Jesus never presented the nature of ministry with rose-tinted glasses. He didn’t downplay the negative response He knew His disciples would sometimes receive.
But neither did Jesus indicate we should excuse people’s rejection of the truth. In fact, He instructed the Twelve to make it clear who accepted their message and who rejected it. The disciples were not to leave town quietly when people resisted their message. Rather, they were to make it plain to everyone where people stood in relation to the Gospel.
Too often today Christians feel guilty for even suggesting someone is not walking with God. We have become so inculcated with the belief that we are not to “judge” anyone that we often fear to suggest that even the most carnal person is at variance with the Gospel message. Jesus was never had such reservations. He was never vindictive, only truthful. He knew that it did no good to call someone “light” when they were in fact, darkness.
Do you have the courage to tell the truth about people?