![]() What did the disciples speak of when they preached the gospel? They simply testified of the Lord’s resurrection. If you read the book of Acts, what stands out about the disciples’ testimony is that they were witnesses of the resurrected Christ – the Lord’s resurrection was the focus of their ministry (see Acts 1:22 2:32 3:13, 15, 26 10:39-40 13:33 17:3, 18). The Lord’s Resurrection was the Focus of the Apostles’ Ministry in the book of Acts The Lord wants us to see Him, enjoy Him, be with Him, and experience Him, and then we will spontaneously testify of what we have enjoyed of Him and experienced of Him, and the result is that He is being propagated on earth. What we need is not more teachings or doctrines we need more seeing, more enjoyment, and more experience of Christ, and then we will spontaneously testify.įor example, if you like football and see a great football game, when you recollect it and tell others you will be very excited about it others may not be that excited, but you were there, you saw it with your own eyes. We, the twenty-first century believers, have not seen the Lord physically – and neither did the apostle Paul, but the Lord has appeared to us and He constantly appears to us therefore, we cannot help but testify of what we witness of the Lord’s appearing to us.įor us to testify of Christ we first need to have experiences of seeing and enjoyment concerning the Lord and spiritual things. In His heavenly ministry Christ first propagates Himself through His disciples for the raising of the churches, the increase of the kingdom of God the way He propagates Himself is by having His witnesses testify of what they have seen. A witness is one who personally witnesses something he has a first-hand encounter and then testifies of what he has seen. Rather, the Lord Jesus as the ascended Head of the Body uses a particular way to propagate Himself on earth: He uses a group of witnesses, the first-hand account witnesses who were with Him and to whom He has appeared to.Īs believers in Christ we are not called to do a work of teaching or preaching but to bear a living testimony of the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ. ![]() ![]() Many believers think that the way the kingdom of God is spread today is by preaching the gospel, that is, by doing a work for God, and for this they need to be prepared, trained, and qualified as “gospel preachers” and “Bible teachers”.īut the disciples in Acts did not go to a Bible seminary, neither were they trained how to preach the gospel or raised up churches. The apostles were witnesses of the resurrected Christ – they witnessed not only in word but also by their life and action, especially bearing witness of His resurrection we as witnesses of Christ need to testify of His resurrection in our speaking and our life and action.
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