The power of the Gospel brings transformation from the inside out. There is no dichotomy between Sunday and everyday life, church and the workplace. The Antioch church was a model church to non-believers so powerfully that the disciples were named “Christians” for the first time:
“For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.”
Acts 11:26
Christian meant ‘follower of Christ’ or ‘imitator of Christ.’ When the non-believers saw the disciples’ godly lifestyles, it was so evident to them that God was active and working both within the lives of the disciples and the community as a whole. The members of the Antioch church were not simply attendees but they each became a church on the move. And it was through their genuine faith and deep spirituality that the church was able to make such a great impact for God’s Kingdom. God is calling each one of us to become the church wherever we are each day.
