Jesus is the Rock of Stumbling; "There is NO OTHER NAME given among men whereby we must be saved." This defines the CROSS.

You are not the first to rise up against Jesus Christ; you will not be the last.

AMPLIFIED BIBLE

Mat 10:34
Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Mat 10:35
For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a newly married wife from her mother-in-law--

Mat 10:36
And a man's foes will be they of his own household. [Mic. 7:6.]

Mat 10:37
He who loves [and takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me;

Mat 10:38
And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me.

Mat 10:39
Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].

Jesus defines the warfare and you are either a victim or a soldier. God wins.