How to respond to persecution: 1) Do not be surprised 2) Rejoice! 3) Do not be ashamed 4) Not from evil-doing 5) Suffer as a Christian 6) Commit yourself to God and do what is good 7) Give a reasoned defence of the faith (1 Peter 3:15) 8) Lean on the Spirit
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Great lessons. A life with suffering and persecution is really from God for a Christian, because the world hates us because hates Christ. Excellent lesson in suffering, persecution and how to respond to it.
Dr. Michael Anthony George Haykin is currently Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Haykin was born in 1953 of Irish and Kurdish parents and raised in England. He emigrated with his family...