Christian Persecution Series

Acts 8:1-8 Christian Persecution

It's Reality - 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death.

It's Rigour -

The Time - And at that time

The Test - there was a great persecution

The Target - against the church which was at Jerusalem;

It's Result -

The Movement - and they were all scattered abroad

The Momentum - throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria,

The Management - except the apostles.

It's Regret -

The Respect - 2 And devout men

The Response - carried Stephen to his burial,

The Regret - and made great lamentation over him.

It's Ruthlessness -

The Tyrant - 3 As for Saul,

The Target - he made havock of the church,

The Trouble - entering into every house, and

The Treatment - haling men and women committed them to prison

It's Response -

The People - 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad

The Plan - went every where

The Program - preaching the word.

It's Rule -

The Person - 5 Then Philip

The Place - went down to the city of Samaria,

The Purpose - and preached Christ unto them.

It's Rebuttal -

The Hearing - 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake,

The Heeding - hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

The Helping - 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice,

came out of many that were possessed with them:

The Healing - and many taken with palsies, and that were lame,

were healed.

It's Rout - 8 And there was great joy in that city.