You’re Blessed if the World hates You / Powerful Word from Apostle Al Simmons

Be encouraged and strengthened by this impactful message from Apostle Al Simmons. This word will inspire your faith, renew your mind, and help you walk boldly in God’s purpose for your life.

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Sometimes I look around and I see the world as it is. I know you're saying to yourself, come on pastor, what are you talking about? I see the word coming true. I see as the word unfolds. People are blinded with truth. Lemme, lemme help out a little bit. Lemme help you out a little bit. In the book of John one, John chapter three, verse 13, the word says, my will, not my brethren, if the world hates you, here's my title for the day. You are blessed if the world hates you. Let me say that again. Now you are blessed if the world hates you. Why though? See the world love their own. No. Now watch this 'cause see, Jesus is putting this pretty simple in his word. You either for me or the world. There's no in, no in-between, no if, ands, no buts either for me or the world. Let's get into the word. Let's get into the word. So we love what the scripture says when it says, if the world hates you, but there's a problem, can you handle it? See, people naturally want to be accepted by people. Can you handle it though, when the world hates you? Like I said, we in the book of John, first John chapter three, but before we get to that statement, we gotta see who's he talking about? Is this everybody that goes to church? Is this the domination? Who is he talking about? We're talking about your blessed. If the world hates you, well, let's go from verse one, one, John chapter three, starting with verse one. Who is he talking about? Behold, what manner of love the father has restored upon us that we should be called the sons of God. Therefore, the world knows us not. Because it knew him, not now. He said, when you get connected to me, I'm gonna help you out. Right now the world ain't going to deal with you 'cause he don't know God and he don't know you. So that's why in verse two he says, beloved, uh oh. He's throwing something on you now. He beloved. Now are we the sons of God? And it does not yet appear. What we shall be. Now, I don't want you to get that. Now think about it. We getting dressed. We're getting dressed. But you don't know how you're gonna look. Why? 'cause there's no mirror. He's saying you don't know how you are going to be. But we know that when he fell up here, who? Christ the Messiah, Jesus Christ himself. When he appears we shall be like him or we shall see him as he is. I wish people could see us. As we are. I wish we could see people as they are good, bad, or indifferent. It is what it is. I don't care if they put a sign on top of their head. I wish we could see people as they are, but let's get on because you are gonna deal with your blessed if the world hates you because you belong to God and every man that has this hope in him Christ. Purify himself, even as he is pure. Hold up. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. The the word told me, in every man that has this hope in who Christ purify himself, even as he is pure, you are telling me that we have the ability to cross over from sin to righteousness. That's the word now. He said, who You purify yourself now before you can purify yourself. You gotta know, what a word. Let me go on. Lemme go on on we talking now because in verse four, whosoever who whosoever commits sin transgressive. Also, the law for sin is a transgression of the law. You got to be kidding me. And you know that he was manifest to take away our sins and in him is no sin. Don't miss that. Now, he says, and in him, in Christ, there's no sin. He said, I've manifest myself so I can take away your sin. It was never sin in Christ. Why did he do that? Whosoever. Abide us in him sin us, not, let me say that again. Now, whosoever abide us in, him sin us. Not whosoever sin has not seen him neither known him. You got to be kidding me. Why though? Because it gets deeper. Watch what it says in verse seven. Little children don't miss that. Now, as you are starting to learn, you don't know what to do, why you are little children in the physical concept. Now it's a spiritual concept. He said you are trying to figure it out, but you still don't know. So he goes and says, little children, let no man deceive you. He that does righteousness is righteous. Uh, you, you didn't miss that even as he is righteous. See, this is a progression. Okay, let, let me let break it down a little bit better so you can really get an understanding. When a child is thinking about walking, it sees it, but it can't do it yet. Why? It hasn't given that capability yet. So what he does it crawl and then. He tries to stand up, but he falls. Why? Because he learning, I gotta manifest, I gotta work on disability. And then he slowly takes the hand off and he take a step. It's they gonna fall. Why? Because they haven't learned a mastery yet. Same thing with a spiritual walk. As you starting to walk, you're learning something. You see it in the word, but you starting to manifest it. So what you do, you step out a little bit. You start crawling, and then you, you hold on 'cause you, you're holding onto Christ and then eventually you take your hand outta Christ. Okay, I just stand. Then you gonna fall. Why? Because you have to fall, then you get back up. And then you put your hand on again and then you let go and then you may take a couple steps, then you fall. What are you learning? You are learning to manifest the spiritual walk and you will keep falling because you start to get a hang of it. Righteousness, doing the right thing according to the word of God. Let me go on. We gonna get this right here now, but we going on 'cause watch this in verse eight. He that committed sin is of the devil. Don't miss that now you are not gonna walk right when you stop this walk. You are being trans you, you are being moved from the devil because we all belong to the devil. And as you are coming closer to Christ, you are letting go of your sinful nature. That's the man, that's the flesh. And now you're grabbing a hold of the spirit. You can't see it. You gotta feel it. And as you start to walk spiritually, all that nasty attitude you have is starting to be released. All that knowledge of flesh and sex and immorality and curses and lying is starting to be released. And as you get deep in the word, you start using the word blessed. You start understanding the word purify. You start learning word clean. You start learning the word now dignified. Now you start moving in the spiritual realm, but it takes a process. See we get frustrated 'cause we want to get this all done. Now you didn't stop walking. Now the average child don't walk until eight months, nine months. Some kids go over a year before they start walking. Why There's a progression. Let me go on, lemme keep on going now. So he that commanded sin is of the devil and we all was for the devil's sin us from the beginning. We did. But you ain't gotta stay there. Why you think you said born again? See, let me, let me share something with you. Now. You know the day you got born, 'cause they told you it's on a birth certificate, but when you get saved, you'll never know that date. People will tell you what I knew the day I like I said, you're a liar. That's against the word. You knew there was something in you, but the day you got saved and manifested the Holy Spirit, you don't know that because you can have the Holy Spirit before you realize you have it. Why? Because your seed takes a while to manifest. Okay, let me do it another way. Since we missed that, that's our spiritual, let's go. Let's go physical. A girl sleeps with a guy today. She doesn't necessarily go get pregnant today. She got up till 48 to 72 hours to still get pregnant by the seed. Oh, y'all didn't wanna talk to me today. So even though it was there, it did not manifest. The minute the egg and the sperm comes together and now it gets fertilized, then the manifestation starts. It's small. In the beginning, she could walk around the whole month and don't even know she's pregnant. She could even go two months without she's pregnant. But that third month, uh oh. Something changing. She will start gaining weight. She gonna start eating, she gonna get nauseous no matter what. There's a change being felt. It was the same thing happening, but it was so small and so minute. She don't even recognize it. Everything feels the same. Oh, let me keep on going. Lemme keep on going because see we going somewhere today now. So it tells you, he said the devil sent us from the beginning. For this purpose, watch this now, for this purpose. The son of God was manifest. Why He gotta save us from the devil, but he might destroy the work of the devil. Whosoever verse nine. Now whosoever, we just saw that three times. Now, whosoever, it's a choice if born of God does not commit sin. For his seed remains in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God. That word born, that's manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Oh, lemme go ahead and give you right now. That's the manifestation of the Holy Spirit and what's happening is a lot of people get stuck in the one in the two month birth and medical physician. Time that will drive your spiritual growth Time drives your physical growth. Time doesn't operate in the spiritual realm that way. So in verse nine, it tells us. Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin. That word born is now in that spirit is available, so you know it's there for this seed remains in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God in death. The children of God, I manifest. Don't miss that. He's showing you the manifestation of the children of God. Son of God, same word, same concept, and the children of the devil. Whosoever does not. Righteousness is not of God, neither he, that love is not his devil. Now hold on up. Now hold up. I'm, I'm confused again. Now, this word brethren, that's not everybody. I'm sorry. I don't know who's taught y'all to just lie, but that's not everybody. You are not my brother. If you are not of my father. If God is not your father, you are not my brother. Now, brother and sister is the same thing, because if you got the spirit of God, it's a male spirit, so you all fall in the manifest of a male. In the spiritual realm, there's no sense thing as a female, it's all male. It's the same spirit. It's the spirit of God, and it can't be a female. It's a male spirit. Come on now. We're talking truth, now understanding. But now let us go on so we can get some understanding. Whosoever does not. Righteousness is not of God, neither he that love is not his brother. I am want you to understand I if you got the spirit of God, I can't hate you now. I should hate no one. Shouldn't even hate your enemy, but I definitely can't hate you. Why? We are from the same father, we got the same spirit. And if we are having a problem with each other, there's a problem. One of us is not of God because if we both above the world, we would love each other. That goes back to even, uh, uh, even, uh, when you're evenly yoked. Same concept. Somebody has a spirit of God, and if you are evenly young, then both of y'all do. If you're uneven, one, don't. Simple. It's not complicated. That's why the world don't have a problem with you getting married to a nonbeliever. Let's go on. Let's go on now. Here we go. Now, because I want you to understand now in this. The children of God are manifest and the children of the devil. Whosoever does not. Righteous is not of God. Neither he does love is not his brothers. For this is a message that you heard from when the beginning that you should love one another, not as Cain who was what from the wicked one. Uh, you missed that now, not as Cain who was of that wicked one from the devil. And slew his brother Abel came to Abel and whosoever sl he him, because his own works were evil and his brother was righteous. I don't miss that, that Then we go to how we started this Ma, not my brother. If the world hates you, came hate Abel because he was righteous. He didn't do nothing wrong with him. He was righteous in the sight of God. Now, I, I know you say to yourself, pastor, this is a lot, that, that means most of the people gonna hate me. Yes. I'll be honest, yes, outta every 25 people meet you. 24 gonna hate you. I'm gonna be, I'm just gonna be real with you. It's going to be what it is. And you know the world is going to hate you. It is what it is now. But watch this though, because this is where. I think people miss it. They wanna be loved by the world, but they don't want to be loved by God. That's why I say I hated Esau, but I love Jacob. Why? Because Esau was from the devil. Jacob is from God. So I, I mean, you say to yourself, pastor, this, you, you, you, you'll win some place that most preachers won't go. I know, I know, but I ain't done yet. I'm about to take you even deeper because I know you ask yourself some, sometimes the questions. What is the blessing part of being of God? Ah, Psalms 1 0 3. I, I can give you a blessed one, but I really wanna deal with verse two all the way to 22 because we always say it, but how is it different? How does God look at me different than somebody else? That's not of God? Well, this is his word. Bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me, bless His holy me. Now, that's a worshiper. But now here's some of the things that a lot of people don't realize. He says in verse two, bless the Lord oh my soul. And forget not his benefits. What? See, he used to be, it is not always. Now, it used to be when a woman marries a man, she matters according to how he's gonna bless her. Well, we talking about being married to Christ. Now, what is his benefit? Why should I be of Christ? Well, let's go to the word now. In verse three, he says, who forgiven all thy iniquity to all your sins? I forgive who heal is all thy disease. These are not for everybody. These for the one that belong to him. When I see people with cancer and dementia, well, y'all want to be in the world. Is what you gotta deal with. The Lord promised his people, I got you now. I'm gonna forgive your iniquities. I'm gonna heal your, I can heal all your disease. He didn't say you won't get 'em. He said, I'm gonna heal 'em. Oh, come on now. Come on now. Then in verse four it says, who redeems die life? From destruction. He says, you know you was going to be destroyed, but yet I redeem you. Who chronic be you with loving kindness and tender Mercy? He said, I'm gonna be kind to you even though I don't have to. I'm gonna be tender even though I don't have to because you belong to me. Now, I want you to imagine a woman handling her brand new baby. She's taking care of her. Why? Because she love her. Remember now the whole time this baby's in their stomach. She don't know this baby. She know it's in the stomach, but she don't know how it looks. But the minute she sees them, she's in love with 'em. Why? Because it's hers. That's how God look at us. He said, you've allowed to me. Who satisfies Now why They die Mouth. With good things. Imagine how a mother gives a pacify, a bottle, a juice. It gives it to the baby. Why? Because he wanna bless him. God says, I wanna do the same thing to you so that mouth is a nude, like the Eagles. She said, I want you to know, I want you to fly hide. I don't want you to be like chickens. I want you to fly. I want you to be independent. I want you to be able to do things other people won't even think about doing because you're different. The Lord execute his righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. He says, you are going to be oppressed, but guess what? I got you. They're going to lie on you. Don't worry about it. I got you. They're going to hate you. Don't worry about it. I got you. He made known all his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. He says the same way the children of Israel was oppressed, they was inflamed. So will you. I will take care of you. That's why we as African Americans, we've been oppressed. He said, but I want you to realize your oppression was me going drawing closer to you. I know people ask themselves the questions. Why did my answers have to go through that? Because of the word. We're one of the only group of people that's not mad when you have done us wrong. We might have don't like it, but we ain't gonna be mad at you forever. Why it doesn't make sense. The Lord is merciful and gracious. Slaughter, anger, plenty of mercy. Those are not for everybody. Those are for his people. They have made a choice. They clean their life up to stop sitting. Everybody's not there. He will not always try. Neither will he keep his anger forever. He says, I want you to know I, I'm, I'm even as God, he gets angry. He said, but I ain't gonna execute judgment on you. He has not dealt with us after our sin. Uh, let me go to say that again. Now. I ain't know who. I ain't know who. Listen to this now. She said, there's a lot of people you watch somebody else go through the same thing you go through and it blew their life up. You went through it and you didn't get what you deserve. That's why he said he has not dealt with us after our since. He says, you have sin. I know you have. Okay, let me, let me help y'all out. I, I'm gonna talk about media and y'all ain't ready to listen to me. See, I know. I've done some things that had me hell bound jail bound. Yet, God saved me. Why? Why did I deserve it? No, I deserve the punishment. He said, but guess what? I'm not gonna give you after your sins, nor reward you according to our for as the heaviness high. Don't miss this now, above the earth. So great is his mercy toward them. That's him. He says, I have mercy for you. Yes, I know you have done wrong, but guess what? My mercy is like the heaven is high above the earth. So is my mercy towards you. That's saying me. As far as the east is from the west. So far has he removed our transgression from us? Don't miss that now. He said he's removed it. See, when we trying to stop walking, right? He says you can't do it. But now I'll help you. Life as a father pious his children. So the Lord pierce them that fear him. That word fear is reverence, but don't miss that. That word fear is fear. He says, I, I don't want you to think them. I want you to realize who I am and I do for He knows I'll rain. He remembers we are dust. Oh, I don't miss that now. He said, I know you ain't all you cracking up the be, but yet I'll show you mercy. As for man, his days are as grass as a flower of the field, so he flourishes for the wind, for the wind passes over it. And it goes, and the place thereof shall know it no more. He says, I know you man. You going come and then you gonna go. But yet I have plenty on you because I realize you are just like a dust. Come on now, we gotta get into the word. But the mercy of the Lord is from what? Everlasting to what? Everlasting upon who? Them that fear him. And here's righteousness unto children's children. Don't miss that now. And here's righteousness unto children's children. I expect not only my childrens to be blessed, but I expect my grandchildrens of my children to be blessed. Why? Because of the word, not that I did anything great. I just fell in line. You are blessed. If the world hates you, can you handle it? Now? Watch it because we, we, I want you to hear me now to such antique his covenant. Don't miss this. Now, this is the part that most Christians don't really get a clue about God to, such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandment, to what do them. Not to know the commandments is but to do them. He says, don't worship in the auto God. That, that, that's, I'm telling you who I am. Love thy neighbor as myself. I'm telling you how to get through this thing called life. I'm telling you what you should do. Now, I'm not telling you they don't love you. I've never said that. I said, but do as the word tell you to do, he said, love your enemy. I'm not telling you they're gonna love you back, but do what God said to do. Oh, we going in there now. We, we, we can't stop now in verse 19, the Lord has prepared his throne in the what Heavens. And his kingdom rulers overall over some felt all. Why do you think he put the heavens above the earth? I am controlling everything. Why would I wanna be a part of the world when his kingdom surpasses the world? Bless the Lord. Ye his angel. That excel in strength, that do his commandment hawing unto the voice of his word. How do we miss that? You got people they don't even wanna read how you can say you got a relationship with God and you don't even know what he says. I don't understand it. That's our message. They, you are blessed if the world hates you. Why? Because the world loves they own. I used to understand. I said, why? Why? Everybody have a, don't have a problem with this drug. Why? Nobody have a problem with this child molester, but they got a problem with me who tried to do right? I don't belong to the world. The world gonna hate you. But it love its own. Bless the Lord. He said, are you angels? He says, I want you to know who you are. That's why when he calls us Saint, we don't go around and call each other saints. Why? We don't know who we are. Why? Bless ye the Lord all ye his hoax. Ye ministers of his that do his pleasure, who pleasure. He said, do his pleasure, Lord, pleasure. Bless the Lord. All his works in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord on my soul. When the Lord showed me this, I said, Lord, hell no. He says, no. The blind is leading the blind. They don't have no part in me. Yeah, they'll go to church. Yeah. They call the name the Lord. Yes. They put a cross on their chest. Yes, they'll do those things, but they don't have part in me. That's the word for the day. Do you belong to the world or do you belong to the Lord? If you belong to the Lord, you're blessed, but the world gonna hate you. Can you handle it? You can, but most people won't. They'd rather be loved by the world than loved by God. He said, you can't have more. Gotta make a choice. I'd rather be loved by the Lord and let the world hate me because I want to enjoy him and his benefit. That's the word for the day. Your blessed if the world hates you.