The story of the post-Pentecost church continues with the response of the Jewish leadership to the preaching of Peter and John in Jerusalem. We learn that persecution of the world only increases the growth of the kingdom of God on earth.
The imprisonment of the World
The inevitability of persecution
The methodology of persecution
The empowerment of the Spirit
Peter is empowered immediately by the Spirit
The church is empowered mediately through
prayer
-We need to pray to the Sovereign Lord
-We need to pray to according to Scripture
-We need to pray to for divine intervention
-We need to pray together