Persecution - Attacking America's Apathy! - Jon Blackburn

SERMON TITLE: Persecution – Attacking America’s Apathy!
SERMON TEXT: 1 Peter 5:8
SERMON THESIS: Christian persecution is real! It is not a religious fiction! Today hundreds of thousands of brothers/sisters all over the world suffer for their faith in Christ under Islam, Communism, Hinduism, Atheism, Radical Catholicism, and now American Communistic Globalism! Attacks on Christians is a global tragedy. But the greatest tragedy is the apathy of American Christianity. Pulpits and preachers are largely silent on the subject! This message sounds the alarm to awaken believers from apathy to act aggressively against persecution!

I. The TACTICAL alarm attacking Apathy!

A. VOM
B. Open Doors

II. The TERMINOLOGICAL alarm attacking Apathy! (BE SOBER)

A. The COUNT of the Term (17x)
B. The CONNOTATION of the Term

1. Noun form (Gk. nephalios)
2. Verb form (Gk. nepho)

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III. The TEXTUAL alarm attacking Apathy!

A. 1 Th. 5:6 B. 1 Th. 5:8
C. Tit. 2:12 D. 1 Pt. 1:13
E. 1 Pt. 4:7 F. 1 Pt. 5:8

IV. The TESTIMONIAL alarm attacking Apathy!

A. The COMPASSIONATE COMMUNION of God’s PEOPLE
B. The COMPASSIONATE CARE for God’s PERSECUTED
C. The COMPASSIONATE COMMITMENT of God’s PLEADERS