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  (CLIP) BEING TRUTHFUL DOES NOT EQUAL POPULARITY
  by Francis Chan
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of speaking up against
wrongdoings and standing for truth, even if it means being unpopular. It
highlights the contrast between seeking popularity and being a true
prophet, drawing from the example of Jeremiah who faced immense hatred
despite speaking the truth. The message encourages a life of sacrifice
and suffering for the sake of truth, following the pattern set by Jesus
who lived a sacrificial life despite the challenges.

Topics: "Courage to Speak Truth", "Sacrifice for Righteousness"
Scripture References: Matthew 5:11, Jeremiah 1:7, Luke 6:26, John 15:18, 1 Peter 4:14

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of speaking up against wrongdoings
and standing for truth, even if it means being unpopular. It highlights
the contrast between seeking popularity and being a true prophet,
drawing from the example of Jeremiah who faced immense hatred despite
speaking the truth. The message encourages a life of sacrifice and
suffering for the sake of truth, following the pattern set by Jesus who
lived a sacrificial life despite the challenges.

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CONTENT
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You end up in these situations where you go, why didn't I say something?
I knew that guy. You know what, I'm not talking about anybody. I'm just
thinking other situations where you knew something was wrong and why
didn't you say something? Why don't you shoot straight? This is the
generation that is obsessed with popularity and you can't be popular and
be a prophet.

You can be a false prophet. I mean, Jesus says, woe to you when all men
speak well of you because that's how they treated the false prophets.
But blessed are you when people hate you.

You know, when they accuse you falsely because that's the way they treat
the prophet. We just got done reading the book of Jeremiah in our
church. Read through the book of Jeremiah.

Man, we're just sitting there going, man, everyone, literally everyone
hates me. Yet even the church, we value people by the number of
followers. You want to invite Jeremiah to this? You know, he didn't have
any followers.

And yet you read the things this guy had to say. And I read Jeremiah,
that's one of my favorite books of the Bible now. I love it, the depth.

And I say this because I believe very much that Jesus had a pattern of
how he lived his life and how he dug deep in people's lives and he had
people following him around 24-7. It was a life of sacrifice. It was a
life of suffering.

He could have very easily been loved if he wasn't truthful.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/qFiA1MUfZVY.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/francis-chan/clip-being-truthful-does-not-equal-popularity/
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