Please turn with me to the end of the Gospel by Luke.
As we turn there, we pass over the 89 chapters of the Gospels.
We are passing over the 250 events recorded about the 3-plus years of Christ’s Earthly ministry.
We are passing over the countless sermons, personal soul-winning events, and private teachings Jesus performed and offered to His Disciples.
In Luke 24:44-49, we find Jesus summarizing His ministry and formulating the sending of His Men to their ministries. Listen carefully:
Luke 24:47 “and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Wow, they are given a message and told to wait until they are connected with the very intimate, indwelling power source of God’s Spirit. Then, when they are online, bang, they are to launch out and do what they saw, heard, and learned from the very life and ministry of Jesus.
Now, turn to the launching pad. It is found in the book of the Acts of the Holy Spirit. That is the sequel to Luke. Luke wrote as the Holy Spirit inspired Him WHAT HAPPENED (that is the content of the Gospels), and then he wrote HOW THEY SHARED WHAT HAPPENED (that is the book of Acts), and then in the Epistles, we have WHY ALL THIS HAD TO HAPPEN. That, in brief, is a summary of the entire New Testament.
Now as we turn to Acts we are actually turning on a video that lasts 30 years. What did I just say? Acts is not so much a book on doctrine as it is a divinely recorded and edited video of 30 years of sharing the greatest message ever given, by the greatest witnesses ever chosen. You see, the Holy Spirit empowered the Apostles to go and take the Gospel to the World. And records a news reporter quality full-color videotape of the 30 years from Pentecost to Paul’s Imprisonment. The Book of Acts is our most critical insight into how they shared the Gospel!
So Acts is a video report of how the Apostles and disciples shared the Gospel message in every possible setting. What we get is to see how the eyewitnesses shared with the world what happened in the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus. As we go through all 28 chapters we find that there are 22-recorded events where a Gospel Message is presented. We will start this morning and finish the 22 events tonight.
The FIRST Gospel Presentation is in Acts 2.
The result? Note Acts 2:41
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
So, what was the summary of the first message? One word, REPENT.
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