Luke 6:22-23
22 Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
When we identify with Christ in living and telling (bearing witness to) the gospel, we cannot and should not expect everyone to love what we say and who we are ambassadors for. For the world denies and fights against accountability to God and refuses reconciliation through Jesus - for then they must admit they all fall short and are unable to earn His favor and heaven with Him. So men have fought God from Eden to now. Only humility to admit sin and turning from it to Him will stop the hate, exclusion, and attacks on His people...and Him in them.
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