There’s a lot of talk about God today. It’s all over the place. There is not a lot of talk about Jesus Christ. It’s under His Name that every knee shall bow.
It wasn’t like that in the early Church. “…we preach Christ crucified…Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (Paul in 1 Cor. 1:23b, 24) Peter, after being baptized in the Holy Spirit, went out and preached about Jesus, his miracles, his death and resurrection. He exhorted them to “Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” The Lord added to their number day by day (Acts 2).
The early church preached about Jesus, about the Kingdom of God. People believed in Him and were baptized with water and then filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke in tongues, and became bold and evangelized. God blessed them by adding to their number and multiplying them. They became such a great power that Rome was afraid of them.
The power is in Christ. God has given to Him “all authority in heaven and on earth.” He, Jesus, commissioned us to go and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and teaching them all that He (Jesus) commanded. That is what the Apostles and their disciples did, with boldness and empowerment by the Holy Spirit.
Are we preaching Christ crucified? Or some other gospel.
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