"Do Not Be Surprised, My Brothers, If The World Hates You!"

That is why the world hates you!
(Arthur Pink)

"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!" 
John 15:18-19

"Do not be surprised, my brothers, 

if the world hates you!" 1 John 3:13

The world will not hate mere professors.

The man . . .
  who is conformed to this world,
  who takes part in its politics,
  who shares its pleasures,
  who acts according to its principles--
even though he claims the name of CHRIST, 
will not be ostracized or persecuted.

The woman . . .
  who is conformed to this world,
  who follows its fashions,
  who enjoys its society,
  who desires its amusements--
will not be shunned by it.

The world loves its own. 
But those who walk in separation from
the world (and they are few in number), 
those who follow a rejected CHRIST, 
will know something of what it means 
to enter into the fellowship of HIS 
sufferings (Philippians 3:10).

"Therefore come out from them and be 
separate, says the LORD. Touch no unclean 
thing, and I will receive you. I will be a FATHER 
to you, and you will be MY sons and daughters, 
says the LORD Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:17-18

   
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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's helpful two page article, 
"The choice of FRIENDS".