In this teaching in Acts 11–12, Pastor Bill shows the unstoppable spread of the gospel and God’s authority over all people and powers. Peter explains that the message of Jesus is for the Gentiles as well as the Jews after God leads him to Cornelius, and the church in Antioch becomes a major center where believers are first called “Christians” and begin sending relief to those in need. Then in Acts 12, he explains how even with persecution on the rise as Herod kills James and imprisons Peter, the church prays and God miraculously frees Peter from prison. Herod’s attempt to oppose God’s work ends in his downfall, while the word of God continues to grow and spread.