Not of this world...?

Hello people!

I wasn't sure what to write about at first on here but then I remembered that there has been something on my mind for a long time.

"Why is it Christians say Not of the World but try to get accepted by the world at the same time?"

One day I was thinking this because honestly I just don't understand this. In John 17:14-16 it says;

"I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do."

We are told time and time again that we are not of this world and because of that the world will not (and should not) accept us! If the world is accepting us then God is not. We put on out "Not of this World" T-shirts and go to a picket somewhere saying "Accept us as everyone else!" But I don't understand why...

Christians aren't meant to fit in with everyone else. Just like if an American went to China and started to say "Hey accept the way I live as equal your own even though I'm not even from here!" It doesn't make sense that people would just accept and alien and their ways and treat them just like everyone else because they are different.

Christians have always been different and we used to accept this and even love this and when people didn't accept us we were GLAD because then we knew we were doing something right! "To love the world is to hate God. And to love God is to hate the world." I stick to this as much as I can. And whoever it is you are loving is going to love you back! So therefore if the world is accepting you and loving you you are doing something wrong in my opinion.

I don't think it should make a difference if we are being picked on at school for having a bible or being shot because we have a bible. We should have the same faith regardless. As Americans who have a country founded on Christianity we think we should be free to continue to be that way and yes we do have freedom of religion yet are being singled out. In my opinion we AREN'T a religion! A real Christian is their lifestyle choice! We say "we aren't a religion" yet we ask to be treated as such... I find it all confusing :/

I'm not trying to say that if you ask for acceptance you are a horrible Christian and that God hates you because of it. I'm trying to say that if you are not accepted move on because you are not meant to be! Yes we should have freedom of speech (if you are an American that is) and "it isn't fair that we are singled out and don't get that freedom" But instead of fighting constantly for acceptance into this world we should be preparing ourselves for the place we are from and is our real home.

In that verse it also says "Keep them safe from the evil one." Instead of focusing on our politicians (and yeah I know you may consider them "evil ones") we need to be focusing on the real enemy. Our real enemy is sin, Satan, and demons. Yes Satan can use people to go against us. He can take a politician or a school principle or "bullies" and use them to make life harder for us. But when these things happen we should be like Daniel. When they said that he couldn't pray he opened up a window, stood in front of it, and prayed as loud as he possibly could! Sure we are going to be persecuted, God never said we wouldn't be, but we need to keep going on no matter what! There is going to be a time where wherever we go people are going to be hunting us down to die (for those who have read Revelation or seen "end time movies" you should already know this) We are going to be persecuted wherever and whenever! And in a much harsher way! We say we are ready for that but when your kid isn't allowed to read a bible verse aloud or gets failed for going against evolution you freak out and go to lengths to fix it so they can be equal to all the other kids. But what if your child is going to be around for the end times? Don't you think they deserve to know how to fight through the persecution? They can't think that being a Christian is an easy thing and that if somebody picks on them or something it'll all be fixed and they will never need to worry about it. Because things are just going to get harder and we all need to be prepared for this.

So to conclude all of this I just wanted to say that we don't need the acceptance of the world. We don't need them, they need us. And we should be fighting for God and our faith but that doesn't mean making a petition for us all to be equal in religion because we are not a religion.

That's all my rants for today :P

(And if anyone disagrees or wants to ask more about how I feel on this I'm not all knowing but I am willing to answer ^-^ )