The same joy that the first disciples experienced upon seeing Jesus again is available to us.
If we invest in making disciples, our lives become bound up with theirs to die and live together.
Because of a general persecution in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered and took the gospel to Judea and Samaria, where many believed in Christ.
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the might hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you" (1 Peter 5:6).
