HOW JESUS PREACHED HOW PAUL PREACHED
Jesus did not speak His own words, but the words that the Father gave Him (John 8:38-42; 12:49-50; 14:24). His message was not primarily about Himself, but rather the good news that the Father ordained to be announced on earth. While Jesus Christ was categorically the most important individual ever to walk this earth, the Bible shows clearly that the gospel that Jesus brought was not simply about Himself. Read His statements, and prove this for yourself:
» And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. (Matthew 4:23)
» And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. (Matthew 9:35)
» Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:14-15)
» [Jesus] said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” (Luke 4:43)
» Now it came to pass, afterward, that [Jesus] went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings [gospel] of the kingdom of God. (Luke 8:1)
» The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. (Luke 16:16-17)
» And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)
PAUL PREACHED
Welcome to you to our Book of Acts Bible Study, “Preach Jesus Christ – Apostle Paul Preached Jesus And the Cripple Walked.” Today, we shall continue to examine Acts Chapter Fourteen, Acts 14: 8-18.
Both Apostles Paul and Barnabas escaped persecution in Iconium by fleeing to Lystra and Derbe. These two Apostles preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to these cities and surroundings.
“A certain man” in Lystra, was sitting who was lamed in his feet. He was a “cripple” from birth, he never walked, Acts 14:8. This crippled man heard Apostle Paul preached about Jesus Christ. As Paul gazed on the man he perceived “that he had faith to be healed,” Acts 14:9.
Realizing this, Apostle Paul commanded the man to, “Stand upright on” his “feet.” “And he leaped and walked,” Acts 14:10.
When the citizens of the city saw the miracle Apostle Paul did, they thought he was a god, Acts 14:11. Thinking both apostles are gods, the citizens gave them names, for every god has a name, Acts 14:12.
In light of their thinking, theses residents along with their local priests, planned to worship their new gods, Paul and Barnabas, Acts 14:13.
However, when the Apostles of Christ, had knowledge of their plans they made every effort to stop them, Acts 14:14. The Apostles efforts to stop the residents worshipping them as gods include a sermon. Apostle Paul preached Jesus Christ to them. He informed the citizens of Lystra they were not gods but “men” of “like passions with” them and by these words were barely able to restrain the people, Acts 14:15 -18.
Apostles Preached Jesus with Authority & Power of the Holy Ghost
It’s the power of the Holy Spirit and the authority in the name of Jesus Christ, which demarcates Apostolic Believers from others. It was this difference in authority and in power , which affected the people of Lystra.
Paul by the authority of the Holy Spirit spoke hope to the man “impotent” in his feet. The Lord honored Paul’s words because the man immediately leaped and walked for the first time in his life.
Today, preach Jesus with the same authority and power and those hear this preaching, if the believe, will be saved.