A servant is not greater than his master

John 15:18-27

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’ 

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

Jesus' followers are no longer being to the world as they once did. He has made them part of himself and they will inevitably attract hatred, just as Christ himself did. But Help is at hand. 

Why?

A servant is not greater than his master so they persecuted Jesus, they will persecute us also.

We are chosen out of the world so we do not belong to the world, so this world hates us.

The Holy Spirit of truth will come after Jesus and he will testify about Jesus and testify us. 

Do not be afraid for Jesus is with us when we follow the command of Jesus.

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前面講到枝子與樹的關係的連結。

這裏講到逼迫，門徒與連結，所以世界也會逼迫門徒，因為光會照出人的黑暗，人行惡又想掩蓋，因此與光明、聖潔有關的都想要除去。充滿罪惡的世界自然容不下聖潔的門徒。因此我們不要去迎合世人，例如將主日敬拜綜藝化，討好世人，這不是神的道路。

世人不認識父神不是不知道，而是他們故意不信。他們聽過、看過卻不願意認識，故意抗拒。

門徒如何面對逼迫： 聖徒要為基督做見證。聖靈為耶穌做見證，耶穌是死裏復活，是基督，是神的兒子。因為聖靈與門徒同在，所以門徒可以為基督做見證。

聖靈與神的話，逼迫時聖徒說的見證，面對逼迫時見證福音！聖靈是保守我們面對世界的挑戰。受逼迫也是經歷聖靈的時候。面對這個世界的挑戰，誘惑也是一種逼迫！

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How?

Bear in mind I belong to Jesus, I do not belong to this world!