What if the opposition you face because of your faith is not evidence that you have wandered outside of God's will, but rather an invitation to trust your Good Shepherd?

Pastor Tyler Wittmer walked us through Matthew chapter 10 and posed a hard question about how we engage a world that may not always welcome the gospel. Jesus sends His disciples out as sheep among wolves, warning them that following Him will sometimes bring friction, misunderstanding, and even hostility from every direction. Here is the tension he left us with: we cannot separate Jesus' message from His character by using cruelty, dishonesty, or anger to defend our cause. Instead, we are called to bear witness with wisdom and innocence, trusting that the Spirit of the Father will help us speak and that our eternal security rests securely in Christ.