So you want to be like Jesus? You want him to call you his friend? Or do you want to be like Jesus? John 15:18—16:4 confronts you with the sobering consequences of belonging to Jesus. Ironically, the closer you are to Jesus, the more you are like him, the greater the hatred of the world against you.
Make no mistake. There is a battle going on, a conflict taking place. The world, the world under the curse of sin and in rebellion against God, hates you. The “you” is plural. It is a people, a kingdom, the kingdom of God. It is not you as a lone ranger against the world, but the world against Continue reading “So You Want to Be Like Jesus?”