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The Gospel Spread to Samaria

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Bible : Acts 8:12 (NIV)

But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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The first church that was built after Jesus went back to heaven was the Jerusalem church.
The worshipers in that Jerusalem church all lived by following God`s commands.

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In the Jerusalem church, 7 men with good faith were assigned to be the deacons.
One of them was the deacon, Stephen, who we well know and there was also Philip.

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Stephen being filled with the Holy Spirit said, "Jesus Christ who was killed by us was the true Messiah. We have made a huge mistake." When the Jews heard this they tried to kill Stephen instead of repenting because they felt guilty.

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They brought the deacon called Stephen outside of the city.
Then they publicly executed him by falsely charging him of insulting God.
The gathered people began to stone him.

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Even while Stephen was being stoned, he prayed to God loudly,
"God, they don't know how big of a sin they are making.

 Forgive them and I am going to the LORD now. Please take my soul."

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Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
Stephen was the first to be martyred in the early church.

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After this incident the Jews started to persecute the Christians. And Saul who we well know was the most earnest in persecuting Christians. Saul who did not believe in Jesus at that time sent many Christians to prison.

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The Christians who realized that they couldn't stay in Jerusalem started to spread around to other countries.

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The amazing thing was that the Christians who left Jerusalem because of the persecution did not stop to spread the good news about Jesus. Even though they encountered hardships they did not stop to spread the gospel.

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One of the seven deacons, Philip also left Jerusalem and went to the city called Samaria. Philip started to spread about Jesus there.

He became the first person to spread the gospel to Samaria.

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As Philip started to teach about Jesus, amazing things began to happen. When Philip prayed for those who were possessed by evil spirits, the evil spirits were driven out and those people became normal again.

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Not only this, but those who used to be paralytics were also cured when Philip prayed for them. And many crippled people were cured also.

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When the news spread around about Philip, many people gathered to hear his words. They believed in Jesus and got baptized through Philip.
All around Samaria believers came to know of the joy of the Lord.

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The news about Samaria brought the Apostle Peter and John to Samaria to help Philip. Whenever those two apostles put their hands on a person the Holy Spirit came to them.

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The Christians like us had one thing that they should never stop even in hardships. That is to spread the gospel around. We also should spread the gospel wherever we go and lead others to Jesus like Philip.

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