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Jesus has spoken of His being in us and we being in Him. This identity with Christ is a wonderful thing, but it means we take on board all that happened to Christ. The world rejected Christ because they did not know the One who sent Him. So if Christ is in us, they still do not know the One who sent Him, so they will not understand us and will reject us. Christianity is not “nice”.
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The Jews were very proud of the fact that they were God’s people, of all the dealings God had with them. But these very same dealings would bring condemnation on the nation, for they had all this revelation but had rejected it. Now they had the Son of God Himself living among them, doing miracles, teaching the truth, yet they still rejected it. Atheists are very keen on saying God should supply more evidence, but the truth is that even when incontrovertible evidence is provided men do not believe it. People also often raise the objection of “what about those who have not heard”, the truth is that hearing or not hearing is not the real issue. For a people can hear and still reject. The issue is the condition of our heart. We need the mercy of God to operate upon our hearts and minds, to open them so that we can see. By the way, what this verse says manifestly does not mean we should not tell people. We are commanded to tell, so we should tell.
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