Acts 8:1-4 | The Purpose in Persecution

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For God so loved the world that He purposed persecution among powerful people to proclaim the Gospel to the nations.

For God so loved the world…

Genesis 12:3(b)…And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

For God so loved the world…

Isaiah 56:7…For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples (“nations”).

For God so loved the world…

Psalm 96:3, 7 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. ... 7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

For God so loved the world…

1 Chronicles 16:24 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

For God so loved the world…

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

For God so loved the world…

1 Peter 1:1; 2:9, 12 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen … But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; ... 12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe [them,] glorify God in the day of visitation.

For God so loved the world…

Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

For God so loved the world…

Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

For God so loved the world…

• God loves the nations.

• We are sent to proclaim the Gospel to the nations.