God's light almost always get persecuted in this dark and dirty world.
This world is not GOD'S, it's the devil's and people think by going to church every so often they are saved or they think God loves me I will work my way in, he don't need to live in my heart. By us showing his light shine in us, this dark and dirty world will ask what's in our hearts
Without the cross, we would have to pay for our very own SINS. There is no way on this earth we could pay for our own sins,
The devil hates us the give our hearts to Jesus, so Jesus isn't why we suffer after we trust him. The devil will do anything to get us away from Jesus Christ.
We need not to care about the world, we need to have our eyes on Jesus Christ.