Men and women constantly heard that their faith would be crushed, the church destroyed and their people murdered. Petersburg, and in much of the country. But not only that, slaughtered men and women have witnesses who keep their testimonies alive. Their faith in the agony of persecution lives on in their children. Their stories are still being told.
Resurrection is true, for people and for our faith.
It is at the center of discipleship. We come to Luke 6. First, we can see ourselves in these passages as the poor, the hungry, those who weep and those who because of our faith are hated. In other words because of the Christ in our lives and the knowledge of God's love and forgiveness for us - we recognize that we have very physical and spiritual needs that only God can fill. Secondly, the other approach we can take with this passage is the more literal.