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PERSECUTION AND THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH ACTS 11-12 I. PETER HAD REPORTED THE CONVERSION OF
CORNELIUS TO THE APOSTLES AND OTHER BRETHREN IN JERUSALEM; THEY
HAD PRAISED GOD BECAUSE THE GENTILES
COULD ALSO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE - ACTS 11:1-18 II. THE
CHURCH AT ANTIOCH - ACTS 11:19-30 A. Some
Believers From Cyprus And Cyrene Arrived In Antioch And There Announced The Gospel To The Gentiles,
And Many Were Converted - Acts 11:19-21 B. Barnabas
Visited Antioch And Took Paul There Also - Acts 11:22-26 1. They spent a year there, teaching many
people - Acts 11:25 2. The believers were first called
Christians there - Acts 11:26 C. By
Means Of A Prophecy By Agabus, It Became Known That A Great Famine Was Coming And Would Affect All The Country. The Antioch Christians Sent Help To The
Church In Jerusalem - Acts 11:27-30 III. HEROD PERSECUTED THE CHURCH AND DIED - ACTS
12 A. Herod
Ordered James, The Brother Of John, To Be Killed - Acts 12:1-2 B. Because
This Murder Pleased The Jews, Herod Had Peter Arrested - Acts 12:3 C. Peter
In Jail 1. Peter closely watched by the soldiers -
Acts 12:4-5 2. The believers prayed for Peter - Acts
12:5 3. An angel of the Lord freed Peter - Acts
12:6-10 4.
Peter arrived
at Mary's house, the mother of John Mark, and told them how the Lord had
freed him from the jail - Acts 12:12-17 D. Herod 1. He left Judea to live in Caesarea - Acts 12:19 2. During one of his discourses, the people called him a god. An angel of the Lord struck him down because he didn't give praise to God, and he was eaten by worms and died -Acts 12:20-23 E. The
Good News Continued To Increase and Spread - Acts 12:24 IV. CONCLUSION -THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS
DIDN'T END THE WORK AMONG THE
GENTILES. RATHER THE CHURCH BEGAN TO GROW ALSO IN ANTIOCH, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE GENTILES. ABOUT THE SAME TIME HEROD BEGAN TO PERSECUTE THE CHURCH, BUT THAT ENDED WITH HIS OWN DEATH. MEMORY VERSE -
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