This is a common verse for many people and I’m
sure you have heard about it several times.
The Bible says that people will determine to kill you and hate you for
my name. Because of the name of Jesus,
people will hate you and you will get into trouble and you can even be killed because
of the name of Jesus. Today I want to
talk to you, are you ready to die for the name of Jesus?
Are you ready for people to hate you
because of the name of Jesus? Have you decided in your life to go through
troubles because of the name of Jesus?
This is the one of the most powerful and challenging verses in the Bible. This verse is like what Jesus did for
us. He left heaven and decided to leave
everything to die for us. He accepted to
come down and He knew that others will hate Him because of you and I and He
accepted to go through trauma so we can be saved.
Now it’s our turn to sacrifice our lives
for Him. This is where many Christians
fail. We are ready to receive salvation,
love and blessings but we are not ready to give up on something to glorify Jesus. Who is going to kill you? Who will hate you? Who will put you in trouble? The first nation that will attack you is your
own body. The desire of your body is the
first one to accuse you and put you in trouble for the love of Jesus.
When you want to pray, your body will tell
you that you are not able to pray, your body will attack your spirit and your
desire to pray and you think, maybe I will pray tomorrow. You want to do something good for God but
your body turns you down but if you remember, I am doing this not only for me
but the name of Jesus, then you will stand up and do it and you will be a
winner. If you are only doing it because
of your salvation or because you are Christian, then you won’t do it
today. Whenever you do something, do it
in the name of Jesus.
“For your glory Jesus, I will do this, for
Your Name I will do this,” and your body will turn you down. I’ve seen Christians give up because of the
influence of others. They will put aside
their faith because people say something.
In order to please others, we do what they are asking us to do. Our mind will push us, you shouldn’t do this
now for God, you would be better to do this for yourself. Most of the time we do things for ourselves
rather than God.
Blessed are those that know that they are
doing things for God because they will be winners. Better for us to die for Christ than to die
for the glory of the world or your country.
Many people will prefer to sacrifice everything to become somebody. During the elections, I have seen on tv politians
will put aside their family and they will fight because they want to lead the
county, they want their political party to rule the country. Men will give up
their jobs to campaign, not because they love the people of the country but
because they want to be someone of the country.
They tell you they will fight for your
needs but once they become leaders, you cannot see them without an
appointment. Once they occupy the post,
they no longer campaign but they work. What
type of campaign do you do for Jesus?
How many messages do you send your friends? How often are you on Facebook? How many people love you because you are
campaigning for Jesus? How many people
will hate you for promoting Jesus?
Jesus wants us to campaign for Him but very
often we don’t have that courage, we often think twice, how will they take this? How will they judge me? Better to send a joke or a song of Rihanna
than a song from church. God our Lord is
looking at you, “remember Mathew 24:9, you have to accept to be killed for My Name”.
If they attack you and want to kill you, if
they hate you, it’s normal. We should try
to bring up the name of the Lord Jesus.
During the campaign, the nationals will talk about national. What name do you promote in your social media
and your day to day life? Some promote
only their jobs, their knowledge but do you promote Jesus in your life and if yes,
how do you do that campaign?
This morning I was thinking about advertisements
and how they pop up in your computer and you don’t want it but it pops up. You can turn it off but another will pop up
later. People work so hard to promote
what is good for them. The only thing we
must promote is Jesus. Do we send pop up
messages to people? They will hate us
but do we send them?
People will hate you, kill you and put you
in trouble because of my name. I’ve sent
messages to people and they blocked me.
Some have even told me to stop sending messages. Pressure can come but don’t give up. Your body can fear losing friends but the
best friend you can have is Jesus.
Knowing and having Jesus is a privilege.
Your parents can die and your friends can leave you but Jesus will
always be by your side.
You are a strong person and God loves you
so much. Love is not a one way street
but it has to have reciprocity, it needs a return. Jesus doesn’t ask a lot like He did with
Abraham who had to give up his son, no He just asks you to sacrifice everything
for His Name, promote His Name; by doing so you will be a winner.
Mathew 24 is for the church not for the
street but today the church has been letting Jesus down because we are shy to
talk about him. Imagine you meet with
your friends while you are with your parents and you feel shy to introduce your
mother because you believe your friends will judge you. People prefer to hide Jesus because we are
not comfortable that our faith is in Jesus.
Jesus is so good, He has warned us that those who are shy to talk about Jesus,
then He will also feel shy about them.
Imagine if Jesus tells you, you were too
shy to introduce me to people, I am also shy, I cannot tell My Father about
you. Don’t feel shy anymore. Put shyness aside, tell it, “you are not part
of my life”. Let people hate you rather
than putting your shyness to talk about Jesus first. Together we must make a small step and then
the rest will follow. Make one step, decide
in your life, how am I going to promote Jesus in my life, how will I introduce Jesus
to others?
I don’t have to be happy because I am a
friend of the prime minister but that I am a friend of Jesus.
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