ACTS OF THE APOSTLES: Audio & Pull Quotes- Chapter 11

The Gospel in Samaria          

Audio:
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The persecution that came upon the church in Jerusalem resulted in giving a great impetus to the work of the gospel. To scatter His representatives abroad, where they could work for others, God permitted persecution to come upon them. Driven from Jerusalem, the believers went everywhere preaching the word. Acts 8:4 The Samaritans welcomed these messengers of the gospel, and the Jewish converts gathered a precious harvest from among those who had once been their bitterest enemies.

In the trust given to the first disciples, believers in every age have shared. Everyone who has received the gospel has been given sacred truth to impart to the world.

This Ethiopian represented a large class who need to be taught by such missionaries as Philip--men who will hear the voice of God and go where He sends them. There are many who are reading the Scriptures who cannot understand their true import. All over the world men and women are looking wistfully to heaven. Prayers and tears and inquiries go up from souls longing for light,...Many are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be gathered in.