Lesson 9 - The Church Moves Forward

Acts 11:1-12:24. As the church grew to include the Gentiles, despite the hesitant response of some, they went into a time of persecution. At the beginning of Acts 12 Herod had been in command, James had been killed, Peter arrested, and it seemed as if the Church was “on the run”; but verse 24 of that same chapter told a different tale! Herod was dead but however “the word of God continued to increase and spread”. God's purposes had prevailed — not man’s — and the work of God continued!