ມີຄຣິສຕຽນຫຼາຍຄົນ, who do their best and try everything they can to make the world love them. Because the world hates Christians. Sometimes it’s just too embarrassing to watch how far Christians go and eventually say or do things, that damage the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. Only because they want to be liked and accepted by the world and become friends with the world. They compromise and think they are some big shot. While in reality they succumbed and are defeated by the pressure of the world. They may be liked and accepted by the world, but in God’s eyes, they are shameful. Because they were not able to stand on the Word and didn’t stay faithful and obedient to the will of God. ແທນທີ່, ພວກເຂົາມີ ປະຕິເສດພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ by watering down the gospel and compromise with the world. All because they were not prepared to die to ‘self’ and ຈັດວາງຊີວິດຂອງຕົນເອງ ແລະຕິດຕາມພຣະເຢຊູ.
ພະບຸດຂອງພະເຈົ້າ
But if you decide to ປະຕິບັດຕາມພຣະເຢຊູ, you have crucified your flesh (mat 16:24, ເປັນ Mar 8:34, lu 9:23). ໂດຍຜ່ານການສືບພັນ, which means that you’ve died to the flesh and your spirit is raised from the dead, ທ່ານໄດ້ກາຍເປັນ ການສ້າງໃຫມ່ ໃນຂົງເຂດທາງວິນຍານ.
ທ່ານບໍ່ແມ່ນລູກຊາຍຂອງມານ, who has the spirit of the world; the spirit of the antichrist and you don’t belong to the devil and the world anymore.
But through regeneration, ເຈົ້າໄດ້ກາຍເປັນລູກຊາຍຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, in whom the Holy Spirit dwells. Now you belong to God and His Kingdom.
What happened in the spiritual realm will become visible in the natural realm. Therefore there shall be a change in your life.
If you won’t experience a change in your life, you might ask yourself if you are truly ເກີດໃຫມ່ and have become a new creation and if the Holy Spirit dwells in you.
ເມື່ອທ່ານກາຍເປັນບຸດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, you don’t belong to the world anymore and therefore the world will no longer welcome and receive you. Except if you compromise and stay carnal and keep living the life you’ve always lived.
If you live like the world and say and do the same things as the world, then it shows that you are not born again and don’t walk after the Spirit. Since the flesh is still alive and has the highest authority in your life.
The Word of God is quick and powerful
ສໍາລັບພຣະຄໍາຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າແມ່ນໄວ, ແລະມີອໍານາດ, ແລະ Sharper ກ່ວາດາບທີ່ມີຄວາມສອງ, ເຈາະແມ້ແຕ່ການແບ່ງປັນຂອງຈິດວິນຍານແລະວິນຍານ, ແລະຂອງຂໍ້ຕໍ່ແລະໄຂມັນ, ແລະແມ່ນຄວາມຄິດຂອງຄວາມຄິດແລະເຈດຕະນາຂອງຫົວໃຈ. ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ສະແດງໃນສາຍຕາຂອງລາວ: ແຕ່ສິ່ງທັງຫມົດລ້ວນແຕ່ເປືອຍກາຍແລະເປີດສາຍຕາຂອງລາວທີ່ພວກເຮົາຕ້ອງເຮັດ (ເຮັບເຣີ 4:12-13)
ໃນເວລາທີ່ທ່ານເກີດໃຫມ່, it’s crucial to ຕໍ່ສະຕິຂອງທ່ານ ດ້ວຍພຣະຄໍາຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ. Because when you don’t renew your mind with the Word of God, you shall keep your carnal mind and keep walking after the flesh and say and do what the world says and do. You shall not get to know the ຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ and therefore you shall not ເອົາຜູ້ຊາຍເກົ່າ and not ໃສ່ຜູ້ຊາຍໃຫມ່.
ພຣະວິນຍານບໍລິສຸດ, Who dwells in you shall help you and guide and teach you. ໃນເວລາທີ່ທ່ານເປັນ ການສ້າງເກົ່າ you maybe didn’t understand the Bible. The reason why you didn’t understand the Bible is that your spirit was dead and therefore your mind was darkened and couldn’t understand the spiritual things of God.
ແຕ່ໃນເວລາທີ່ທ່ານກາຍເປັນການສ້າງໃຫມ່, your spirit was raised from the dead and by the baptism with the Holy Spirit, you received the Holy Spirit and therefore you shall be able to understand the spiritual things of God and His Kingdom.
ພຣະວິນຍານບໍລິສຸດຮູ້ຄວາມເລິກຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, which are hidden in His Word.
By studying the Word of God, you shall not only get to know Jesus, but you shall also get to know God and His will. You shall get to know ຄວາມຄິດຂອງລາວ ແລະ ວິທີການຂອງລາວ.
ທຸກເວລາ, when you find out a truth in the Word of God that contradicts your former carnal mind and what the world says, you shall have to make a choice, to believe and obey the Word of God and walk in faith after the Spirit or to believe and obey the words of the world and your carnal mind and what your senses tell you and walk after the flesh.
You can only walk in faith if you believe that the words of God are the truth and obey them and do the words of God in your life.
When you are born again and start walking after the Word and the Spirit and therefore walk in faith, then one of the consequences will be that you won’t be so loved anymore, but rather be hated by those, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງໂລກ, live in sin and are not willing to repent.
Because just like the Word divides spirit and soul, so shall the Word also divide soulish people, who walk after the flesh and spiritual people, ຜູ້ທີ່ຍ່າງຕາມພຣະວິນຍານ.
You shall not be received and welcomed everywhere you go. Not even among your fellow brothers and sisters, who are worldly-minded. ດີ, if you say what they want to hear and don’t say anything that might offend them and as long as you do what they expect of you, then there won’t be any problems.
But as soon as you speak the truth and confront them with the truth of the Word, instead of giving them your own opinion, that derives from your flesh; your carnal mind and your carnal wisdom, ຄວາມຮູ້, ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ, ແລະຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ, then you shall experience resistance.
The world hated Jesus
Jesus is our Lord and if He was hated and persecuted by the world and was banned by His people from the temple, ສານຸສິດຂອງພຣະອົງ, who are His followers, shall experience the same thing. Jesus spoke about it and said, ວ່າຜູ້ທີ່, who love Him and obey ພຣະບັນຍັດຂອງພຣະອົງ, shall be hated and even persecuted.
And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved (mat 10:22, ເປັນ Mar 13:13, ລູກາ 21:17)
ແລ້ວພວກເຂົາຈະມອບເຈົ້າໃຫ້ຖືກຂົ່ມເຫັງ, ແລະຈະຂ້າທ່ານ: ແລະເຈົ້າຈະກຽດຊັງທຸກປະເທດສໍາລັບຊື່ຂອງຂ້ອຍ. ແລະຈາກນັ້ນຫຼາຍຄົນຈະຖືກ offended, ແລະຈະທໍລະຍົດຊຶ່ງກັນແລະກັນ, ແລະຈະຊັງກັນ (ມັດທາຍ 24:9-10)
ເຈົ້າເປັນສຸກ, ໃນເວລາທີ່ຜູ້ຊາຍຈະກຽດຊັງເຈົ້າ, ແລະເມື່ອພວກເຂົາແຍກເຈົ້າອອກຈາກບໍລິສັດຂອງພວກເຂົາ, ແລະຈະຕຳນິເຈົ້າ, ແລະຂັບໄລ່ຊື່ຂອງທ່ານອອກເປັນຄວາມຊົ່ວຮ້າຍ, ເພື່ອເຫັນແກ່ບຸດມະນຸດ. ຈົ່ງຊົມຊື່ນຍິນດີໃນວັນນັ້ນ, ແລະເຕັ້ນໄປຫາຄວາມສຸກ: ສໍາລັບ, ເບ, ລາງວັນຂອງເຈົ້າຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ໃນສະຫວັນ: ເພາະບັນພະບຸລຸດຂອງພວກເຂົາໄດ້ເຮັດຕໍ່ສາດສະດາໃນແບບນັ້ນ (ລູກາ 6:22)
ຖ້າໂລກກຽດຊັງເຈົ້າ, ພວກເຈົ້າຮູ້ວ່າມັນກຽດຊັງຂ້ອຍກ່ອນທີ່ມັນຈະກຽດຊັງເຈົ້າ. ຖ້າທ່ານຢູ່ໃນໂລກ, ໂລກຈະຮັກຂອງຕົນເອງ: ແຕ່ຍ້ອນວ່າພວກທ່ານບໍ່ແມ່ນຂອງໂລກ, ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ເລືອກເຈົ້າອອກຈາກໂລກແລ້ວ, ເພາະສະນັ້ນໂລກກຽດຊັງທ່ານ. ຈື່ຈໍາຄໍາທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເວົ້າກັບທ່ານ, ຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ບໍ່ໄດ້ໃຫຍ່ກວ່າພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງລາວ. ຖ້າພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຂົ່ມເຫັງຂ້ອຍ, ພວກເຂົາຍັງຈະຂົ່ມເຫັງທ່ານ; ຖ້າພວກເຂົາຮັກສາຄໍາເວົ້າຂອງຂ້ອຍ, ພວກເຂົາຈະຮັກສາທ່ານເຊັ່ນກັນ. ແຕ່ສິ່ງທັງຫມົດເຫລົ່ານີ້ຈະເຮັດກັບທ່ານສໍາລັບຊື່ຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ເພາະວ່າພວກເຂົາບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກພຣະອົງທີ່ສົ່ງຂ້ອຍໄປ (ຈອນ 15:18-21)
ຖ້າຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໄດ້ມາແລະເວົ້າກັບພວກເຂົາ, ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ມີບາບ: ແຕ່ບັດນີ້ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ມີຜ້າຫົ່ມສໍາລັບບາບຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ຜູ້ທີ່ກຽດຊັງເຮົາກໍກຽດຊັງພໍ່ຂອງເຮົາຄືກັນ. ຖ້າຫາກຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ເຮັດໃນບັນດາພວກເຂົາວຽກງານທີ່ບໍ່ມີຜູ້ອື່ນໄດ້ເຮັດ, ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ມີບາບ: ແຕ່ບັດນີ້ເຂົາທັງສອງໄດ້ເຫັນແລະກຽດຊັງທັງເຮົາແລະພຣະບິດາຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ແຕ່ນີ້ມາຮອດ, ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຖ້ອຍຄຳນັ້ນສຳເລັດຕາມທີ່ຂຽນໄວ້ໃນກົດໝາຍຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ, ພວກເຂົາກຽດຊັງຂ້ອຍໂດຍບໍ່ມີເຫດຜົນ (ຈອນ 15:22-25)
ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າຄໍາສັບຂອງທ່ານ; ແລະ ໂລກໄດ້ກຽດຊັງພວກເຂົາ, ເພາະວ່າພວກເຂົາບໍ່ແມ່ນຂອງໂລກ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ຂອງໂລກ (ຈອນ 17:14)
Why the world hates Jesus?
ໂລກບໍ່ສາມາດກຽດຊັງທ່ານ; ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍມັນກຽດຊັງ, ເພາະຂ້ອຍເປັນພະຍານເຖິງມັນ, ວ່າວຽກງານຂອງມັນແມ່ນຊົ່ວຮ້າຍ (ຈອນ 7:7)
Jesus gave us the reason, why the world hated Him. Jesus testified that the works of the world were evil, which means that He confronted the people, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງໂລກ, with their sin. When Jesus said these words to His disciples, His disciples were still the old creation. They were still carnal and belonged to the unfaithful generation that belongs to the world. But when they were born again and received the Holy Spirit, they were also hated and persecuted by the world. Because they testified that the works of the world were evil.
When the Holy Spirit dwells in you and you walk in obedience to God after the Word in righteousness, the Holy Spirit will reprove the world a.o. ຂອງບາບ.
ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, you shouldn’t marvel and be surprised when people, whom you’ve never met and with whom you have never spoken with, hate you for no reason.
That’s because the one, ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນພວກເຂົາ, hates the One, ຜູ້ທີ່ອາໄສຢູ່ໃນຕົວທ່ານ.
ພະຍາມານ, who lives in them hates Jesus Christ, Who lives in you. ພະເຍຊູກ່າວ, that you shall be hated because of ຊື່ຂອງພຣະອົງ.
ເນື່ອງຈາກວ່າຄວາມຈິງ, that you have died in Christ, you have laid down your own life and therefore it’s no longer you that lives, but through the resurrection of your spirit from the dead and by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, Christ lives in you. When Christ lives in you, you shall speak and do His words and walk in the will of God.
Jesus spoke the words of His Father and the world wouldn’t receive His words. ຄືກັນກັບຢູ່ໃນພັນທະສັນຍາເກົ່າ, when the prophets spoke the truth of God and were hated, ຖືກຂົ່ມເຫັງ, imprisoned and sometimes even killed.
ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ທີ່, who belong to Jesus and speak His words, which are the same words as the Father, shall be hated by the world.
Do you love God or do you love yourself?
As long as you don’t love God with all your heart, ຈິດ, soul and strength and haven’t laid down your flesh, ແລະສືບຕໍ່ຍ່າງຕາມເນື້ອຫນັງ, you care what other people think of you because it affects you. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, you shall eventually succumb and compromise with the world.
But when you ຮັກພະເຈົ້າ ດ້ວຍສຸດໃຈຂອງທ່ານ, ຈິດ, soul and strength and have laid down your flesh and walk after the Spirit, then it won’t affect you, because your flesh is dead. You are not surprised that the world hates you because Jesus warned you (ອ່ານນຳ: ນັບຄ່າໃຊ້ຈ່າຍ).
ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, you will not let that stop you to speak the truth of God and keep preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth. You shall not stop to preach and establish God’s Kingdom on this earth.
ໃນທາງກົງກັນຂ້າມ! You shall continue and keep walking after the Word and the Spirit and therefore you shall keep walking in the truth and the love of God.
You shall not compromise with the world. You shall not try so hard to be liked and to be accepted by the world. But you shall stay loyal to Jesus and stand on the Word and not deviate from the words of God.
As long as you keep walking the Spirit and the Word and therefore do the commandments of God, ເຊິ່ງຍັງເປັນ ບັນຍັດຂອງພຣະເຢຊູ, you prove that you love God with all your heart, ຈິດ, ຈິດວິນຍານແລະຄວາມເຂັ້ມແຂງ.
You show that your love for God comes first in your life, ແລະເປັນຜົນໄດ້ຮັບ, you keep walking in obedience to Him.
You know the reason, why the people, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງໂລກ, hate you, but you shall not be moved by that. You shall neither become mad or angry because you don’t walk after the flesh and therefore you are not led by your feelings and emotions. ແທນທີ່, you shall be moved with ຄວາມເມດຕາ on them.
The world hates Christians, who follow and do the Word
Marvel not, ອ້າຍນ້ອງຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren (1 ຈອນ 3:13-14)
The hearers of the Word shall not be hated, since they are no threat to the kingdom of darkness. Only the followers and doers of the Word, which means that you believe every word of God and do the words of God, shall be hated by the world, ຄືກັນກັບພຣະເຢຊູ.
ເປັນຫຍັງ? Because you testify by doing the truth and righteous works, that the works of the world are evil.
Look at Cain and Abel. Abel wasn’t killed by Cain because they had a disagreement or a fight. But Abel was killed because his works were righteous. The righteous works of Abel testified that the works of Cain were evil (ອະວະກາດ 21:41, 1 ໂຈ 3:12)
This also happened with Jesus. Jesus walked in the truth and did righteous works. That’s why He was hated by the world. Because by doing righteous works Jesus testified that the works of the world were evil.
The Light of the world
Jesus was the Light of the world and through Him, the evil works, which were hidden in darkness were brought into the light.
ລູກຊາຍຂອງມານ, who were the workers of iniquity and belonged to the world, hated the Light and therefore they did everything they could to get rid of Jesus and eliminate the Light.
ຜູ້ທີ່ເຊື່ອໃນພຣະອົງບໍ່ໄດ້ຖືກກ່າວໂທດ: ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ເຊື່ອກໍຖືກກ່າວໂທດແລ້ວ, ເພາະວ່າພຣະອົງບໍ່ໄດ້ເຊື່ອໃນນາມຂອງພຣະບຸດອົງດຽວຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ແລະນີ້ແມ່ນການກ່າວໂທດ, ຄວາມສະຫວ່າງນັ້ນໄດ້ມາສູ່ໂລກ, ແລະຜູ້ຊາຍຮັກຄວາມມືດຫຼາຍກວ່າຄວາມສະຫວ່າງ, ເພາະວ່າການກະທໍາຂອງພວກເຂົາແມ່ນຊົ່ວຮ້າຍ. ເພາະທຸກຄົນທີ່ເຮັດຊົ່ວກໍກຽດຊັງຄວາມສະຫວ່າງ, ທັງບໍ່ມາເຖິງຄວາມສະຫວ່າງ, ຖ້າບໍ່ດັ່ງນັ້ນການກະທໍາຂອງລາວຄວນຖືກຕໍານິຕິຕຽນ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ເຮັດຄວາມຈິງມາເຖິງຄວາມສະຫວ່າງ, ວ່າການກະທໍາຂອງລາວອາດຈະຖືກສະມາຊິກ, ວ່າພວກເຂົາຖືກກໍາລັງເກີດຂື້ນໃນພຣະເຈົ້າ (ຈອນ 3:18-21)
And just like Abel, ສາດສະດາ, Jesus and the apostles, ນີ້ແມ່ນກໍລະນີເຊັ່ນກັນ. When Jesus Christ dwells in you and you walk after the will of Jesus and do what He has commanded you to do and walk in righteousness in the truth and the light, then the world shall hate you. Because your righteous works testify that the works fo the world (ບາບ) ແມ່ນຊົ່ວ.
Jesus knew this and foretold His disciples. His disciples knew this and foretold their disciples. And we, as His disciples should know this and inform our disciples, so that the truth is revealed and the disciples will know what to expect and become spiritually resilient and are able to stand on the Word and don’t ປະຕິເສດພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດ. Because whosoever shall deny Jesus, him/her will Jesus also deny before the Father (ມັດທາຍ 10:33, 2 ຕີໂມເຕ 2:12)
‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’
