It is enough for the disciple that he be as His Master. Matthew 10:25
"NO one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master.
Q: When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment He received? Were His claims acknowledged, His instructions followed, His perfections worshipped, by those whom He came to bless?
A: No; "He was despised and rejected of men."
Q: Did the world yield Him solace and rest?
A: "Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head." This inhospitable country afforded Him no shelter: it cast Him out and crucified Him.
----Such—if you are a follower of Jesus, and maintain a consistent,
Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough? "If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household?" If we were more like Christ, we should be more hated by His enemies." Charles Spurgeon
