What does Acts 8:1b–25 reveal about what God does in and through me (the work of the Holy Spirit)? God the Holy Spirit will empower believers to confess Christ to their friends and family. He will also help office-bearers to faithfully and clearly preach Christ and use that preaching to bring God’s elect to true faith (Romans 10:17). Finally, he is at work to transform our hearts and minds as we hear, read, and reflect on God’s truth (Psalm 1:1–6; Romans 12:1–2). One of the ways he changes my thinking is to help me see all Christians as brothers and sisters and to realize that there is no place for pagan ideas in God’s church.
1 And Saul approved of his execution.And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.