Acts 14:5-7
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them, they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country, and there they continued to preach the gospel.
Tag: Persecution is Just Another Avenue to Preach the Gospel
You can’t read the above passage without what happens after they “fled” to Lystra and Derbe:
Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Most of us would “flee” under the threat of persecution, as well. Most of us would not, however, in our fleeing, return to “preach the gospel.” In the launching of the church Satan attempted to defeat the church in many ways. But, each time Satan took a shot at the Church it came back in the Gospel being preached. Christ is the answer, no matter the persecution or circumstances. Christ should be preached no matter what circumstances are presented. We must always “continue” to be preach the Gospel.
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