Number one, this ain't heaven, so don't be shocked when hell shows up.

This ain't heaven, so don't be shocked when hell shows up.

Number two, if you are for God, then eventually the culture

and the government will be against you.

If you are for God, eventually the culture and the government will be against you.

Number three, don't confuse the world's hatred of you with the Father's heart for you.

What you can think is, my life is really hard.

I thought God loved me.

And I would say first go back to Jesus,

God loved him, the father loved him, and his life was very hard.

Just because your life is hard does not mean that the Father's heart is not filled with love.

It means that if you are with the Father, that means you are against the world and the world will treat you as it treated his son

And number four

Some issues are national and global.

They are felt personally, but they're not personal.

The citizens of Rome included the Christians.

There's political upheaval. There is lots of rioting, there's lots of

cultural opposition to the government, there's lots of racial and political,

economic, social, cultural, conflict.

It included them, but it wasn't specifically

targeted to them individually.

Here's what I'm telling you.

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