Recently, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo told a radio interviewer that “extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay… have no place in the state of New York.” New York’s new mayor quickly seconded that motion, “…100 percent.”
Cuomo later tried to walk that statement back by saying that he meant the extremists had no place in New York politics. But two of the three issues he mentioned are moral issues, not political ones. If you’re a conservative and/or a Christian living in New York, you’re probably starting to feel a little unappreciated about now.
But don’t be distressed if you are pro-traditional marriage, pro-life, and even pro-Jesus, because the hatred you’re beginning to feel from the world is not directed at you. It’s a hatred of Jesus Christ. In fact, Jesus Himself warned that this would happen in these last days. He said, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you … because you are not of this world… therefore the world hates you … If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” (John 15:18-20)
from The Hal Lindsey Report – January 31, 2014
