Christians get persecuted bad enough for doing things that are actually Christian. Maybe they shouldn’t be trying so hard to do things that are world. Just sayin’.
When the world was our “friend” everything was hunky dory. NOT! It was always a futile, forbidden friendship. We ignored wisdom. We found ourselves at enmity with God. “You adultresses!” charged our beloved James.
Praise God through Jesus Christ we are His by grace through faith and because of His free gift of righteousness CAN turn on a dime and agree with Him about any sin and move up in Him, being continually cleansed.
Tragically, those who do not know God are rapidly being hardened and fixed in their rebellion. For us it may end in martyrdom, but for them eternal destruction.
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart...”