And think how many times like Peter instructing us here today.

He's saying if you really want to be a light and salt and you want to be a real witness to the world, to your family, then you cannot retaliate.

You cannot speak evil of people.

You have to be what?

You have to be salt and light.

You really have to have people see your testimony.

I am falling.

I am falling in love. I am falling in love. Welcome to Somebody Lives You Radio, the Bible teaching ministry of Roll Rees in Diamond Bar, California.

Today's lesson returns to First Peter, and we're glad you've joined us.

Considering the terrible persecution that early believers endured for their faith,

Role will outline how God has called us to handle hostility to the gospel.

Stay with us for encouragement to

shine the light of Christ in a spiritually dark world. You'll see that by responding to persecution

with compassion, you can point others to Jesus through the witness of your life. Here's Roll Rees

in 1st Peter 3, verse 9.

Now what he's going to do is he's going to speak to us, but not responding when we are being persecuted and prosecuted, responding through hostility.

Man, I mean, I thought I could.

I would love to do that.

That's our nature as non-believers.

That was my life before.

And to think of these young men and old men and women and children.

As they came in, arrested them and prosecuted them,

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