Soren wrote on Nov 9^th, 2009 at 11:01pm:

The truth frequently seems unreasonable.
The truth frequently is depressing.
The truth sometimes seems to be evil.
But it has the eternal advantage.
It is the truth and what is built thereon neither brings nor yields confusion.

...Henry Ford





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Jesus said, that if we were a truly follower of him, the world would hate us.

???

Yet today, much of the world professes, to revere, and love Jesus, OR at least his teachings, and that 'goodness' in man which he promoted.

Q.
Then, why would Jesus say that his followers would be hated?

A.
Because in their hearts, the followers of Jesus have 'turned', away from

the lies

of this world.

They seek after righteousness, and TRUTH, and right judgement,
.....'therefore the world hateth you.'

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
....10  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

John 15:18
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2  Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3  Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4  If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5  If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6  Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7  Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8  And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9  Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Romans 2:9
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10  But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: