“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you”
You can never repeat that to yourself in your head enough. Too many christians go soft in the face of ridicule, but its not YOU they hate, you’re just the surrogate.
I hope you’re not serious. Yes it’s true, but it’s often used as an excuse to be a complete moron and justify hateful preaching of law (rather than gospel)... (as opposed to ‘sweet’ preaching of law like Rick Warren and Joel Osteen et al do)