The Activation: ”Barriers to our Purpose”, Acts 8:1-13

Scholars believe that when early Christians were under the leadership of the apostles and the church in Jerusalem, they had become somewhat passive.

When they were scattered all of that changed: they had to gather up the courage to communicate to total strangers what they had learned. They were less eloquent and less experienced than the apostles but, in the end, they proved to be extraordinarily effective because they were 100s and 1,000s times more numerous than the apostles and because they could only deliver a simple, authentic message about what had just recently transformed their lives.

They did not have prepared messages; they did not have theological degrees; all they had was the Spirit, the apostles’ teaching, and the Gospel they could bring in word and deed. We'll follow this development with Philip and the Samaritans, look at:

How does the Kingdom of Jesus Work to Renew All Things?

-Everyone living their purpose, free of circumstances

-The effect of living our purpose

-The choices we make, because of our purpose

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