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“The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil” (John 7:7).
When the Lord Jesus spoke these words, He was speaking to His own natural brothers. Their names are given to us in Matthew 13:55—James, Joses, Simon, and Judas. At this point in time they did not believe in the Lord Jesus. (They did believe later on, probably after His death and resurrection.)
Why did the world hate the Lord Jesus? Our verse today tells us clearly; it was because He told people that they were sinners, and needed a Savior. As we saw yesterday, He told them plainly that there was no good in them at all, in their natural state. They needed a new life, and they did not want to hear that.
It is the same today. People will listen to you if you want to make this world a better place, if you want to feed people who are hungry, help those in need, etc. But they do not want a message that tells them they are helpless sinners.
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