It’s also worth noting that others may insult or slight us for reasons having nothing to do with our faith. Because we live in a broken world where relational tensions abound over all sorts of things, we should expect interpersonal challenges to be part of the picture. Likewise, it is possible to stir up dissension and pushback when we aren’t acting in line with the righteousness of Christ, but are instead acting like “jerks for Jesus.” Being persecuted is not the same as being criticized, disliked, or overlooked because of our own judgmental and offensive postures toward our nonbelieving
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