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.
Who is brought before the Father at this time?
Under what threatened penalty is the worship of the image of the beast enforced?
6. What did God, through the prophet Daniel, say the power represented by the 9ittle horn\" would think to do?
What will be the experience of those who say in their hearts that the Lord is not soon coming?
What prophet had foretold Christ's ride into Jerusalem?
12. What was the appearance of the angel that rolled away the stone from the sepulchre at the resurrection of Christ?
What has Christ promised the overcomer?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle