2nd Timothy 4: I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
When Christ gave the commission to preach, teach, and baptize it was never intended to be subservient to those circumstances that would or would not be favorable. The truth of the matter is that wheresoever truth is being preached in the public square, resistance is to be expected, especially when hot button issues are to be addressed, in light of what the scriptures may teach on the matter in question.
This gospel commission also applies in our day, even in situations and circumstances where preaching of the truth may rile up those who have been granted authority to rule by God, or where popular majority opinion is in stark contrast to God’s revealed will.
Indeed, it has already become quite difficult for the preachers of present truth in our day, to speak on the many departures from God’s word, that abound in modern society. Some truths such as those which pertain to God-ordained marriage, the Sabbath, and gender, are now hidden under a bushel, as it were, for fear of incurring the ire of the masses.
2nd Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. "God bless!