On every side

"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭8-9‬ KJV). They are not going to treat me any better then they treated Christ. Jesus was rejected and despised by His own people. Many came to Him, then abandoned their desires for Him. At the end of Jesus' life, many who once recognized Him as a man of humility and a man with great love for the children of man, we're now saying "crucify Him". He was spit on, whipped, punched, and nailed to a cross for a crime He did not do. These people could not accept the Truth, but rather hung it on a tree. We live in the same world Christ walked in. Just as the devil came against Jesus, beware that he will come after you and I also. "From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus" (‭Galatians‬ ‭6‬:‭17‬ KJV). The Apostle Paul saw nothing greater in his life than the love of Jesus Christ. He was not about to stop being a vessel for the Holy Spirit, even if it meant his life. Everyone of us who stand in the name of Jesus Christ will be persecuted and abandoned by those we love. God bless you. Amen