promote suffering for its own sake. Theodore Walker makes this clear when he says that “liberation struggle is inevitable because people never get used to being oppressed.”11 The section that follows the Beatitudes further outlines the idea of discipleship. The disciples, those who can expect persecution, are described as salt and light (5:13–14). As salt, they preserve the earth from final judgment; as light, they serve as examples to others. What Jesus calls for in this