The King James Bibles Baptist Church was under attack by Satan.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." -John 15:18,19.

The unsaved world has always hated Christians. We are hated because we have Christ's Spirit within us, "...Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his" -Romans 8:9. The world hated Jesus with a passion, so much that they murdered Him upon a cross. We read in Acts 7:58-59, "And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." No wonder Paul the Apostle (formerly Saul) said that he was the chief of sinners, for it was the same Saul mentioned in the verses we just read. Paul was a murderer of Christians before he became saved. This is proof that anyone can be saved, no matter what they have done. The only unpardonable sin is to reject Jesus as Saviour. To reject Jesus is to blaspheme Christ's Spirit (Romans 8:9-11).

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!" —Luke 7:33,34

The people back in Jesus' day were no different than people today. People are going to be people, and we are all sinners. Mankind is inherently evil, contrary to the teachings of Wicca witchcraft and other devilish doctrines. In the Scriptures above, Jesus tells the people that they will not accept God's man, regardless. If someone is your enemy, no matter what you do... they will still find fault in you.

Many people mocked John the Baptist, calling him a nut case, a religious fanatic. John was a rugged man who lived off the land, eating locusts and wild honey (Mark 1:6). I believe that John also lived in the wild, thus avoiding the temptations of sin which are more prevalent in the city. Every major city in America is nothing less than a large Sodom (a city who's people were so wicked that God destroyed them as an EXAMPLE to the rest of the world, to those who would live ungodly).

Jesus was a friend of sinners, He associated with them, ate with them, talked with them, but Jesus did NOT sin with them. Jesus' only contact with the unsaved was to try to bring salvation to them, and to help them and care for them. Jesus healed the sick, He fed the hungry, He comforted the broken-hearted, He clothed the naked and even raised the dead. Jesus did NOT drink intoxicating alcohol, He drank grape juice. Wine in the Bible has over a dozen different possible meanings. Our Lord knew the stern warnings from Old Testament Scriptures such as Proverb 20:1, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Jesus would not do something unwise. Yet, Jesus' critics accused him of being an alcoholic anyway. They also accused Jesus of being a "gluttonous" man, eating and drinking in excess.

No matter what Jesus did, most of the people in His generation weren't going to accept Him because they hated Him without a cause...

"But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause." —John 15:25.

If you want to live for God, then you must take a stand for Jesus. A young man asked an old preacher, "How do I give up the world?" The old preacher replied, "Son, you carry a Bible and the world will give you up." Sadly, most believers are so carnal nowadays that you can't tell them apart from the heathen. I am always saddened when I see professed Christians in the workplace looking at porno, cursing in God's name, or using filthy profane language. I know it's tempting at times, and it's easy to forget that we are Christians sometimes; but we must be consistent in our Christian walk if we expect God to work in our lives. A beautiful water-bucket is worthless if it has a hole in the bottom and can't hold water. Likewise, there are many beautiful looking believers with many talent, but they are useless to God because of the sin in their lives. God doesn't need our talent, he needs our obedience. God doesn't need our beauty, he needs our heart. I would rather be rejected by the world and be accepted with Jesus. James 4:4 plainly teaches that we are God's enemy if we are a friend to (or assist) the world. As Moses, I would rather suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season (Hebrews 11:25). Sin is only for a short season, but the things we do for God will abide forever. But first, nothing else matters if you die in your sins without Christ.