125 Seeds in the Wind, Scattered for a Purpose

Acts 8:1-25, TBC Book Two, Chapter 125
The stoning of Stephen marked a dramatic turning point in the early Church. Believers in Jesus now fled from Jerusalem, spreading throughout Judea and Samaria. Those who chose to remain now met secretly with the apostles, and for good reason.

Saul, a Pharisee from the city of Tarsus, was determined to destroy the Church, people of “the Way”—those who believed Jesus was the way to God, the promised Messiah. Going from house to house, he captured men and women who were disciples of Jesus and imprisoned them.

Saul viewed them as heretics, and therefore, worthy of death.

While Saul persecuted believers in Jerusalem, those who fled to Judea and Samaria carried with them the good news of Jesus Christ. Philip, one of the Seven, brought great joy when he proclaimed Christ in a city of Samaria. He performed miraculous signs, healed many paralytics and cripples, and delivered a large number of people from evil spirits.

Now one man in that city had a reputation as a sorcerer. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 125, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Persecution does not divide faithful witnesses of Christ—it multiplies them.
     A promise to cling to: “On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. . . . Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.” Acts 8:1,4 NIV
     A praise to fill you: Tend the Ground  Curtis Stephan     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]     

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