Pastor, teacher, and author, Adrian Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ,

and has impacted untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth, simply stated.

Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers.

Would you take God's word and be finding 1st Peter chapter 2 as we continue our series on discovering kingdom

authority if there's ever a day in an age in which we need to discover and to deploy kingdom

authority this is the day and this is the age. Now, before I read the

scripture, and we're going to be reading from 1 Peter chapter 2 beginning in verse 11,

before I read the scripture, let me just tell you something about the Christians to whom this

scripture was written. They were going

through tough times. It was open season on Christians. They were being accused and they were being

slandered by the enemy.

Let me tell you some of the things they accused them of.

They accused them of incest because they call their wives or their husbands brother or sister.

They were accused of cannibalism because when they took the Lord's supper,

they said we are partaking of the body and the blood of the Lord Jesus.

They were accused of insurrection because they said Caesar is not Lord.

Jesus is Lord. And so they were hunted and hounded and killed. Do you know why they were?

Because they were like the Lord Jesus. And the servant is not better than his master.

Jesus said, if they've hated me, they will hate you.

And Jesus was slandered.

They called him a wine bibber and a glutton.

I'm going to tell you this,

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