Will Someone Please Tell Me Why?
Before Jesus returned to heaven, He spoke to the apostles the “great commission”; what to preach to people that needed to be saved. In (Mk. 16:15-16) Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”
Beginning in Acts 2 we have various men who will put this command of Jesus into action. First, in Acts 2, Peter preaches the first gospel sermon. After the sermon, the people cried out, “Men and brethren what shall we do?” Peter responded to them, ‘Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins…..’ Peter obeyed what Jesus had commanded them to preach.
Turning to Acts 8:5 . . . .”Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.” In verse 12, “when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.” Here we have a different preacher and a different place; BUT he preached what Jesus had commanded, the same things Peter preached.
Turning to Acts 16:25 . . . .Paul and Silas were cast into prison for preaching Jesus. After some miraculous events, the keeper of the prison witnessing these events asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts16:30) In verses 31-34, for the jailor and his household to be saved, they believed and were baptized. The conclusion of the events is found in verse 34. “Now when he had brought them into his house, he sat food before them, and he rejoiced having believed in God with all his household.” So once again we have Paul and Silas preaching what Jesus had commanded. We have different preachers in a different city BUT preaching the same message as Peter and Philip. They obeyed the command of Jesus, all preached the same thing about how to be saved.
Now my question; in the town of Shippensburg or any city, why don’t all the preachers preach the same thing? They are preaching something different than what Jesus commanded. Now you know why there are so many different “churches”, which are not churches, but denominations that have divided preaching a different gospel than what Jesus commanded – Dennis Adams
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