Orchard Crest Baptist Church

But number two, he realized that he was not attacking the church. He realized that he was attacking Jesus. See, a lot of times the world thinks that they're attacking the church, they're attacking Orchard Crest Baptist Church, and maybe we make the news about it or whatever. But all they're doing, they're not attacking us, they're attacking Jesus. They're attacking because of who you are. They're attacking you because of who you represent. They're attacking you because of who you follow. They're attacking you because of who you love. They're attacking you because of who you are. They're attacking you because of who you're serving. They're not attacking you. They're attacking Jesus. And I know some people are like, well, it sure does hurt when they attack Jesus. And it does because he tells us we're going to suffer. Didn't he not say that I've got to show Paul the things he must suffer? Did Paul not suffer? Absolutely. He was stoned. He was stoned in prison. He was starving. He was thirsty. He'd been threatened by many, many, many, many times to be killed. He was bit by a snake. He was thrown into fire. I mean, Saul went through it, or Paul went through it. But Jesus showed him how much he was going to suffer. Listen to me. Every day, Jesus shows us how much we're going to suffer. That's part of what it means to be a believer because the world hates Jesus. And since we represent Jesus in this way, in a physical way, then, of course, it's going to seem like they hate us. But Jesus told us that we'd be hated because we follow him.