The Gospel matters.
As in it's summarized in chapter 1:1-9. Again in ch. 2:22-38. Again in ch. 3:13-23. Again in ch. 4:8-12. Again in ch. 5:29-32. And I know Stephen is fixing to lay it on them yet again in ch. 7 even though I haven't gotten there yet.
In fact, recounting the Gospel matters so much that the apostles literally took beatings, imprisonment, etc. and kept on ticking... They just kept telling the story and seemed happy to do so. This man, Jesus the Nazarene, whom you crucified... the King of life... the Prince of Peace... Whom God foreordained to die in your place... Repent and believe.... There is no other name given under Heaven by which we may be saved...
Wow. They just seemed to love to tell the story.
And they didn't vary it to suit their audience. There is no other name given under Heaven...
And after they were beaten for being redundant and telling this story again, even after they had been warned not to do so, they were still happy. I think the text says they went on their way rejoicing, already planning their next sermon (or something like that).
I guess they didn't realize that everybody goes to Heaven, regardless of what they believe, and that those beatings, imprisonments, and executions were totally unnecessary. Not to mention the death of Christ Himself.
Unless they were right in which case...
The Gospel matters...
And maybe we should be telling it?
And maybe we should be telling it?
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