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July 19 th , 64 AD WHY DID NERO START THE FIRE? TACITUS ANNALS - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
July 19 th , 64 AD WHY DID NERO START THE FIRE? TACITUS ANNALS - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
July 19 th , 64 AD WHY DID NERO START THE FIRE? TACITUS ANNALS 15:44 Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the
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WHY DID NERO START THE FIRE?
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“Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses,
- r were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve
as a nightly illumination, when daylight had
- expired. Nero offered his gardens for the
spectacle, and was exhibiting a show in the circus,
TACITUS
ANNALS 15:44
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while he mingled with the people in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being destroyed.”
TACITUS
ANNALS 15:44
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To the temporary residents dispersed in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 PETER 1:1
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WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THIS LETTER?
- 1. How and why to persevere under
difficulty
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WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THIS LETTER?
- 1. How and why to persevere under
difficulty
- 2. The importance of the Word of
God
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GOALS FOR 1 PETER SERIES
- Goal #1: We would faithfully and
accurately teach through 1 Peter
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GOALS FOR 1 PETER SERIES
- Goal #1: We would faithfully and
accurately teach through 1 Peter
- Goal #2: You would faithfully
study through 1 Peter
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WHY FAITHFULLY STUDY THE BIBLE?
- Renewing your mind in God’s
word is the primary way we know and become like Jesus
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1 Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I
urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
ROMANS 12:1-2
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1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the
counsel of the wicked or stand in the way sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in
PSALM 1:1-5
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season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
PSALM 1:1-5
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