While it started in Jerusalem as Jesus prophesied, "You will be witnesses of me in Jerusalem . . ." It did not end there. Like an explosion it spread outwards. The more that believed in Jerusalem, the more there would be to spread the Gospel when the persecutions arose. The more that believed the more that could be said of Him and His amazing grace. Do we think of multiplying in order to multiply? What was first seen in Jerusalem was replicated elsewhere over and over again.
How can this happen? The answer is "the Word of God increased." If we truly believe that the Spirit comes with the Word, that it is His sword to pierce to the heart and mind, then how do we talk and how do we act? Apostles died, their successors died, and on and on it went, but the Bible is "the living and abiding Word of God." It does not perish, though we turn to dust and ashes and our soul departs this veil of tears. Whether spoken or written it is His tool to craft the wretch into a child of God. He does it superbly. |
