Lesson 3

Bro. Don continues his series on the church as God’s divine design by emphasizing from Acts 1:4–8 that the church’s mission is still relevant, urgent, and personal today. He reminds believers that the church is not merely a place or membership but a called-out people united in purpose, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and commanded to be witnesses of Jesus everywhere. The early church, though small in number, depended fully on the Spirit and turned the world upside down, demonstrating that the task is impossible without God’s power. Bro. Don challenges the congregation to move beyond programs and comfort into active obedience, stressing that every believer has a personal responsibility to receive the Spirit’s power and share the gospel locally and globally. He warns against complacency and misplaced focus, urging the church to center everything on Jesus, the only true message, and to faithfully carry that message to a lost world.