Today we are reading Acts 1. This exciting book details the earliest history of the Christian church. The author is Luke the physician and traveling companion of Paul. Luke also wrote the Gospel of Luke and some scholars speculate that the two books were written as a defense for Paul when he was on trial in Rome. The keyword for this chapter is mar-tu-ras. The definition is “witness, martyr, one who bears witness by his death”. This is the word Jesus uses to describe what His disciples will be. Jesus equips them and sends them to go out into the world and tell what they have seen and heard about Jesus. Today, 2,000 years later, we are the spiritual descendants of the disciples. We believe because they faithfully spread the word of God. Who will be your spiritual descendants? How can you faithfully spread the word of God concerning Jesus? Pray for God to show you who to reach out to! Pastor Tim