Pursuing Missions in Hostile Areas
If you don’t realize that you are to bring forth truth in the midst of hostility, then you have most likely already been rendered ineffective by the enemy. The invitation into a walk with the Lord is to take up your cross and follow (Mat 16:24), to join in the fellowship of his sufferings (Php 3:10). Hostility is promised from the outset.
Fighting the Danger of Disunity
Jesus gave us a Great Commission, but Satan offers a grand strategy to strip the saints from each other so it is never accomplished.