Paul had warned the church at Thessalonica that persecution would come. This doesn't seem strange considering the repeated warning that Jesus gave to his disciples. Yet for many especially in the West, there is an idea that if you're doing right people will love you. The problem we are told is we aren't doing it right. Sometimes this is absolutely true, but other times there isn't growth in the church because the world is hostile to the message. In many places, this is a passive-aggressive hostility but it is still there and shouldn't be a surprise to Christians. The truth and I don't like it is rejection and persecution are part of the Christian life and if it's not there then maybe something is missing. At the end of the day we need to make sure as Peter said let's make sure we don't deserve persecution for doing wrong (1 Peter 4:15) but only for doing right.
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