“As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” (Acts 8:3-4)
The church has always had enemies because the head and founder of the church has always had His enemies. It is true even today. Until the Lord saved him, Saul was one of her chiefest opponents.
By the same token the church has always had her faithful servants of the Lord. The church may sometimes appear to be losing but the church will always be victorious.
When my older brother was a teenager he let a fire in a field get out of control. In his effort to stop it from spreading and to put it out he caused it to spread. Evil men will always try to stamp out the church’s fire but such efforts only make the fires of evangelism and missions spread.
When the church of Jerusalem was resisted and opposed, it resulted in the witness of the church spreading. One of the strongest churches of the first century was the church of Antioch which resulted from the martyrdom of Stephen in Jerusalem and the Christians being scattered abroad. (Acts 11:19) Thank God for faithful servants of the Lord who stand in the face of opposition.
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