Posts Tagged ‘ Hate ’
“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
John 16:33, HCSB
God comforts and protects us, knowing that our faith in Him may bring persecution and danger, but that in Christ we can have peace knowing we will be with Him forever eternity.
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10, HCSB
We are called in Christ to help each other be more like Christ, encouraging each other as we face persecution and mockery knowing that we are being treated the same as Christ.
Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:6, CSB
The gospel includes hating our sin and turning to the righteousness of Christ, walking in His way and helping others to follow.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.
Romans 8:18, CSB
Christ is our example of love, enduring even hatred and persecution to bring others to the knowledge of His love and the hope of eternal life with Him.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Matthew 5:10, CSB
Only God can make us righteous, and this makes the people of this world angry and want to bring us down. God has promised to deliver us through persecution and into His eternal Kingdom.
One who is righteous has many adversities, but the Lord rescues him from them all.
Psalm 34:19, CSB
Jesus’ body is not in the tomb, so we can be courageous in the face of hatred and persecution for our faith in Christ, for He is overcoming all enemies.
not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:9, CSB
Lofe is hard. God is good. Follow His example and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, love those who hate you and bless those who curse you.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11, ESV
God is changing this world for His glory, and He sends Christians into the world to make this change, amidst hatred and violence toward His Word, bringing us into glory at the end of our lives.
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
Romans 8:31, NLT
People may know we are Christians, but they may not understand the truth of who Christ is, maybe even hating Him and therefore us. We show them God’s love all the more.
“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Matthew 5:43-44, CSB
How can we not offer love to those who hate us after the God we hated through sin loved us enough to die for those sins? Let us learn from and be empowered by Him to love those who mistreat us that they may see the truth of the gospel.
a simple man of God 