Those who proclaim God's message sometimes face great difficulty. Jeremiah is thrown into a cistern because the people in Jerusalem don't want to hear his demoralizing words calling for surrender.
Jesus says that these difficult circumstances should not surprise His followers because His words have such a powerful force to them that it will cause division. No one can remain neutral: either people will embrace the message of the Truth, or despise and resist it.
In the midst of this reality, we fix our eyes on God, so that we may persevere in the course before us, remaining faithful to Him who sent Christ to endure great difficulty to rescue us from sin and bring us into His Kingdom, as He has done for all the saints who have gone before us.
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