“At once, he began to preach in the synagogues that
Jesus is the Son of God.” (Acts 9:20)
The Gospel of Mark ends with Jesus saying in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the good news
to all creation.”
Jesus had completed His mission on earth and had now imparted
that mission to His disciples. Jesus died for us so that all might be saved and
come into relationship with God.
1 Timothy 2:4 says, “Who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the
truth.”
In Acts 9:7 Paul was blinded by God during his quest to
persecute followers of Christ. For three days Paul was blind until Ananias (in
Acts 9:18) was sent by God to heal Paul. Paul had fervently practiced his
Jewish faith all his life.
Galatians 1:14 says, “I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and
was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.”
Yet upon the restoration of Paul’s eyesight, he instantly
began proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ!
Here is a man who was totally immersed and indoctrinated in the
Jewish faith, yet immediately without years of training, without a solid church
to support him, without a Bible-based Sunday school class, or a mentor to guide
him, Paul began preaching.
He let Jesus’ life naturally flow from his own. And we are
called to do the same. You do not need one more sermon or one more Bible study
to proclaim the good news of Jesus; you merely need to believe He is your
Savior, He did live, He died for your sins, He did rise from the dead, He has
equipped you with the Holy Spirit, and YES, Jesus will return, and that He
desires all to be saved!
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
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