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Jesus leads out the New Community from the place of the Last Supper to a future fraught with suffering, yet glory. Think of Exodus. Enemies are all about. Jesus prepares his disciples for the world’s hatred of them, just as it hates Jesus, a hatred which is about to move to fever pitch.
Why the hatred? Jesus refuses to let his power be used against those from Rome who were occupying the sacred lands. Instead, Jesus unleashes his spiritual power against the religious system from within, announcing a new and deeper spiritual freedom from it. The hatred against Jesus was not from Rome, but from Jerusalem.
Fear not. The Holy Spirit is promised to be with us during any persecution, for strength, for comfort, for wisdom. “When the going gets rough, the rough gets smooth”—by the Holy Spirit!
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Example: Loving a world that’s hating v. 18
Fridays are dedicated to the Gospels.
In the Seasons of Lent and Easter we read the Gospel of John.
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