Antithetical Reassurance

“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” John 15:19 Is it worth it? When we stick out, when we show by our actions that we are so obviously different from the world around us, we are often tempted to ask this question. When the world ridicules us for believing in our God and his word and finding all our joy in him, we might ask ourselves, is it worth it? We might look at...