How did persecution affect the preaching of the gospel?
Answer
"And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were
all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. . . . Therefore they
that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word." Acts 8: 1-4.
NOTE - " Persecution has only had a tendency to extend and establish the faith which it was
designed to destroy. . . . There is no lesson which men have been so slow to learn as that to oppose and
persecute men is the very way to confirm them in their opinions, and to spread their doctrines.' - Dr. Albert
Barnes, on Acts 4 :4.
What similar call and appeal will be made under the final outpouring of the Spirit?
Why is the execution of the judgment given to Christ?
9. What prophetic period extends to the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, or the investigative judgment?
What is of more importance than any outward ceremony?
12. Are men's hearts now \"failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth\"?
13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ's second coming. When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised?
By what title is the first state of the church distinguished?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle