When people persecute believers, they are persecuting the Spirit of Christ in us because they cannot attack Him, they attack us. Persecution does not scare us. It does not catch us off guard. We know that it is coming and it does not stop us. Persecution actually causes the Gospel to spread further and faster. During the first 8 years of the early church, the Gospel stayed mostly around Jerusalem and then in Acts 8 a great persecution began and the Gospel spread to the corners of the known world. People have always tried to stop the Gospel with persecution and it is like throwing gasoline on a fire. Continue reading →