Luke 6:22-23 & 26 — Our society is becoming less tolerant of traditional Christian teaching on sexuality, marriage, gender and the exclusivity of the Gospel. It is becoming more difficult to publicly affirm what the Bible says, but we shouldn’t be surprised. Jesus told us that persecution is an inevitable part of following Him. He told us to rejoice when we suffer exclusion and abuse for His sake. He also warned us to be careful when the world speaks well of us because in the Old Testament they spoke well of false prophets!
This fourth and final blessing in Luke 6 is a timely word for men and women who are faithfully following Jesus.