Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse

by verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues his message, evangelism in Judea and Samaria, as we pick up in Acts

chapter 8, verse 3. And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

And as for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and hailing men and women, committing them to prison.

So Paul was empowered by the Sanhedron to imprison those who called upon the

Lord and he was going to the house fellowships and just wrecking havoc among the early church.

Therefore, they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.

And so far from stamping out the witness of the church, all the persecution did was spread the witness all over the place.

For everywhere they went, they were preaching the word of God, and thus the

gospel began to spread throughout Judea and Samaria. Now Jesus had said to his disciples in the first

chapter, verse 8,

and you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,

and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem.

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