Preaching the Gospel Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Throughout biblical history there have been called messengers who spoke what thus saith the Lord. During the OT prophets spoke for God encouraging the people to repent and turn back to God. John the Baptist the forerunner of Jesus Christ preached repentance and encouraged his followers to be baptized with water. Water baptism is symbolic of what has taken place within the believer's heart of being baptized in the body of Christ. In our lesson text, we see Jesus Himself preaching the gospel of repentance of the kingdom of God and salvation is in Him for He is God's Son. Christ's disciples preached the gospel of repentance for the remission of sin. The church grew as a result of preaching the gospel and the same message is to be preached today and forever as Christ left His ministerial leaders to proclaim His message to the world. Laity has a gospel message in his or her witnessing Christ. The gospel message is to be shared as the harvest fields are great and the laborers are few. The invitation to lost souls to repent remains open as God is preparing a heavenly feast for all who will hear the gospel and repent so that the repentant heart will become members of God's royal family. Preach the gospel! Comments are welcome Author's contact: wwhite@goodshepherdwritingandpublishing.com http://willie-writing.blopgspot.com Today's discussion is taken from my monthly devotional "Heavenly Bread", which is available from the author and Amazon.com.
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