The Metastatic Church

Acts 8:1-8

The gospel to enabled the early church to overcome persecution through transformation. The gospel is disruptive and transformational. It is a catalyst that allows us to change and become what is necessary for the spread of the kingdom. I believe that the early church had hit its limit in Jerusalem. They had a large group of several thousand dedicated to living together and yet for all its success it had become comfortable and inward looking. The persecution that broke out forced the church out of its comfortable environment and forced the members of the church into fields that were white for the harvest. The truths of the gospel trans formed them into the men and women that were able to capitalize on the new opportunities that they had been given.  As a church we must allow the gospel to transform us so that we can reach the harvest God has prepared for us.