Take Heart - Bless the Haters

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

Washington Dc, Religion & Spirituality, Benstuart, Sermons, Passioncitychurch Dc, Passion, Messages, Church, Christianity

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🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Christian's allegiance to Jesus often results in being misunderstood and insulted by people around us. But we are not called to passively withdraw or to lash out in anger; we are meant to bless those who disagree with us. Continuing in our Take Heart series, Pastor Ben Stuart shows us how Peter encouraged the church to respond to those who opposed them and offers some guiding principles about navigating an increasingly antagonistic culture. Key Verses // 1 Peter 3:8-12

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church DC Podcast.
0:05.0	To learn more about Passion City Church,
0:07.0	including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington, DC,
0:10.0	visit us online at passioncitychurch.com.
0:13.0	Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:18.0	Well, the challenge of this passage was pretty simple,
0:21.0	if you heard it.
0:22.0	Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult,
0:26.0	but on the contrary, bless.
0:29.0	It's very simple to understand,
0:31.0	a very simple to read, very simple to remember,
0:34.0	but very hard to do.
0:37.0	It's hard to bless someone who says something mean to you.
0:42.0	The PR firm Weber Shandwick does a study every year
0:45.0	on civility in America.
0:47.0	And I would imagine this will shock none of you.
0:50.0	In civility is on the rise in America.
0:54.0	That survey say that uncoolness is at epidemic levels
0:59.0	that we're not nice to each other.
1:01.0	That it's a more hostile environment than ever before.
1:04.0	And the vast number of people in America that were surveyed about it
1:07.0	said, I run into instability on the daily in my commute
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