Northside Church

There are many Christians who have suffered the insults and the anger of the lost because they acted like jerks. It is not a holy calling to be a jerk for Jesus. And if you suffer because you're acting like a jerk, that's your fault. That's not a blessing from the Lord. But if you lovingly stand firm in unpopular truth and refuse to give way and you are insulted and you are called out and you lose friendships or family or relationships or work, consider yourself blessed because you join in a long line of martyrs who stood clearly for truth and suffered for it and the world was not worthy of them.