04:06.430 --> 01:04:11.310 world would love his own but because he are not of this world but I have chosen 01:04:11.310 --> 01:04:16.230 you out of the world therefore the world hateth you remember the word that I 01:04:16.230 --> 01:04:21.090 said unto you the servant is not greater than his Lord if they have persecuted me 01:04:21.090 --> 01:04:26.180 they will also persecute you if they have kept my saying they will keep yours 01:04:26.180 --> 01:04:30.970 also Jesus went through persecution just for doing right and you need to expect 01:04:30.970 --> 01:04:35.840 the same thing because there's nothing new under the Sun yay and all that will 01:04:35.840 --> 01:04:40.650 live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution that's a promise from God 01:04:40.650 --> 01:04:45.650 just as much as John 3 16 is a promise from God Luke 21 says and you shall be 01:04:45.650 --> 01:04:51.250 hated of all men for my name's sake they hate Jesus and they're gonna hate you 01:04:51.250 --> 01:04:57.680 too so consider this sorry turn with me to 1st Peter 4 consider this if you live 01:04:57.680 --> 01:05:03.440 godly in Christ you're gonna be looked at as a worm and no man or you might 01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:10.230 even be looked at as a weasel you might have enemies that want you dead your 01:05:10.230 --> 01:05:14.410 enemies might try to catch you in your words and twist everything you say you 01:05:14.410 --> 01:05:19.710 might have evil Jews conspiring against you or against your church you might be 01:05:19.710 --> 01:05:26.260 called demonic you might divide people people might be persecuted just for being 01:05:26.260 --> 01:05:32.040 your friends your family might mock you your hometown might hate you you might 01:05:32.040 --> 01:05:37.510 do great works to people that don't repent you might have friends walk away 01:05:37.510 --> 01:05:42.840 from you you might have fakes backstab you you may do only good to people and 01:05:42.840 --> 01:05:47.810 pray for them and they turn around and despise you and reject you but prayed 01:05:47.810 --> 01:05:54.470 God that means you might just be a Christian 1st Peter 4 verse 12 says 01:05:54.470 --> 01:05:59.640 beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as 01:05:59.640 --> 01:06:05.090 though some strange thing happened unto you but rejoice in as much as ye are 01:06:05.090 --> 01:06:10.080 partakers of Christ's sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye also 01:06:10.080 --> 01:06:16.080 may be glad also with exceeding joy verse 14 if you be reproached for the 01:06:16.080 --> 01:06:21.110 name of Christ happy are ye for the spirit of glory and if God resteth upon 01:06:21.110 --> 01:06:28.200 you on their part he's evil spoken of but on your part he is glorified verse 16 01:06:28.200 --> 01:06:33.640 yet if any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorify 01:06:33.640 --> 01:06:41.160 God on this behalf flip back to 1st Peter 3 verse 13 the Bible says and who 01:06:41.160 --> 01:06:46.390 is he that will harm you if you be followers of that which is good but and 01:06:46.390 --> 01:06:51.800 if you suffer for righteousness sake happy are ye and be not afraid of their 01:06:51.800 --> 01:06:56.770 terror neither be troubled skip down to verse 17 for it is better if the will of 01:06:56.770 --> 01:07:01.980 God be so that you should suffer for well-doing then for evil doing for 01:07:01.980 --> 01:07:07.440 Christ also at once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:13.740 bring us to God turn to John chapter 3 persecution whenever you're going through 01:07:13.740 --> 01:07:18.050 it it can shock you you might not know what's happening and if you don't know 01:07:18.050 --> 01:07:22.570 what's happening you could stumble or you could fall and many people fall away 01:07:22.570 --> 01:07:28.550 from God they fall away from serving God because of persecution but Jesus said 01:07:28.550 --> 01:07:34.580 I've spoken these things that you should not be offended he wants us to be warned 01:07:34.580 --> 01:07:38.730 he wants us to know that this will come he wants us to know that this is certain 01:07:38.730 --> 01:07:43.600 if we're gonna live godly so that we're not gonna be shocked and fall whenever 01:07:43.600 --> 01:07:49.140 it comes let persecution rather be an indication you're doing something right 01:07:49.140 --> 01:07:53.680 everyone that takes a stand for anything whether they're saved or not they're 01:07:53.680 --> 01:07:58.520 gonna face some kind of backlash but if you read the Bible and you pray and you 01:07:58.520 --> 01:08:01.580 go to church and you go soul winning you're trying to get sin out of your 01:08:01.580 --> 01:08:05.650 life you can take comfort knowing that God is pleased with you and he will 01:08:05.650 --> 01:08:11.790 reward you for what you're going through and if you're obeying God and bad things 01:08:11.790 --> 01:08:17.710 are happening it's not chastening it's persecution false accusations when they 01:08:17.710 --> 01:08:21.310 come they can make you question yourself they can make you question whether you're 01:08:21.310 --> 01:08:27.770 doing right but have faith and don't quit on God Jesus said woe unto you when all 01:08:27.770 --> 01:08:33.910 men shall speak well of you expect for bad things to be said of you one of the 01:08:33.910 --> 01:08:38.070 really irritating things to me about modern churches is how they just act 01:08:38.070 --> 01:08:44.290 like everybody in America is saved and they've never faced persecution at all 01:08:44.290 --> 01:08:49.610 so you must be nuts if you're facing backlash in America because everybody's 01:08:49.610 --> 01:08:53.420 a Christian no what's the problem is is you live in a bubble and you don't get 01:08:53.420 --> 01:08:56.820 persecuted because you're either not saved or you're not living godly in 01:08:56.820 --> 01:09:03.540 Christ Jesus you know whenever I whenever I first started getting into 01:09:03.540 --> 01:09:08.540 the new IFB I went to listen to pastor Anderson preach in pure words at the 01:09:08.540 --> 01:09:15.740 time in Houston and he told me that he does not think he's the most persecuted 01:09:15.740 --> 01:09:19.920 man on the world anymore he said at one time I could probably say that but he 01:09:19.920 --> 01:09:24.690 said right now I would say that's pastor Shelley and I didn't I didn't really 01:09:24.690 --> 01:09:30.970 know pastor Shelley at the time but that made me think hey I was I was willing to 01:09:30.970 --> 01:09:34.500 move to Arizona at the time but that made me think hey Dallas is a whole lot 01:09:34.500 --> 01:09:37.670 closer and if that church getting persecuted that sounds like a church I 01:09:37.670 --> 01:09:43.680 want to go to I want to get in on the action you know I came expecting a 01:09:43.680 --> 01:09:47.080 battle with the sodomites and that was kind of past but we had we had other 01:09:47.080 --> 01:09:53.010 battles internally right but you never know what's gonna come next and you 01:09:53.010 --> 01:09:59.150 need to be prepared just read Psalms and you're gonna see there's evil people 01:09:59.150 --> 01:10:03.980 all over this world and they want to hurt the upright God's gonna persecute 01:10:03.980 --> 01:10:09.280 them one day but just trust in God and do not quit on him you know the brighter 01:10:09.280 --> 01:10:14.190 that you shine by drawing close to God it's kind of like how Moses went up into 01:10:14.190 --> 01:10:17.900 the mount and when he received the Ten Commandments the Bible says he came 01:10:17.900 --> 01:10:22.880 down and his face shone with the glory the Bible says that whenever John and 01:10:22.880 --> 01:10:27.580 Peter they went before the Pharisees it says they took note that they had been 01:10:27.580 --> 01:10:33.040 with Jesus and whenever you draw close to God and you're serving him people are 01:10:33.040 --> 01:10:38.130 gonna take note of it and some people are gonna be furious about it. John 3 19 01:10:38.130 --> 01:10:44.670 says and this is the condemnation that light is coming to the world and men 01:10:44.670 --> 01:10:50.020 loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil for everyone that 01:10:50.020 --> 01:10:54.080 doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds 01:10:54.080 --> 01:10:58.680 should be reproved but he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his 01:10:58.680 --> 01:11:02.890 deeds may be made manifest that they are rotting God the brighter you shine you're 01:11:02.890 --> 01:11:07.450 gonna draw people to Jesus Christ and you know society is so unbiblical today 01:11:07.450 --> 01:11:13.450 just living a godly clean Christian life trying to love God with some zeal you're 01:11:13.450 --> 01:11:18.300 gonna really piss some people off but if God never let us go through 01:11:18.300 --> 01:11:22.840 persecution and never be despised by anyone you might get really prideful so 01:11:22.840 --> 01:11:28.030 it's kind of a blessing to go through some persecution sometimes and let us 01:11:28.030 --> 01:11:32.420 just remember whenever we're going through persecution what Jesus went 01:11:32.420 --> 01:11:37.530 through let it inspire us not to quit when we are despised and rejected by 01:11:37.530 --> 01:11:41.460 this world let it motivate us to be even more zealous and to keep shining 01:11:41.460 --> 01:11:46.660 brighter and brighter let us pray dear Heavenly Father thank you for this day 01:11:46.660 --> 01:11:51.710 thank you for the Word of God I thank you for how much Jesus Christ went 01:11:51.710 --> 01:11:57.240 through the Bible says he suffered such contradiction of sinners I thank you 01:11:57.240 --> 01:12:01.620 that he endured those things so that we could have eternal life please help us 01:12:01.620 --> 01:12:05.990 to endure our persecutions and to draw closer to you in Jesus name amen 01:12:05.990 --> 01:12:38.270 closing let's go to song number 124 song number 124 124 God will take care of you