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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 What should be our response to those who mock our beliefs?

00:00:04 --> 00:00:06 Tune in for some answers.

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00:00:41 --> 00:00:47 Shortly before his death, Jesus warned his disciples with these words, found in John 15, 19.

00:00:48 --> 00:00:53 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own.

00:00:54 --> 00:01:01 Instead, the world hates you because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

00:01:03 --> 00:01:09 And one of those disciples who heard those words of Jesus told us this, 1 Peter 4.4

00:01:23 --> 00:01:28 Friend, the world may mock us for holding steadfast to our beliefs.

00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 They may ridicule us.

00:01:30 --> 00:01:33 The world tends to label what it cannot comprehend.

00:01:34 --> 00:01:36 Do I get angry about it?

00:01:37 --> 00:01:38 Yeah, sometimes I do.

00:01:39 --> 00:01:42 But for the most part, I feel sad.

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44 Incredibly sad.

00:01:45 --> 00:01:46 Not for myself.

00:01:47 --> 00:01:48 but for them.

00:01:49 --> 00:01:57 Matthew, in the recounting of the famous Sermon on the Mount, discusses those who mourn because of sin.

00:01:57 --> 00:02:01 A few times I've mentioned Psalm 73,

00:02:01 --> 00:02:08 the psalm that talks about those who appear to be living a life of ease and getting

00:02:08 --> 00:02:10 away with a sinful lifestyle,

00:02:11 --> 00:02:13 but then depicts their true end.

00:02:15 --> 00:02:21 John 17 tells us that though we are in the world, we must not be of the world.

00:02:21 --> 00:02:27 And 1 Corinthians 5.10 tells us that to avoid sin, we would have to leave this world.

00:02:28 --> 00:02:29 It's that ingrained.

00:02:30 --> 00:02:33 So we are called to a higher standard.

00:02:34 --> 00:02:41 The first verses of Romans 12 tells us we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

00:02:41 --> 00:02:48 1 Peter 2.9 calls us a royal priesthood, God's special possession.

00:02:49 --> 00:02:53 Ephesians 2.10 says we are now set aside for good works.

00:02:54 --> 00:02:55 Like Timothy,

00:02:55 --> 00:02:56 we must say,

00:02:57 --> 00:02:58 for this reason,

00:02:59 --> 00:03:00 even though I suffer as I do,

00:03:01 --> 00:03:03 I am not ashamed,

00:03:03 --> 00:03:06 for I know whom I have believed,

00:03:06 --> 00:03:12 and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

00:03:14 --> 00:03:18 2 Timothy 1.12 And Paul puts it this way,

00:03:19 --> 00:03:26 I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation to

00:03:26 --> 00:03:27 everyone who believes,

00:03:28 --> 00:03:29 first to the Jew,

00:03:29 --> 00:03:30 then to the Greek.

00:03:31 --> 00:03:31 Romans 1.16

00:03:33 --> 00:03:41 Just a few verses later, he talks about some of the very same people recently mocking Christians.

00:03:42 --> 00:03:49 It does anger me when God is mocked and openly blasphemed because of my great love

00:03:50 --> 00:03:51 and reverent awe of him.

00:03:53 --> 00:03:56 But as Jesus said, they are not rejecting us.

00:03:57 --> 00:04:00 They reject the one we serve.

00:04:01 --> 00:04:05 I recognize my own sins put Christ on the cross.

00:04:07 --> 00:04:09 So though righteous judgment,

00:04:10 --> 00:04:12 sharing what the Bible calls sin,

00:04:12 --> 00:04:13 is a thing,

00:04:13 --> 00:04:20 I also want to show God's mercy for those who choose to accept it.

00:04:21 --> 00:04:25 Make no mistake, there will be a day of reckoning.

00:04:26 --> 00:04:32 The Bible tells us the wrath of God will be poured out on those who mock and reject.

00:04:33 --> 00:04:37 And on that day, every knee will bow.

00:04:39 --> 00:04:46 Yet there is time now and a period of hope for hearts and minds to change.

00:04:47 --> 00:04:52 I pray fervently for those who have set themselves against God.

00:04:53 --> 00:04:58 Just as the crowd mocked Jesus, he still gave his life for them.

00:04:59 --> 00:05:01 And just a few weeks later,

00:05:02 --> 00:05:07 some of those same people realized their error and cried out with convicted hearts,

00:05:07 --> 00:05:10 What must we do to be saved?

00:05:11 --> 00:05:15 The answer is the same today as was given to those 2 years ago.

00:05:18 --> 00:05:19 Peter replied,

00:05:19 --> 00:05:20 Repent,

00:05:20 --> 00:05:21 and be baptized,

00:05:21 --> 00:05:22 every one of you,

00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 in the name of Jesus Christ,

00:05:25 --> 00:05:27 for the forgiveness of your sins,

00:05:28 --> 00:05:32 and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

00:05:32 --> 00:05:41 Acts 2.38 Our meme for today simply says, Pray at all times for all people.

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