Christ's command to his followers before his ascension to heaven was for them to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, all Judea, in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

Our Lord did not intend for the good news of his death and resurrection to stay local, but

instead it was to be taken globally.

In this third section of Acts, the adventure continues as the gospel is taken to the ends

of the earth. Let's join Scott Pauley now for today's study.

If you hadn't recognized it yet, living bodies go through change. Maybe you're living that right now

and discovering that your body does not stay the same forever.

Well, I want to remind you today that a local New Testament church is just that.

It's a body.

That's what the Lord Jesus Christ taught us, that he is the head, we are members, we're connected,

the church is the body of the Lord Jesus Christ,

which makes it a living, breathing organism.

There's a huge difference between an organism and an organization.

An organization may look great, but an organism.

Now, that's totally different.

It has life in it.

In fact, you can't really organize an organism.

The only way to do that is to dissect it and that kills it. So when we try to simply organize the

work of God and think that's enough, we've missed the whole point. No, we must have the very

life breath of the Holy Spirit of God to accomplish his work because the church is not an

organization. It's not run like every other organization. It is an organism. And as an organism,

it goes through seasons of change. There are transitions. There is loss. There are times where

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