Keltys Worship Service, August 31, 2025

Pastor Chris Taylor

Series Title: Behold and Believe

Text: John 15:18-27

Title: Blessed to be Hated

Big Idea: Christ’s followers are empowered by the Spirit to take the gospel to a world that hates them.

(1) Hated by the world (vs. 18)

See John 1:9-11; 3:19; 5:16, 18; 7:7, 25; 8:37, 59; 9:34; 11:53

(2) Hated because of Christ (vv. 19-25)

See Matthew 11:20-24

(3) Empowered by the Spirit to bear Witness to the very world that hates us (vv. 26-27)