Woe

Jesus always has a way of turning things around, of shaking us up, of showing us that our way of thinking is just not the same as his, of making us uncomfortable.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you....

If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

What did Jesus mean when he said these things? Did he mean that if we truly live for him that some will not understand us, and even hate us? Did he mean that if everyone else thinks well of us, then we're somehow not representing him well?