{"id":6018,"date":"2017-06-17T09:09:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6018"},"modified":"2017-06-17T09:09:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:09:24","slug":"now-those-who-were-scattered-after-the-persecution-that-arose-over-stephen-traveled-as-far-as-phoenicia-cyprus-and-antioch-acts-1119-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/now-those-who-were-scattered-after-the-persecution-that-arose-over-stephen-traveled-as-far-as-phoenicia-cyprus-and-antioch-acts-1119-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch&#8221; (Acts 11:19 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c4dsu\" data-offset-key=\"3h7if-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3h7if-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3h7if-0-0\">Jesus had instructed His disciples that they were to be His witnesses to the &#8220;end of the earth&#8221; (Acts 1:8), yet it wasn&#8217;t until after the persecution in Jerusalem that they truly began to fulfill His call. As they scattered throughout the Roman world, great numbers of people turned to the Lord, especially among the Gentiles. Persecution had actually resulted in proliferation. The gospel went out across the world!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c4dsu\" data-offset-key=\"br059-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"br059-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"br059-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"c4dsu\" data-offset-key=\"9ap0h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9ap0h-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9ap0h-0-0\">Are you going through a season of trouble? Perhaps the Lord is moving you out of your comfort zone to a place where the gospel can spread. Sometimes the Lord scatters us, in order to scatter the gospel seed to those whose hearts He has prepared to hear.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus had instructed His disciples that they were to be His witnesses to the &#8220;end of the earth&#8221; (Acts 1:8), yet it wasn&#8217;t until after the persecution in Jerusalem that they truly began to fulfill His call. As they scattered throughout the Roman world, great numbers of people turned to the Lord, especially among the Gentiles. Persecution had actually resulted in proliferation. The gospel went out across the world!<\/p>\n<p>Are you going through a season of trouble? Perhaps the Lord is moving you out of your comfort zone to a place where the gospel can spread. Sometimes the Lord scatters us, in order to scatter the gospel seed to those whose hearts He has prepared to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1311],"scripture-chapter":[1344],"oyb_day":[1695],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6018","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-acts","scripture-chapter-1344","oyb_day-june-17"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6018"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}