In the sermon this past Sunday, we resumed the Acts sermon series by looking at what it means to live our lives in alignment with the mission of Jesus. In chapter 11, we saw that through persecution, God led his followers from Jerusalem to Antioch where they shared the hope of Jesus with the Gentiles. This was a big turning point in the story of the church. It was through the faithfulness of a few Christians in Antioch who decided to align their lives with the mission of Jesus that the Gospel finally broke through the geographic and ethnic barriers fulfilling what Jesus prophesied and commanded just before his ascension. This was an epic breakthrough for the church that began with Christ followers who were willing to align the mission of their life with the mission of Jesus. Like these early believers, we must first grasp the reality of what’s at stake in order to truly respond to the mission of Jesus and realign our lives to live on mission for Jesus daily.
