{"id":13235,"date":"2023-04-29T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T11:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=13235"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:07:48","slug":"4-how-do-i-share-the-gospel-beware-of-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2023\/04\/4-how-do-i-share-the-gospel-beware-of-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"4 How Do I Share The Gospel: Beware Of Persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the points covered in this sermon:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Explaining why the circumstances in which a believer lives, determines how he\/she shares the gospel<br \/>\n\u2022 Highlighting the three main parts of Peter\u2019s counsel in 1 Peter 3:13-17<br \/>\n\u2022 A twofold statement on the possibility of suffering persecution, verses 13,14 and 16,17<br \/>\n\u2022 A single statement on the priority of sharing the gospel, verse 15<br \/>\n\u2022 Encouraging the believer to rejoice if he\/she is counted worthy to suffer for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ<br \/>\n\u2022 Encouraging the believer to live godly in Christ Jesus in the midst of his\/her persecution<br \/>\n\u2022 Highlighting the four main branches of sharing the gospel<br \/>\n\u2022 First, the content of our gospel witness\u2014\u201dBe ready always to give an answer [of] a reason of the hope that is in you.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Second, the timing and recipients of our gospel witness\u2014\u201dTo every man that asketh you.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Third, the method of our gospel witness\u2014\u201dWith meekness and fear:\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022 Fourth, the motive that drives our gospel witness\u2014\u201dBut sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"13235\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the points covered in this sermon: \u2022 Explaining why the circumstances in which a believer lives, determines how he\/she shares the gospel \u2022 Highlighting the three main parts of Peter\u2019s counsel in 1 Peter 3:13-17 \u2022 A twofold statement on the possibility of suffering persecution, verses 13,14 and 16,17 \u2022 A single statement on the priority of sharing the gospel, verse 15 \u2022 Encouraging the believer to rejoice if he\/she is counted worthy to suffer for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ \u2022 Encouraging the believer to live godly in Christ Jesus in the midst of his\/her persecution \u2022 Highlighting the four main branches of sharing the gospel \u2022 First, the content of our gospel witness\u2014\u201dBe ready always to give an answer [of] a reason of the hope that is in you.\u201d \u2022 Second, the timing and recipients of our gospel witness\u2014\u201dTo every man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1017],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jared-smith-on-the-gospel-message-complete","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15492,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235\/revisions\/15492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}