2. Now
Herod
was
angry
with
the
people
of
Tyre
and
Sidon,
and
they
came
to
him
with
one
accord,
and
having
persuaded
Blastus,
the
king's
chamberlain,
they
asked
for
peace,
because
their
country
depended
on
the
king's
country
for
food.
On
an
appointed
day
Herod
put
on
his
royal
robes,
took
his
seat
upon
the
throne,
and
delivered
an
oraAon
to
them.
And
the
people
were
shouAng,
“The
voice
of
a
god,
and
not
of
a
man!”

3. Immediately
an
angel
of
the
Lord
struck
him
down,
because
he
did
not
give
God
the
glory,
and
he
was
eaten
by
worms
and
breathed
his
last.
But
the
word
of
God
increased
and
mulAplied.
Acts
12:20-­‐25
(ESV)

4. INCREASE
“to
grow,”
as
a
natural
process,
“to
bring
to
growth,”
“to
be
or
to
become
fruiIul.
numerous,”
growth
in
creaAon,
especially
in
the
plant
kingdom.
• growing
or
increasing
in
the
knowledge
of
God,
which
is
expressed
in
the
ChrisAan
life.
•
•
•
•

5. MULTIPLICATION
Year
People
Comment
1
1
Just
you
2
2
You
and
your
friend
3
4
One
family
4
8
Two
families
5
16
Small
group
6
32
7
64
8
128
9
256
Greater
than
aver
church
in
U.S.
10
512
Greater
than
90%
of
U.S.
churches
11
1,024
12
2,048

6. MULTIPLICATION
Year
People
Comment
13
4,096
Small
Town
14
8,196
15
16,384
16
32,768
17
65,536
18
131,072
19
262,144
PopulaAon
of
average
City
20
524,288
21
1,048,576
22
2,097,152
PopulaAon
of
Toronto
23
4,194,304
24
8,388,608

7. MULTIPLICATION
Year
People
Comment
25
16,777,216
26
33,554,432
PopulaAon
of
Canada
27
67,108,864
28
134,217,728
29
268,435,456
30
536,870,912
PopulaAon
of
North
America
31
1,073,741,824
Almost
the
populaAon
of
China
32
2,147,483,648
33
4,294,967,296
Just
about
everybody
34
8,589,934,592
Much
more
than
world's
populaAon
35
17,179,869,184
More
than
I
can
count

8. THE
WORD
OF
GOD:
• Acts
6:1-­‐7
-­‐-­‐
“conAnued
to
increase”
• Acts
12:24
–
“increased
and
mulAplied”
• Acts
19:20
–
“increased
and
prevailed”