The reason I bring this up is because many people confuse this. Let's use a better example of being persecuted for Christ sake. Abortion is a sin, if I go out and tell people this and speak out against abortion and an angry mob comes after me... That's persecution for Christ sake because I'm standing up for something that Christ Himself would've stood up for. If an angry mob comes after me because I robbed a bank then I'm pretty sure they're not coming after me because I'm a Christian... They're coming after me because I did something wrong and for that, there is no reward! Some of you are probably thinking "Who wouldn't know this already?" That's what I thought, but then I ran into some people that think every time they're persecuted or treated badly it's for Christ sake, it's because they're a Christian... It couldn't be because they actually did something wrong, it had to be because they're a Christian. People give murderers and drug dealers a lot of trouble too, and I'm pretty sure people who do those things aren't exactly Christians. What I'm trying to say is that you had better be sure that you're really being persecuted for the sake of Christ and not because of your imperfections.