TRUTH TELLERS ARE USUALLY HATED BY THOSE IN LEADERSHIP  Often those who expose the truth about others who are in sin are hated by many who have protected and covered for the sinful people being exposed because those who are in charge are benefiting from them. You see it in families, businesses, schools, and even churches and ministries. Money, power or sex is often at the root of it.  Jesus exposed the sins of the Pharisees and scribes and many in leadership hated Him for it and ultimately killed him. Those who are labeled the black sheep or scapegoats in a family are hated by their parents or siblings because they won’t just look the other way and cover for their sinful parents or siblings.  This same principle applies to those in businesses, schools, churches and ministries. The fact that most people are living compromised lives full of sin explains why those who choose to live godly, righteous lives like Christ are hated so much by most.  Matthew 10:21-23 NKJV ““Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you…

IF YOU HAVE A MORAL COMPASS YOU COULD BE THE FAMILY SCAPEGOAT / BLACKSHEEP In a family situation the scapegoat carries the sins of their own family (which typically have many members in the family who are unhealthy, toxic and/or dysfunctional). For instance, Dad is an alcoholic, sex addict, aggressor, prideful while Mom is his enabler. Or Mom is angry, controlling, belittling, prideful, demanding and Dad is her enabler. The family is expected to deny the truth of their parent’s dysfunction and hide it from the public (keep their dirty laundry buried in the backyard). So what the toxic family members will do is to label one of their children the “problem child” and blame everything that is wrong with their family on that child. This scapegoated child can do no right in their eyes. The scapegoated child typically has a moral compass and is a truth teller that won’t look the other way and ignore sin, but have a very good heart. The parent who is most demanding will usually make another child the “golden child” or the hero of the family who can do no wrong who will look the other way with their toxic parents lives. Since…