John 15:22-25 | They Hated Me Without a Cause

Formation to Transformation | A Worship Devotional · May 6, 2026 · 4m

"They hated me without a cause." Four verses. One argument. And it does not wrap up neatly. Jesus is naming the weight of what happened — he came, he spoke, he did works no one else could do, and the response was hatred without cause.

It is one thing to be rejected by people who do not know you. It is something else entirely to be rejected by people you served. Most ministry leaders have a version of that story.

This passage offers no redemptive turn at the end. Jesus just names the reality: truth and love can be met with hostility, and the hostility is not evidence of failure. It is evidence…