Scripture: John 15: 20-21
20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
Scripture Commentary:
Jesus gave His life out of His love for us. The world rejected Him. He was spit on, beaten, whipped and nailed to the cross. Jesus tells us that if they persecuted Him, they will persecute His people too.
Jesus came into the world with love and forgiveness and was punished by people who only wanted to continue their lifestyle.
Are we any different than our forefathers?
Jesus gave His life for us out of love. In turn, we reject Him when we do not help or love one another. We must choose to follow Jesus or not. Without Jesus, we deny ourselves the life He offers.
We are the vine; Jesus is the trunk.
We either bear fruit for Jesus or we are an unproductive twig to be broken and burned. Be not of this world; live as Jesus teaches. The world will hate Christians because its agenda is different.
Jesus prunes us to produce godly fruit.
As a branch of Jesus’s tree, we are to love and live to spread the gospel. Christ is the vine; God is the gardener who works on us to make us fruitful.
Are you fruitful for Jesus or are you barren?
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