#156: Do Not Be Surprised: A Spiritual Battle
Allen Jackson Ministries
Ben Hayes
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
We can learn much about today's challenges by studying history. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses Peter and other early Christians, who endured significant spiritual battles as they suffered, were persecuted, and even died for their beliefs, which were considered to be radical at the time. If early believers had yielded to the religious pressures of their era, it would have been fatal to our faith. Similarly, we must stand firm in our faith, without compromise, so future generations will know the truth about Jesus of Nazareth, the Savior of the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus of Nazareth is the Savior of the world. |
| 0:09.0 | There's not Plan B, there's not a backup system, there's not an alternative. That is the presentation of |
| 0:15.1 | scripture. And Jesus is either the incarnate son of God or he's a liar and a deceiver |
| 0:21.8 | and a manipulator. You can't say he's a liar and a deceiver and a manipulator. |
| 0:23.0 | You can't say he's a good man, but he isn't those things. |
| 0:28.0 | Because he gave personal affirmation of those things. |
| 0:31.0 | And it's extraordinarily important for the church in the 21st century |
| 0:35.6 | to understand the one that we call Lord and why we do so. We have to become more than a social association. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey guys, this is Alan Jackson Ministries. |
| 0:50.0 | You can get the outlines for this episode at Alan Jackson. |
| 0:53.0 | dot com slash podcast. |
| 0:55.4 | If these messages help build you up |
| 0:57.4 | or encourage you to be a more fully devoted Christ |
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| 1:05.0 | Now it's on to Pastor Allen. |
| 1:07.0 | Be blessed. |
| 1:08.0 | I want to begin a series of presentations under this general theme of don't be surprised. |
| 1:20.0 | And I want to talk to you for the next few minutes specifically about a spiritual battle that is unfolding in the earth. |
| 1:25.0 | But I'd like to begin the discussion with some instructions from Peter, the fisherman that Jesus recruited. |
| 1:31.0 | He's one of my heroes in the Bible for a number of reasons. |
| 1:35.0 | I'll share a couple of them with you. But we have two books in the New Testament that |
| 1:39.2 | Peter is credited with authorship of. They bear his name first and second Peter you don't have to be a |
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