No, I'm not referring to my home. I'm referring to the apparent mindset of the early church in Acts. They seemed very happy in Jerusalem, which would have been great, had they not been given direct orders by Jesus, that they had other places to go...
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
They hadn't branched out to Judea or Samaria, much less the ends of the earth...but they were about to...
What brought on this sudden move?
Courage?
An increase in their witnessing budget?
Nope...
What brought them to the place where they would scatter was...persecution. Saul was dragging believers out of their homes and throwing in jail. So, suddenly Jerusalem didn't seem so cozy to them anymore.
This sounds like bad news, but guess what...it was GREAT news for the Kingdom! Believers who fled Jerusalem went to places like...you guessed it...Samaria and Judea and brought the Word of God with them...
Acts 8:4, "Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went."
This will be our topic this Sunday in our 8:30am Contemporary Service. Join us!
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