John Chapter 15

Tonight, I'm reading John Chapter 15 to help put me in a better mood, and to inspire me to do things.
The biggest verses that stood out were this:

Verse 16- You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that
Verse 17- These things I command you, that you love one another.
Verse 18- If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.
Verse 19- If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Skipping down to verse 27...
Verse 27: And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.


This really helped me, because it's so inspirational and so true. If you're a true Christian, you obviously don't smoke or drink or anything, so you're not of this world. If you do anything against God's will, you're considered a part of the world. Since the world doesn't understand Christianity, they all hate you. You can always trust a brother or sister in Christ, but not someone you met that's of the world. They will all back stab you, break promises, hurt you in some kinda way, or just let you down. Stay out of the world, and it won't happen, trust me. John Chapter 15 states that If you were of the world, the world would love his own. And that's true. People who drink, naturally want to be with people who share the same interest to drink. Same with smoking, or any other sin. That's just common knowledge. Christians should stay with Christians, and sinners should all stay with sinners, so they can all burn in hell together. But, it's also a Christians job to help the sinner understand that it's wrong, and it's a Christians job to spread the gospel of Christ, hoping to give them faith in a new life, after this one. Most people are too ignorant to believe that's what we do, so they go around stating "All Christians wanna do is convert people" And yes, that's partly true, but we do it for a reason. Converting someone to Christianity isn't just to raise the numbers, it's to save the persons soul. It's hard for me to acknowledge that fact that some people are so lost in their sin, they're hopeless. All they wanna do is fit in, and have fun. Who says you can't have fun, while staying clean? I've been doing it for over 4 years, with no trouble. I understand some people have a harder time then others, especially people with low self esteem, but c'mon. You have to have faith that God is real, and he is coming back to this Earth to save the Believers, and to send the non-believers to hell, where they will burn for eternity.

I'll leave you with my favorite bible verse of all time: your fruit should remain: That whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?