Acts 8.1-15

June 04, 2017

Jeff Harrington

When are people most likely to change? Sociologists say people are most receptive to change during a period of crisis. Crisis forces us out of our comfort zones like nothing else. God allowed persecution of the church because they had grown comfortable in Jerusalem. However, God had commanded them to scatter and spread the gospel. The thing that got them to moving to fulfill the Lord's command was persecution. The church adapted and changed outreach strategies, because it was essentially forced to do it. Why did God scatter the gospel through persecution? Acts 8:1-25 explores why this was necessary.