Title: Open Door/Acts 28:16-31
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Open door/Acts 28:16-31
God gave Paul many obstacles, such as being beaten, wrecked in a boat, and imprisoned, as he struggled to preach the gospel of the Lord. Paul's door seemed to be closed and he had nowhere to go. However, in the last verse of Acts, it says that he taught freely in Jesus Christ. What is the reason that so much toil and difficulties were gone and the door to teaching without hesitation was wide open to the apostle Paul?
1. Paul had a vision God gave him.
2. Paul lived with a mission.
Paul was a man with a mission. I did not spare even my own life in the course of my race and the mission the Lord Jesus gave me, to testify to the gospel of God's grace. As the beginning of national evangelization, Paul gave priority to his beloved people. The content of evangelism was preaching Jesus with the Kingdom of God, the Law of Moses, and the words of the prophets. The king of the kingdom of God is the Messiah, and that Messiah is Jesus Christ, and the center of the law is to offer a sacrifice, and the sacrifice among those sacrifices is Jesus who died on the cross, and all the messages of the prophets are the hope of Israel. The hope of Israel is Jesus Christ. In this way, Paul preached the gospel with the help of a helper and especially with God's help, making it his mission to testify of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I will conclude
The words of God that Peter preached and the words of God that Paul spoke are the same. It doesn't matter who preached the gospel, but God's word is the same wherever you go. When Paul preached the gospel, there were people who refused and refused. It was the same with Peter. However, there is no need to give up or retreat from preaching the gospel. If you just have a sense of mission and preach the gospel, God will bear the results. Christ's plan for the expansion of the gospel and the foundation of the church remain unchanged. The word is being fulfilled that the gospel will be fulfilled to the ends of the earth. Today, we have a mission to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. That is, I myself received a vision of the gospel from God. The meaning and purpose of my life must be made clear through the vision God has given me. There is a blessing that the door will open wide to those who focus on the mission of the gospel, so I sincerely hope that you will receive and enjoy it.