FOURFOLD MINISTRY OF JESUS | TO PREACH THE GOSPEL

1. Fourfold Ministry of Jesus

a) The Ministry of Jesus, spanning the three years or so between his baptism and his death, laid the foundation for the ministry of all Christians.

b) Here is one of the fourfold ministry of Jesus.

2. To Preach The Gospel

a) "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since then the gospel of the kingdom is preached..." (Luke 16:16).

b) "He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel..." (Luke 20:1).

c) "God... in these last days has spoken to us by his Son..." (Hebrews 1:1-2).

d) "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was first spoken by the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard..." (Hebrews 2:3).

e) Those passages show that Jesus was the first gospel preacher after the Old Testament prophets. Any commentary Jesus made on the law of Moses was incidental (Matthew 15:1-9).

f) We often hear Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) called "the first gospel sermon" — however this is intended to mean only that this is the first record of the disciples of Jesus preaching the gospel after they were empowered and after Jesus established his church. It is not meant to imply that the gospel had not been previously preached. 

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