Christianity is persecuted in most countries. Yet, the American church acts as if it can’t happen here. I once taught a Sunday school class on persecution of Christians. The audience was stunned by the number of scriptures about persecution being a normal, and blessed part of the Christian life.
1 Peter 4:13
“but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”
Yes its natural but we think of Christianity from a Western perspective and many if not most Christians have no idea was Christianity is like in China, North Korea, Cuba, Africa and Muslim nations. They are facing persecution not seen since Roman times.