Jesus' encourages us to rejoice when people wrong us on Jesus' account
Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Do we ignore Jesus' teach to rejoice when people give you a hard time on Jesus account?
Note: The persecution of those following Jesus are neither new (go back to the Old Testament prophets), nor accidental (vast conspiracy), nor absurd (promise of reward the Kingdom of Heaven).
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