Pastor teacher and author Adrien Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ and it’s impacted Untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth simply stated thanks for joining us for this message here’s Adrien Rogers and we’re studying the book of First Peter under this General heading Timeless Truth for tough times and the specific title of our message today is Godless government Bad Bosses and mean mates so fasten your Pew belt and hang in there because there’s something for you in the message today
I’m certain now chapter 2: 11 dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul that is which make a Battleground a battlefield of your mind that war against the soul the soul being the psyche the mind the emotion and the will having your conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereof they speak against you as evildoers they may by your good works which they Shall Behold glorify God in the day of visitation submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s
sake just put a a hold right there we’re going to read a great deal more scripture let me tell you that in Peter’s time it was open season on Christians they were speaking evil of these Christians and they were saying unbelievable things about them you can believe well maybe you can believe because what they say about us today what they were saying about the Christians in Peter’s day they were accusing them for example of cannibalism they said because in the Lord’s Supper uh they were talking about eating the
body and drinking the blood of the Lord Jesus that they were cannibals they also accused them of incest because they call their husband or their wife brother and sister they also accused them of insurrection and Rebellion because they would not bow down to Caesar and worship Caesar they had all kinds of things they said about these early Christians just as they say all kinds of things about us now Peter is writing to tell how to U muzzle them as a matter of fact he U he says in verse 15 that you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish
men and that word put to silence means to muzzle like you’d muzzle a yapping dog he’s telling us not only how to stop the criticism but he tells us further how to go and win those who are criticizing us and bring them to Jesus Christ he gives us a very powerful weapon and do you know what that weapon is are you ready for it you’re going to be amazed when I tell you what this Mighty powerful weapon is and this method that not only is going to stop the criticism but convince the gainsayers do you know what it is
