Persecution
Acts 4:1-31
III. Seven Principles for handling persecution.
1. Be ---submissive--- (vv. 5-7)
1 Peter 2:19-20
2. Be ---filled with the Spirit---. (v. 8a)
3. Be aggressive in --seizing opportunities---. (vv. 8-13)
Ephesians 2:19-22
Matthew 7:13-14
4. Be ---obedient to God--- at all costs. (vv. 14-22)
Early believers had to be commanded to be quiet.
Believers today have to be commanded to speak.
1 Peter 3:13-15