Straight From His Mouth
Mark 1:14-15
ESV
14 Now after
John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God, 15
and saying “ The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, Repent and
Believe in
the gospel."
Sometimes
when you hear preachers on radio or podcasts, or when you watch them on
tv, or listen to them on Sundays and Wednesdays…..It’s pretty common, in
my opinion, to wonder what style of preaching Jesus had. I mean, we are all to follow Jesus' lead and tell others about Him right? So how did He tell others? Well, let's see...
Reading the
above verse should be a good indicator of how Jesus preached, and to put it in
terms we can understand…..the above verses would kind of be like an alter call
at church. Notice no frills, no puffed
up preaching, and certainly no feel good about your sin type verbage
either. Plain and simple….Jesus said
REPENT and BELIEVE…
Wonder why
there is such a problem with the simplicity of salvation. He didn’t say Repent, Believe, and say 3
prayers per day…or Repent, Believe, and tell your sins to your preacher….Nope,
it is as simple as Repenting ( turning from your sinful life, being sorry for
your sinful life) and Believing ( grow in faith by Knowing God had a Son named
Jesus who died for YOU).
After we are
comfortable with the above mentioned commandments from Jesus himself, we need
to pursue a truly close relationship with Him, by reading His word, by prayer, and by fellowshipping with other Christians.
We should
never be comfortable with where we are spiritually…we should always long to be
closer to the one who gave His Son.
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