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Published: June 17, 2021, 6:58 a.m.

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 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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