Let me clarify. Jesus comes from the Hebrew name, Joshua, which means, “Yahweh saves.” The angel told Joseph to name Mary’s son Jesus, because “He will save His people from their sins” (Matt. God wants you to know of His love but He also wants us to be willing to tell others of His love for them as well. Copyright © 2021 Proclaiming the Gospel Is it right to appeal to felt needs (other than forgiveness) in presenting the gospel? 23:39; Rom. He died for them because they are sinners who are under God’s wrath and judgment. Peter also refers to Jesus as “the Prince of life” (Acts 3:15). Could you share the essenti… Since then, whenever I have thought of him, I have prayed that God would bring someone else into his life to share the gospel before he dies. Peter emphasized three truths that we must emphasize if we want to proclaim the gospel properly: To proclaim the gospel, we must exalt the Lord Jesus, confront sinners with their guilt and the danger of judgment, and offer God’s grace to those who repent. People must consider, Who is Jesus Christ? This prophecy by Isaiah, seven hundred years earlier, was fulfilled through the ministry of Jesus Christ. Don’t hesitate, out of fear of giving offense, to confront the sinner and warn him of impending judgment. There are Many Ways to Proclaim the Gospel. This refers to the future millennial kingdom, when Jesus will literally fulfill God’s promises to Israel. Peter also refers to Jesus as the Servant (a better translation here than Son) of “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” (3:13). 9:7). Jesus repeatedly called upon his disciples to preach the gospel to every living soul. 1:21). And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD. In this episode, Jeff breaks down kerygma so you can discover how simple it can be to share Christ with your family, co-workers, friends, neighbors, and more. Peter did not stand there tongue-tied. For sins of ignorance, an offering was available to remove guilt (Heb. Or, you can take them to verses where Jesus makes astounding claims, such as John 5:19-47, 8:31-59, or 14:1-11. But as a rule of thumb, the celebrant doesn’t proclaim the Gospel. It means to turn to God from our sin. And yet, at the same time, it had been announced beforehand by God’s prophets “that His Christ would suffer” and now God had fulfilled His word (3:18). The word “prince” means the leader or the author or originator. If you’re like me, then we all could use some instruction on how to proclaim the gospel when God opens the opportunity. This is the central fact of Christianity, without which everything else falls to the ground (1 Cor. 4:7), “What do you have that you did not receive? In the same way, we should seek to relate to people in a manner so that they can connect with the truth of the gospel. Furthermore, Jesus is the seed of Abraham through whom all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (Acts 3:25). If God is so gracious as to offer forgiveness and His kingdom blessings to those who crucified His Son, then surely He offers grace to every sinner who will repent. Peter sticks the knife in all the way to the handle when he tells them that instead of Jesus, they asked for a murderer to be freed and killed the Prince of life (3:14b-15a). It also humbles us by showing that we aren’t pretty good people who just need a little boost from God to get into heaven. But rather, he exhorts them (3:19), “Repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away.” If they would repent, God would send Jesus to bring times of refreshing and to restore all things (3:19, 21), a reference to the millennial kingdom. A Lasting Legacy: Choosing A Wife For Isaac (Gen. 24:1-67). You can also read more of his story below. How to Proclaim the Gospel in Everyday Life In order to proclaim the name of Jesus though, we must understand the power of his substitutionary atonement. If Peter’s audience wondered, “If He is raised, where is He?” Peter explains that He is in heaven “until the period of the restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time” (3:21). As the Prince or Author of life, He originates life, both physical and spiritual. It would be impossible for the grave to hold down “the Prince of life”! God had just used Peter and John to heal a man who had been lame from birth. He said, “For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes” (John 5:21). 20. The cross of Christ must be a central feature of our witness. Peter here exalts the name of Jesus. 12:10; 14:9). 15:22-31; Lev. It works together beautifully. If God uses us to bring physical healing to another person or to lead that person to saving faith in Christ, it is not because of anything in us. He was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven. When He comes, “every soul that does not heed” [obey] Him “shall be utterly destroyed from among the people” (3:23). But whatever sin it is, it leads to death and eternal judgment. We have not adequately presented the good news of Christ as Savior unless we confront people with the bad news, that they have chosen a murderer instead of the Prince of life. 2. Gospel proclamation has the strange sanctifying effect of making us love the Gospel even more. A crowd quickly gathered, amazed at what had happened. One of the most important things a Christian does is to redirect other Christians back to Jesus though the good news of the gospel. After his resurrection, Jesus commissioned his disciples to announce the gospel of the kingdom: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. The Lord faithfully provides opportunities to share His Gospel. Like those punching bags with sand in the base, you can knock Him down, but He’s going to come back up and knock you down! He declared that He is the life (John 14:6). Pray for God’s help. Offer encouragement to a friend and others who are ill or in need. We are lost sinners, alienated from God and unable to do anything to save ourselves. God spoke through them. Q. Invite others to the church where Christ is proclaimed. But, thankfully, there is a final element that we must include: After Peter’s indictment of his audience, you would expect him to say, “You’re all going to burn in hell for crucifying Jesus,” and walk off and leave them. The sinner needs to know who Jesus is and what He did. You can kill Him, but you can’t triumph over Him, because He is the Author of life itself. 49). But if He is the Savior and Lord, prophesied of in the Old Testament, crucified in accordance with God’s plan, but risen from the dead as He predicted, then He is also the coming Judge of the whole earth. As such, He fulfills the many Old Testament Messianic prophecies. God appointed Him as His Anointed One (the meaning of “Christ” or “Messiah”). The Lord directs His Gospel to be proclaimed to the ends of the earth so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may shine to open blind eyes, to bring people out of the darkness of sin and false religion. Proclaim consistently I’m struck by Jesus’ persistence in his message. 212, introduction to the Lectionary for Mass, no. How can we be prepared to take advantage of opportunities to share the gospel. Put words in groups that make sense to you, and which allow you catch your breath; i.e. With that as a starting point, we can begin to understand more of Christ’s faith and life. Since Jesus could not be stopped from achieving his salvation objective, I cannot be stopped from preaching the gospel as well. It will be foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those being saved, it is the power of God (1 Cor. They don’t want to offend people. But for willful, brazen defiance, which I understand to be tantamount to blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matt. He needs to feel his guilt so that he realizes his need for a Savior. They may never have read the Gospels, and so they may need to read them before they can make an intelligent decision to follow Christ. He is going to preach the Gospel, heal the sick and blind, and set the oppressed free. Peter also calls Jesus “the Holy and Righteous One” (3:14). In the Hebrew Bible, whenever they got to the name, “Yahweh,” they would say, “Adonai,” which means “Lord.” “The name” became a way of referring to God. Perhaps Peter was making up for his cowardly denial of Christ a few weeks before, but he is not diplomatic in hitting his audience with the terrible sin that they have committed in crucifying Jesus. To proclaim the gospel, we must exalt the Lord Jesus. says that there is no better definition of it than in the children’s hymn: “Repentance is to leave the sins we loved before, and show that we in earnest grieve, by doing so no more.” No matter how terrible your sins have been, if you will repent, you will experience in advance “times of refreshing” from God, because He will wipe away your sins and bless you. They were not ignorant and they could not be forgiven. And whether God uses your witness to save 2,000, as He did with Peter’s sermon, or maybe just one, you will be filled with joy to know that by turning a sinner from the error of his way, you have been used to save his soul from death (James 5:20). Show Christ through our daily lives and work, which express thanks to God and care for the common good. Let your gospel words be heard inside the local church. While Samuel himself made no recorded prophecy about Messiah, he did anoint David as king and spoke of the establishment of his kingdom through his descendent, which was fulfilled in Jesus (1 Sam. Does debt affect giving in modern times in light of the Israelite tithe and slaves? We talk about ourselves all the time–our jobs, our children, our houses, our cars– but such speech has nothing to do with the gospel. We owe them the gospel. Peter testifies that God raised Him from the dead, “a fact to which we are witnesses” (3:15). Only God is truly holy and righteous. Pray for opportunities to share the Gospel message. They need to hear about the loving Savior so they can believe in Him. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”. Unlike Peter, many modern preachers try to tiptoe around the matter of sin and guilt. It is used in this sense in Hebrews 2:10, where Jesus is called “the author of [our] salvation,” and in Hebrews 12:2, where He is called “the author and perfecter of faith.” He originates our salvation and our faith and He brings it to completion. We proclaim the Gospel in a variety of ways, because every audience is different. "GO into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to the whole creation.” Mark 16:15 No-one enjoys being 'Bible bashed' so what does the above verse look like in practical ways? Sermons can be shown as well as preached. Thus Peter, in relating to his Jewish audience, has shown Jesus to be in line with God’s promises to Abraham, Moses, and David. The Gospel Sets You Free. Other Jewish leaders, like Paul (and only God knew their hearts), were zealous for their Jewish system, but they were ignorant of Jesus’ true identity. He died on the cross. Peter refers to Jesus as God’s Christ, appointed for you (Acts 3:18 & 20). In Mark’s gospel, immediately before Jesus ascends into heaven, he entrusts the eleven apostles with a task of momentous gravity: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. They were responsible for their sin of putting Jesus to death. On another occasion, Peter affirmed his belief that Jesus is “the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). The good news can be taught in many forms. 13:14; 15:28; 28:17; 2 Sam. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture Quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition © The Lockman Foundation, Related Topics: Evangelism, Grace, Hamartiology (Sin), Soteriology (Salvation), Steve served as the pastor of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship from May, 1992 through his retirement in December, 2018. Peter’s second sermon in Acts gives us some help. Since he was talking to “men of Israel” (3:12), Peter used language and concepts that Jewish men could understand. If we were, then Christ died needlessly. Peter goes on (3:22) to show that Jesus is also the prophet whom Moses predicted in Deuteronomy 18:15 (see John 1:21, 25; 6:14; 7:40). The main thing is to bring the person face to face with who Jesus is. 11:26; see Zech. How To Preach The Gospel Effectively ‘The Spirit of the Lord is on Me because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the humble; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to appoint to those who mourn … People may reject Him at their own peril, or they may follow Him as Savior and Lord. After the race, a man came up to me and, without any introduction or greeting, said, “How old are you?” When I answered, his next words were, “When was the last time you had your prostate checked?” I must admit that I was a bit taken aback! He tells them that God sent His Servant Jesus “to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways” (3:26). 1. Those who would believe were to be baptized in his name and enter into his church. Without a Savior, they face both physical death and the second death, eternal separation from God in the Lake of Fire. In addition to powerful evangelism, FEBC uses real-life situations that listeners can relate to, as Jesus did more than 2,000 years ago. Spurgeon (ibid.) There will be a major revival in Israel just before the return of Christ (Matt. Verse 17 is difficult to understand in light of Jesus’ words in John 15:22, “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin [meaning, guilt], but now they have no excuse for their sin.” Also, Peter’s words seem to go against Stephen’s bold charges against the Jewish Sanhedrin, where he accuses them of receiving God’s law, but not keeping it when they killed Jesus (7:51-53). He went on to tell me that he was 53 and was dying of prostate cancer. We read in the Bible different things we must pray for. 1:18). Thus He could offer Himself as the substitute for sinners, without needing to make atonement for His own sins. Be proud of your own accent; do not contrive another. 1:15-16). The first and probably most important principle is: Peter’s sermon is full of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so should our witnessing be. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be … In much the same way, God will be with your mouth and give you utterance to proclaim the gospel in His power with impact in the lives of the hearers (see Colossians 4:3–4). We must proclaim the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. In his first sermon, Peter quoted from Psalm 16:10, where David declares that God will not allow His Holy One to undergo decay (Acts 2:27). About an hour later, I get brilliant ideas of what I could have said, but by then the opportunity is gone. And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?”, If someone praises you for something that you have done, there is nothing wrong with saying, “Thank you.” The person means it as an encouragement, and it is proper to thank them for their kind words. He is coming back again to fulfill God’s promises to Israel and to judge all who have rejected Him. Between Mike Gendron and a Catholic Apologist Proclaiming the Gospel . 4. A year ago last Thanksgiving Day, Marla and I had run in the Turkey Trot race at Buffalo Park. 1:14). Jesus was without any sin of His own. If we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, we must speak about the Lord Jesus Christ. He was basically an itinerant … Cite biblical examples. 15:12-19). If they do not repent, they will face God’s certain and awful judgment. Thus Peter shows us that to bear witness properly, we must exalt the name of Jesus: who He is and what He did, including what He will do when He comes again in power and glory. In fact, learning how to proclaim the Gospel in word (evangelism) is a part of our discipleship. It is a murderer that will kill you. It's not as hard as you may think. Although he was not in a listening mode, I wanted to say something to him about his eternal destiny, but I stood there tongue-tied. In what sense had Peter’s audience and their leaders acted in ignorance when they killed Jesus? Shownotes 7 Parts/Messages of the Kerygma: God loves you and has plan for your life. Yet, we aren’t called to just understand. While the Jews in Jesus’ day literally killed their Messiah, as Spurgeon points out, “Every sin in the essence of it is a killing of God” (Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit [Ages Software], vol. Jesus didn’t die on the cross for pretty good folks so that they could feel better about themselves and to help them succeed in life. They have killed Jesus by their sin. Is conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8) lacking in much of today’s evangelism? The cross humbles our pride, because it robs us of the glory of being our own savior. The Jews had a holy reverence for the name of God, so much so that they would not even dare pronounce it. This is why we must obey the Lord’s solemn command to us to proclaim the gospel to them. One of that is to “pray the … Not only that, Jesus was the one of whom all the prophets, from Samuel onward, had spoken (Acts 3:24). Besides, if someone has low self-esteem, hearing that he is guilty might drive him to despair. “Pray also for me, that whenever I may speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.” Ephesians 6:19 But if we omit sin and guilt, there is no need for a Savior! After the Savior’s forty-day fast and the temptation by Satan, “Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Somewhat accidentally we have discovered that people watch, listen to, remember and want to discuss “sermons” of love, “sermons” that indeed proclaim the Gospel. How to Preach the Gospel to your Neighbors, Being the Church is Loving the Person in Front of You, 4 Practical Suggestions for Being the Church in your Community. It’s an approach that pays attention to their daily needs, while never losing sight of Gospel truth. To exalt the Lord Jesus we must deflect any glory away from ourselves … As Paul tells the proud Corinthians (1 Cor. Peter begins his sermon by deflecting the glory for the miracle away from John and him, as if they had either the power or piety to make a lame man walk (3:12). He also shows the utter folly of rebellion against Jesus Christ. After showing who Jesus is, God’s Servant, the Holy and Righteous One, the Prince of Life, the Christ, and the Prophet, Peter’s audience should have realized that while they killed Jesus, at the same time He laid down His life willingly. I am empowered by the Holy Spirit to do exploits for God. At the outset (3:13), he nails them for delivering and disowning Jesus when Pilate would have released Him. But if they go on and on, or if there is any danger that you are robbing God of glory, you should say, “Thank you for your encouragement, but the Lord should get all the glory. It is a change of mind that results in a change of one’s entire life. If you’ve been a Christian, even for a short time, you have likely heard the gospel hundreds of times. We Must Exalt The Lord Jesus A. From 1977-1992 he was the pastor of Lake Gregory Community Church in Crestline, California. 7:12-16). The following points contribute to ‘Good Diction’: Pronounce the final letter in every word; do this in order to be understood. Note also that Peter affirms the divine inspiration of the Old Testament prophets. Pastor Chip shares about the Global Offering and how it was used to proclaim the gospel to Sharif, a student in Kuala Lumpur. Copyright, Steven J. Cole, 2000, All Rights Reserved. The apostle Paul was the chief of sinners, but he found mercy, so that in him as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life (1 Tim. The gospel should be spoken in the church because even the redeemed can drift back toward the opposite temptations of legalism and lawlessness. I have had many other opportunities to tell people about the Savior where I could not think fast enough to figure out what to say. Peter concludes (3:26) by stating again that Jesus is God’s Servant, whom He raised up (in the sense of 3:22, not a reference to the resurrection) and sent to bless them by turning them from their wicked ways. How To Proclaim The Gospel Acts 3:11-26 1. Peter emphasized three truths that we must emphasize if we want to proclaim the gospel properly: To proclaim the gospel, we must exalt the Lord Jesus, confront sinners with their guilt and the danger of judgment, and offer God’s grace to those who repent. Terminal Indifference: How Millennials Can Teach the Traditional Church How to Proclaim the Gospel (to them) eBook: Sparks, Jeffery: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store If Christ had not died for us, we would be eternally lost. Hallelujah! The first and probably most important principle is: 1. The apostles themselves had not understood this clearly until after the resurrection, when Jesus explained to them that the Christ had to suffer these things before He entered into His glory (Luke 24:26, 46). He graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M., 1976 in Bible exposition) and Califo... More. I am a servant of Jesus Christ who is commissioned to preach the gospel. Even the demons recognized Jesus as the Holy One of God (Luke 4:34). To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted. He alone enabled me to minister to you.”. Jesus was raised bodily from the dead. In the absence of a priest or deacon, several of the liturgical books make provisions for a lay minister to proclaim the Gospel, most notably Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest and the Book of Blessings . If a deacon is in the sanctuary, he does it. If so, people may choose to adopt some of His teachings and reject others, according to their own preferences. I ask you to be open to “proclaiming the gospel” and telling someone they are loved by God. If they did not heed Jesus after hearing Peter’s sermon, they would face His awful judgment (Acts 3:23). In Peter’s audience, there were varying levels of ignorance when it came to the death of Jesus. Peter was offering the hope of God’s mercy to any who would respond. The reason for their condemnation is that they have not heeded [obeyed] God’s Prophet Jesus (3:23). In the absence of a deacon, a priest may proclaim the Gospel (See General Instruction of the Roman Missal, no. Jesus came to set the captives free and heal the sick, but his primary mission was to preach the Gospel. Your email address will not be published. And, don’t fail to offer God’s grace and forgiveness to everyone who will repent. 53:9; John 8:46). Peter uses numerous titles that apply to Jesus, but they are all summed up in the phrase, “the name of Jesus.” He emphasizes this in verse 16, which hearkens back to verse 6, “And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; ...” Jesus’ name stands for everything that He is. I am anointed by Jesus Christ to proclaim gospel from house floors to rooftops. All stand guilty and condemned before God, as Paul argues so forcefully in Romans 1-3. How much does a person need to know about God and Christ in order to be saved? “And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message…” Colossians 4:3 Pray for boldness and clarity as you share the gospel. The word “disowned” means “to deny.” He repeats the word in the next verse, where the word “you” is emphatic: “You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead” (3:14-15). He will come again as the Savior of those who believe in Him, but as the fearful Judge of those who disobey Him. “Righteous” focuses on the fact that Jesus had done no wrong (Isa. Peter’s sermon is full of the Lord Jesus Christ, and so should our witnessing … How many times have you heard the gospel in a sermon, book, or conversation? As I explained in my sermon on Jesus’ prayer from the cross to forgive His enemies (“Our Great Need, God’s Greater Grace,” Luke 23:34 [6/25/2000]), I understand Peter to be reflecting the Hebrew concept of unintentional sins of ignorance as opposed to sins of willful defiance (Num. If Jesus’ body had still been in the tomb or if the Jewish leaders knew the whereabouts of Jesus’ body, Peter and the rest of the apostles would have been laughed out of town for making such a claim. b) The conviction that he was duty-bound to announce the Gospel: “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel!” (1 Co. 9:16-17) Consequently: “I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish” (Rm. While sometimes you must answer their questions, keep in mind the central fact, that the person needs to see who Jesus is. But everything in witnessing hinges on exalting the person of Jesus Christ. He was going around handing out leaflets to men about prostate cancer and to women about breast cancer. This Christ imposes some inescapable claims on every soul. What does the Bible say to the church, and to the individual Christian, about the role of politics in the church? To take any credit for anything that God does through us is to rob Him of the glory rightly due to His name. Whenever you proclaim the gospel, you are glorifying the Savior, whether or not anyone is saved. I am not talking about sharing with people on a large scale. We’ve all had opportunities to share our faith in Christ where we’ve blown it. 12:30-32), the person was without hope. But sharing Christ with others is also just as necessary. God sent His Servant Jesus to bless you, by turning you from your wicked ways! As Isaiah 53 shows, God’s servant would bear the sins of His people. You do not win if someone trusts the Redeemer and lose if nobody does; you win whenever you testify of the Lord, for God gets glory (2 Corinthians 2:14-16)—though, of course, it is a tremendous blessing for someone to come to Christ in repentant faith after you have pointed that person to Him! In Acts 1:8, Jesus had prescribed that the apostles would be His “witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Jesus will restore all things (3:21) and bring the times of refreshing (3:19) at His second coming, when God will send Jesus (3:20), who will be bodily present on earth again (3:19). 14, “Apostolic Exhortation,” on Acts 3:19). Jesus was not a self-appointed Christ. Is He a mere man who had some good moral teachings? To proclaim liberty to the captives. Others in the Jewish crowd were even more ignorant and were wrongly swayed by their evil leaders. We do not proclaim the gospel rightly unless we exalt Him. 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