"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven."
See, if you're persecuted for your faults, there's no glory in that.
If you go out and steal and get thrown in jail, you're like, you know, "Paul, a prisoner
of Jesus Christ, remember my bonds, amen."
You know, no, that's not gonna work, okay.
But if you go out and you're out soul winning, preaching the gospel, let's say you're doing
missions or whatever, or just preaching anything in the Bible gets you in trouble and gets
you arrested, like if John the Baptist preached about divorce and remarriage and he got thrown
in jail and eventually got his head cut off, you know, if you preach the word of God, if
you're reproached for the name of Christ, "Happy are ye," the Bible says.
So hey, you're blessed if you're persecuted for righteousness sake.
Yours is the kingdom of heaven.