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 is necessary in order that the preaching of the gospel may be profitable?
What did Isaiah say Christ would do with the law?
Besides the court, how many parts had this sanctuary?
What, more than all else, proves the perpetuity and immutability of the law of God?
What did Constantine's law require?
13. The righteous dead are raised at Christ's second coming. When will the rest of the dead, the wicked, be raised?
How much does one know of God when dead?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle