If the World Hates You

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

(John 15:18-19) NKJV

Today (technically speaking this date in 2019) an atheist tweeted three Bible verses at us as an accusation. The accusation was that we’re not only wrong, but condemned to hell because of what we’re doing. The irony is palpable.

This is beyond ironic because, supposedly, the atheist doesn’t believe in the authority of scripture therefore any application of whether any of it is right or wrong is moot. The atheist doesn’t believe in hell so why would anyone go there? There’s a cognitive dissonance in play here and we can only hope to sow some seeds to an individual like this, pray, and let the Lord do a work in their life.

Atheism isn’t Intellectually Viable: 2

1. Why is the Bible suddenly authoritative,
   • now that you want to use it to accuse us of failing to comply with it.?
2. IF the Bible is true,
   • SUCH that we are guilty as you claim,
     • IS the rest of the Bible true now too?
3. If the Bible is true then God exists,
   • Congratulations, you just annihilated atheism.

We’ll briefly consider each of the passages that we received as threats from our confused atheist accuser.

The Success or Failure of Mainstream Science? – Navigation

Section	Title	Scripture
1	Introduction	2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
2	Science and the New Ignorance	1 John 5:4
3	They Have no Understanding	Psalms 32:9
4	Phases of Venus	2 Peter 1:19
5	Moons of Jupiter	Acts 14:12
6	Retrograde Motion of Mars	Deuteronomy 4:19
7	My Atlas of the Universe Miracle	Philippians 4:19
8	If the World Hates You	John 15:18-19
9	Many False Prophets Shall Rise	Matthew 24:11
10	A Millstone Hanged About His Neck	Luke 17:12
11	Not Every One	Matthew 7:21
	Salvation	Romans 10:9-10

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