Teaching And Preaching Jesus

It is important to make much of Christ....

TEACHING AND PREACHING JESUSTEACHING AND PREACHING JESUSBy Deborah | May 8, 2021 | Comments0 Comment

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Acts 5:42

The Apostles had a single purpose: to make much of Christ. They dedicated themselves to accomplishing the goal of witnessing of Christ anywhere and everywhere they went. This began, as Christ had said it would, in Jerusalem. Our text describes their work. Several things about it are worth considering. One thought is that they preached Christ daily. Another is they preached Christ publicly, ‘in the Temple’ and privately, ‘from house to house.’ In addition, to those thoughts is the topic, ‘Jesus as the Christ.’ There is no indication in the Scripture accounts that this practice ever changed. It was what they continued to do ‘in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’ It is the core business of the people of God today. Whether preaching, teaching in private, in public, under all circumstances and conditions, we have before us the opportunity and responsibility to make much of Christ. In, doing so, we are simply following the example of those who heard the mission statement from the mouth of Christ Himself. They ‘did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.’ We preach Christ as well. 

Our Gracious Master and our God,
we rejoice at the work you have given us to do.
We praise You that it is not about us,
but about You.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning