How To Get Someone Saved Wrongly Part 7

How To Get Someone Saved Wrongly Part 7

The Gospel that Jesus preached on earth is repentance unto the Kingdom of God. The Gospel that He commanded His disciples to preach includes that, as well as Redemption through His finished works.

In the last part, we saw that Peter preached the Gospel that consists of Repentance & Redemption. Let's look at what Paul preached.

Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 and teaching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 with all confidence, no one forbidding him. - Acts 28:30-31

Over here, we see the consistent message of the Gospel ----- Repentance (Kingdom of God) and Redemption (Jesus Christ).

Towards the end of Paul's ministry in Ephesus, he left his departing message:

How I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 AND 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. - Acts 20:20-21

We see the consistent theme in the Gospel: 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (unto the King & His Kingdom) and 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (because of Jesus Christ).

Paul added, "Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝." - Acts 20:26-27

Today, we go to the extreme when it comes to sharing the Gospel with the lost: either we swing to the conservative side and simply talk about Repentance, or we swing to the other end and simply talk about Redemption.

The Gospel of the Kingdom must include both Repentance (The King & His Kingdom) and Redemption (Jesus Christ & His finished works). Hence, we need to share this if we want to see genuine salvation with the accompanying obedience of water baptism and Holy Spirit baptism that lead to further advancement of His kingdom, instead of producing pew-warmers who might not be saved.