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Rejecting Revelation

by Rev. Kirby Williams

Realizing the danger of rejecting the Light of God's Revelation.

Text: John 15:21-25
Date: 09/15/2019, the Traditional service.
Series: "John: Encountering Love" Part 147

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Jesus continues to prepare His disciples for His departure by revealing to them how the world will treat them once He is gone-- they will hate them just as they have hated Him. He explains how extensive this hatred will be-- born of ignorance and grounded in their hatred of God Himself. But He will also make it clear that the world's rebelliousness is not because of the lack of revelation. On the contrary, in both His Words and His Works, Jesus has revealed the Light of God and the path to salvation. He makes it clear that the rejection of the blessing of revelation is a serious sin, for which all who receive it are culpable. Ultimately we will come to the realization there is supreme danger for believer and unbeliever alike when we reject or ignore the Light of God's revelation.


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I. Introduction, John 15:1-2.
II. Exposition of the text, John 15:21-25.
A. Context
B. Analyzing the hatred of the world, John 15:20.
1. The ignorance of the world, vs. 21.
a. The reason for the hatred.
i. Like Master, like disciple, John 15:20.
ii. Identifying "the world", John 15:19.
iii. The core reason.
b. The reason for the ignorance.
i. Ignorance of the Father, John 5:37-38, 8:19, 14:7, 10:30.
ii. An expanded "they".
2. The culpability of the world, vs. 22.
a. Focus on revelation.
b. The guilt of sin, Matt. 23:15, Gen. 18:20.
c. No excuse.
3. The hatred of the world, vs. 23.
a. Shared by both Father and Son.
b. Up and down the Golden Chain, John 15:9,10,12,18,20,23, 12:44,49-50,11:25-26, 20:21, 13:20.
c. Powerful lessons to be learned.
i. Examples of rebellion.
ii. Modern-day "haters".
iii. Part of a glorious whole, Hos. 1:10.
4. The guilt of the world, vs. 24.
a. Focus on "works".
i. Works done in their midst.
ii. Works that held them accountable.
b. Clearly divine works.
i. The uniqueness of Jesus' works.
ii. Crystal clear authentication, John 3:2, Matt. 12:24.
c. Clearly culpable, John 14:9.
5. The irony and the source of the hatred, vs. 25.
a. Fulfilled prophecy, Psa. 69:4, 35:19.
b. The irony of the hatred, John 10:32.
c. The source of the hatred, John 8:42-45.
III. Application
A. Universal culpability.
1. Answering the questions of culpability.
a. The culpability of believers, James 2:10.
b. The culpability of unbelievers, Rom. 2:14-16, 1:19-20.
2. The core issue, Rom. 3:10-12, 23.
B. The dangerous sin of rejecting revelation.
1. John's discussion of Light and darkness, John 1:5,9-10,8:12, 9:5.
2. Ignoring revelation, John 12:46, 12:37-40.
3. Rejecting revelation.
a. Danger for the unbeliever.
b. Danger for the believer.
IV. Conclusion

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