The Gospel!

Acts: 8:35 "Then Phillip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus";

During the 40 days following his resurrection, Jesus met with his disciples on numerous occasions. During these gatherings Jesus instructed them to preach the gospel message to a dying world.It is with this single message,that we can reach out and save a dying world.Everything we will ever need can be found in Jesus God's gift to mankind. Everything God wanted to say to man, everything he wanted to do for man, everything he wanted to give to man was accomplished when he gave us Jesus the Christ, the power of God.

  In Jesus is the fulness of life,he is the abundance of life God promised,and this the early saints understood.Even though they were smaller in number, they were big in faith,love, and they understood where their strength and power came from.They did more with less, while we are doing less with more.They didn't have the megga buildings but their church was built on the foundation of the gospel.They didn't have T.V., radio or the social networks,but they shared the truth of God's word everywhere they went. No matter what challenges ,trial , and/or tribulation came their way, they never lost focus as to what their mission was ,nor did they sway from their message,as they continued to reach out to a lost world.They didn't change the message to get the people, the people changed to get the message,they trusted God's word to do just what he said it would do.

When sin crept in, they reached out with the gospel, when envy raised its ugly head they reached out, preaching Christ and him crucified. When trouble tried to enter the body of believers thru murmuring, they never lost sight of their mission; even when faced with death(like stephen) they reached out with the love of Jesus, and prayed that the charge be not held against their enemies.They realized their strenght was in doing God's will, they were lead by  Gods spirit, and trusted in Gods word, and reached out with Jesus the Christ God's gift  to a dying world.