Christ’s Peculiar Plan to Build His Church
After Stephen’s death, Saul launches a large scale persecution against the Church in Jerusalem. Some Christians are imprisoned, others flee to Samaria and other Judean regions. We see that God is so sovereign, that efforts to silence the Gospel have worked to fuel its advance, and that the Church is built by means of the persecution brought against it.
Acts 8:1-4 "And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word."
Series: Acts: Christ’s Church Built
Speaker: Samuel Wente