To follow Christ is now illegal in Russia. The government has given their verdict. Surely it has been played out as at Acts 26:26: ‘this thing has not been done in a corner.’ It has been played out so that all know and can take a stand.
It is Jesus at John 15:20: ‘Keep in mind the word I said to you: A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you.”
It is the Acts 28:22 words applied to first century Christians: ‘truly as regards this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.’
Who among the many faiths inherit the mantle of Acts 28:22? Look for the people individually praised but collectively maligned.
See: I Don’t Know Why We Persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses—Searching for the Why
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