Jesus said, "If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because yo do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you." (Jn 15: 18). What world is Jesus talking about, for surely there is a world of beauty in creation and goodness in the hearts of all people? It is not this world that hates us, but the world that has detached itself from its Creator, the prevailing world of wealth, prestige, power, success at any cost, anything goes, license to do all to feel good without responsibility to the common good, the natural law or God's law. A pretty rough place, but one that promises immediate gratification and no consequences to choices, even bad choices. No wonder it hates those who stand against it. This is the "world" in which we live, the world that hungers. even without knowing it, for redemption..the world Jesus came to save and asks for our help in so doing. May we not be absorbed into this world, but in deed be in it to help it to find it's true purpose and place in God's plan.
Bro. Rene.
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