“If the World Hates You…” (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The Bible teaches that if we love and follow Jesus, we’d better be prepared for battle. Why is the unbelieving world provoked by biblical truth and Christian conviction? Hear the answer when you listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | . The Bible teaches that if we love and follow Jesus, we better be prepared for battle. |
| 0:31.9 | So why would anyone care what we believe if we're not harming them? |
| 0:37.0 | Well, today on Truth for Life, |
| 0:38.3 | Alistair Begg explains why the unbelieving world is so provoked |
| 0:41.7 | by biblical truth and Christian conviction. |
| 0:49.8 | Now, the verses that we're giving attention to this morning |
| 0:53.2 | are John chapter 17 and verses 14, 15, and 16. |
| 0:59.0 | So if you're there, let me just read them for us. |
| 1:03.0 | Jesus says, verse 14, I have given them your word. |
| 1:08.0 | He's speaking to the Father in prayer, and the world has hated them because |
| 1:13.4 | they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out |
| 1:19.7 | of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. |
| 1:30.3 | In my little black book that I keep for notes, quotes, and anecdotes, |
| 1:38.3 | I have only one note relating to the late Margaret Thatcher. And it came to mind as I was reading this section |
| 1:48.4 | in John this week. And her quote goes like this. She's speaking to a group of people, politicians, |
| 1:55.7 | and she says, if you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, |
| 2:04.6 | and you would achieve nothing. |
| 2:06.9 | If you set out to be light, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, |
| 2:14.1 | and you would achieve nothing. |
| 2:17.1 | There's a reason why, after all these years years she's still known as the Iron Lady, |
| 2:22.3 | because even now, when her name comes up in conversation, as it sometimes does, |
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