“ Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake ”
Luke 21: 7
Christian life is not a bed of flowers. It’s a bed full of thorns. Christian life has sufferings, humiliations, insults and other persecutions from others. This verse makes me realize this.
“The love of the world is enmity with God” (James 4: 4).
We cannot love the world and God.
If anyone loves the world and the things in the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [1 John 2:15]
We cannot serve Two masters God and Mammon.
Therefore, in order to continue in the love and unity of the Lord, it is essential that we exercise adequate control over many of our activities in this universe. You cannot love Jesus by loving money. Giving first priority to human means, we cannot give first priority to GOD. We can all be hated by (husbands, children, relatives, friends) when we give first priority to God all our relatives will hate us because we can not satisfy all their needs .
Jesus patiently endured all the sufferings of the cross, as foretold at Hebrews 12:2.
Likewise the joy that we are going to have with God forever is set before us. Therefore, we must endure suffering in the name of Jesus.
"Blessed are you when you are blasphemed for the name of Christ" [1 Peter 4:14] “Blessed are you when people blaspheme and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of evil against you. Rejoice and be glad and your fruit will be abundant in heaven ”. Amen! [Matthew 5:11]
I was born and raised in Trichy district in Tamil Nadu. I have been a member of the Institutional Church for over 25 years. I attended all the Gift Schools that started in the lockdown Period last April 2020 through Zoom and participated in all the meetings held by the Army of Jesus. Through it the Lord gave grace to know who God is and how to know Him. Knowing about God is different from knowing God.
Myself, who was silent in the institutional congregation, by the grace of God gave me the grace to conduct three troop churches. I continue to participate in the morning worship in the midst of my weaknesses. I am doing my best to do what I can for God, even when the family situation is not favorable. My God blesses and guides me many times over in everything. Glory to God!
SOL. CHRISTY MANOHAR ,AOJ