Thematic Bible: Hatred to Christ
Thematic Bible
Hatred to Christ » No escape for those who persevere in
For Christ must [continue to] rule [over His kingdom, the church] until God has put all of His enemies under Christ's feet.
Verse Concepts
How much more severely do you think a person deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God and has regarded the blood of the [New] Agreement, with which he was set apart for God, an unholy thing and has insulted the Holy Spirit, through whom God's unearned favor is shown? For we know God, who said [Deut. 32:35], "Revenge belongs to me; I will pay back [for wrongdoing]." And again [Deut. 32:36], "The Lord will judge His people." It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hatred to Christ » Illustrated
And the gentleman replied, 'Well done, you are a good slave. Because you have proven trustworthy over a [relatively] very small matter, you will [now] have charge over ten towns.'
Verse Concepts
So, He said, "A certain distinguished gentleman went to a distant country to receive a royal appointment [i.e., as king over a territory] and then return. [Note: This is the only parable of Jesus' that correlates with a known incident; that of Herod's son Archelaus going to Rome to receive from Caesar Augustus an appointment to rule over Judea, Samaria and Idumaea in So, he called ten of his slaves and gave each of them a sum of money [Note: The amount of each sum was equivalent to one hundred days of a farm laborer's pay, or about $7,000 in 1994]. [Then] he said to them, 'Invest this money until I return.' But the citizens [of his newly acquired kingdom] hated him and sent a delegation after him [i.e., to the person who appointed the gentleman king over them], saying, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.'
Hatred to Christ » Is without cause
This all happened so the Scripture, written in their law [Psa. 35:19], would be fulfilled, 'They hated me for no reason.'
Verse Concepts
Hatred to Christ » Punishment of
Hatred to Christ » Exemplified » Jews
Pilate replied, "Then what should I do to Jesus, who is called 'Christ'?" They all shouted, "Let him be crucified!" And he said, "Why [should he be]? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted out even louder, "Let him be crucified!"
Hatred to Christ » Exemplified » Chief priests
Now when morning came, all the leading priests and the elders of the [Jewish] people conferred together against Jesus as to how they might put Him to death. So, they chained Him, led Him away and turned Him over to Pilate, the [Roman] governor.
Hatred to Christ » Involves » Hatred to his father
The person who hates me, hates my Father also. If I had not performed the [miraculous] deeds among them which no one else had done, they would not be guilty of sinning. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Hatred to Christ » Involves » Hatred to his people
"If the world hates you, then know that it has [already] hated me, [even] before it hated you.
Verse Concepts
Hatred to Christ » Is on account of his testimony against the world
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about its deeds, that they are evil.
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