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KINGDOM ARCHITECTURE AND THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH. PHILIP AND THE CITY OF SAMARIA ACTS CHAPTER 8. SESSION 528
The advancement of the kingdom of God is inevitable; however, this advancement, as we see in Acts chapter eight, will come through persecution. Regardless of what we do to transform society, we will be persecuted for preaching and teaching about Christ. No amount of good works can prevent the Church from being persecuted.
To assume that our feeding schemes, building community safety, building schools, keeping young people out of jail will stop us from being persecuted as delusional. The word does not persecute us for our good works but for claiming that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is what brings judgment upon us as the Church.
Acts 7
When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8
1 And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Persecution is part of the Church and the apostolic lifestyle of the body of Christ, and we must teach this culture into our mindset. A solid biblical foundation on the entire counsel of God’s word allows us to develop a profound culture of resistance. As the early Church was refined in the fire of persecution, the last day church will be glorified through persecution and suffering.
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By Isaiah-Phillips AkintolaThe advancement of the kingdom of God is inevitable; however, this advancement, as we see in Acts chapter eight, will come through persecution. Regardless of what we do to transform society, we will be persecuted for preaching and teaching about Christ. No amount of good works can prevent the Church from being persecuted.
To assume that our feeding schemes, building community safety, building schools, keeping young people out of jail will stop us from being persecuted as delusional. The word does not persecute us for our good works but for claiming that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is what brings judgment upon us as the Church.
Acts 7
When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8
1 And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Persecution is part of the Church and the apostolic lifestyle of the body of Christ, and we must teach this culture into our mindset. A solid biblical foundation on the entire counsel of God’s word allows us to develop a profound culture of resistance. As the early Church was refined in the fire of persecution, the last day church will be glorified through persecution and suffering.