Bearing his reproach. What does it mean bearing his?
reproach the reproach of Christ is talking about the fact that people will speak badly of you
Speak poorly of you because you are a Christian
That's what reproach means to talk bad about and so Jesus was reproached when he was on the cross, you know
They're mocking him and saying he trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him
Let him deliver him seeing he delighted in him. Oh now that destroys the temple and build us it in three days
Come down from the cross that we might see and believe and they mocked him and reviled him and ridiculed him
Well, guess what? If you live the Christian life, you're gonna be ridiculed and mocked as well
They're gonna be people who make fun of you for being a goody-two-shoes and they make fun of you
Oh, you actually believe the Bible, huh?
Don't you know that everything came from nothing and it's been scientifically proven that you know monkeys and
Apes are all our relatives and we're all
Animals and we all came from the same, you know single-celled organism that we have no idea where that came from
But I mean it's all been proven by science. You believe in the Bible. Yes. I believe in the Bible
Yes
I believe in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and I believe that God made man in his own image
And that I'm not an animal. I'm not a beast. I am a human being. I'm a man made in the image of God
I'm a man in the image of God with a soul and a spirit and you know
What's absurd is believing that everything came from nothing. That is absurd. It's not science
It's absurd to believe that every single plant and animal on this planet is
Related and came from one organism that just poof appeared out of nowhere
There's not even a theory for how the first organism appeared not even a scientific theory not even a working hypothesis
They can't even show you well
This is how we think it could have happened not even close to being able to demonstrate that with science
So why would I be ashamed for believing what the Bible says? Oh, oh, you're one of those
Baptists if you actually take the Bible seriously, I mean you actually believe all those stories. Yes, I do
Yes, I absolutely do because you know what? It's absurd to say. Oh, I believe in Christ
I believe in Jesus. I believe God created everything
Oh, but you know, he can't make a whale swallow a human that just couldn't happen
If God could speak the world into existence in six days
I think he's gonna be able to prepare a great fish that could swallow Jonah so that he could be in the belly of the fish
For three days and three nights. Oh, you actually believe Jesus walked on water
No, I just believe that he could create the entire world with his voice
And I just believe that he could die and be buried and rise again three days later
But I mean walking on water, that's what's not scientifically possible. That's just defies the laws of science folks with God
All things are possible. I'm not ashamed to be
Baptist I'm not ashamed to be a Bible believing Christian. I'm not ashamed to be a creationist
Hey, you ought to be ashamed of this evil and adulterous generation not ashamed of God and his word
And so, you know what? I'm willing to bear his reproach as it says at the end of verse 13
They made fun of him. Let them make fun of me
They called the master of the house Beelzebub then you know what let them call me much worse
They hated him. Let them hate me. Let me bear his reproach. Where do we bear his reproach without the camp?
See, here's why some preachers are never persecuted
Here's why some Christians are never persecuted because you know where they are smack dab in the middle of the camp
They're within the camp within the mainstream
Getting along with everyone trying to fit in and be cool and be like everybody. I am NOT a cool preacher
I'm not