Not everything that offends us should offend us, and not everything that offends us is persecution.
Persecution
Jerry Bridges
Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in other countries, we must be diligent in prayer for their rulers. If we would trust God when decisions of government in our own country go against our best interests, we must pray for His working in the hearts of those officials and legislators who make those decisions. The truth that the king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord is meant to be a stimulus to prayer, not a stimulus to a fatalistic attitude.
Dan Ham
When Jesus said to love your enemies and bless those who curse you and do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, what kind of person or political group or politician did he exempt?
Erwin W Lutzer
Yes, we might have ‘righteous anger’ as we see our culture destroyed, but if our anger spills over into our Christian witness, it only fuels the stereotype that the world already has of us. Yes, we are called to expose the sins of the world, but to do so with redemption, in humility and compassion.
Kevin Dedmon
It seems that when censorship rears its controlling head, it’s in response to one thing — Fear. People try to squelch what they fear. The question remains whether or not we will let fear rule us in speaking out about what we believe. No matter what happens with Twitter, Facebook, or Google, I am confident that, just like those who have gone before us — the Great Cloud of Witnesses, we will find a way to spread the Good News during this season in which so many need healing and hope. Let’s take some risk today to share the Good News, proclaiming that God has a good purpose and a good plan for each person, no matter what they have, or have not heard, in the past (Jeremiah 29:11).
Thomas a Kempis
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?
Martin Luther
If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not a confessing Christian.
C. S. Lewis
Answers to leading questions under torture naturally tell us nothing about the beliefs of the accused; but they are good evidence for the beliefs of the accusers.
Samuel Johnson
March 7, 2020
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
January 18 2019
God had a Son that had no fault, but He never had a son that was not found fault with. God Himself was slandered in paradise by Satan. Let us not expect, therefore, to escape from the venomous tongue.