Welcome to the living word of god in the book of acts chapter 8 we find that Saul and his followers had taken Stephen out and stoned him and killed him but Saul heard the words of Stephen Saul saw the face of Stephen as that of an angel and that could not get out of his mind but soul in his commitment and enthusiasm to to put down what he thought was evil overwhelmed what he saw and heard and so in chapter 8 it reads now Saul was consenting to his dead to the dead of Stephen at that time a great persecution arose against the church which was in Jerusalem and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria except the apostles we find that because of the persecution people were scattered all over the place
I tell you brothers and sisters sometimes
the crucibles the challenges the persecution the evil plans of the evil ones can be a blessing in disguise because in verse 4 it reads therefore those who were scattered when everywhere preaching the word why were they scattered because soul and the others were entering house to house catching people who were following Jesus Christ and persecuting them and therefore they were scattered I tell you brothers and sisters when you and I follow the truth when you and I choose to follow Jesus the devil becomes uneasy the devil will do everything it can the devil is roaming like a hungry lion ready to devour but because of the persecution and the plans of the devil I tell you there is a blessing in Jesus the believers were scattered and the bible says the word of god was preached everywhere the gospel was preached
was that not a blessing now the gentiles and every people in different parts of the world could hear the word of god because of the persecution because of the scattering brothers and sisters let us not be discouraged with difficult times it is god’s plan . Amen