"Now I Make Known To You..."

One of my favorite things about being with my family is the chance to read the Bible with them, and then to listen to my father talk about spiritual things! I was reminded of this the other night when we were reading through Luke 20, and verse 1 was read: "On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel..."

My father's comment was, "Wouldn't it be something to hear Jesus preach the gospel? What would that be like... maybe it wouldn't be so wonderful, as evidenced by the response of those who heard Jesus' teaching!"

You see, when Jesus presents the gospel, He presents Himself! This of course motivated a response from the religious leaders: by what authority do you say these things? For in fact, to claim oneself as the Messiah and Savior is a bold claim that is reserved for God alone.

I can discuss methods all day long, but the message is of paramount importance. What is the message? Christ! What of Christ? Christ crucified and resurrected! I Corinthians 15:1-4... "Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ dies for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures."

Humbly Submitted,
JE