The “gospel” changes at Acts 1-2. One way of saying this is the proclaimer became the proclaimed one — but this misses that John preached about Jesus, too. And Jesus’ own message was self-directed. But, still, a good point to be made: the preaching shifts to redemption in Christ in a direct and clear manner.<\/p>\n
Acts 8:4<\/a> <\/span>Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5<\/a> <\/span>Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ<\/a> there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Acts 9:19 Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20<\/a> <\/span>At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And this text by Peter says it all:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Acts 10:34<\/a> <\/span>Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35<\/a> <\/span>but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right. 36<\/a> <\/span>You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.<\/b> 37<\/a> <\/span>You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached- 38<\/a> <\/span>how
\nGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how
\nhe went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of
\nthe devil, because God was with him. 39<\/a> <\/span>“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40<\/a> <\/span>but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41<\/a> <\/span>He
\nwas not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already
\nchosen-by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42<\/a> <\/span>He
\ncommanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one
\nwhom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 43<\/a> <\/span>All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe gospel that was preached was a gospel about redemption through Christ.<\/p>\n
Speaking of changes, here is the “gospel\/kerygma” according to Irenaeus (from Against Heresies<\/i> 1.10.1):<\/p>\n
The Church, though dispersed through our the whole world, even to the
\nends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples this
\nfaith: <\/p>\n[She believes] in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven, and
\nearth, and the sea, and all things that are in them; <\/p>\nand in one Christ Jesus,
\nthe Son of God, who became incarnate for our salvation; <\/p>\nand in the Holy
\nSpirit, who proclaimed through the prophets <\/p>\nthe dispensations(6) of God, and
\nthe advents, and the birth from a virgin, and the passion, and the
\nresurrection from the dead, and the ascension into heaven in the flesh of the
\nbeloved Christ Jesus, our Lord, and His [future] manifestation from heaven in
\nthe glory of the Father “to gather all things in one,”(7) and to raise up anew
\nall flesh of the whole human race, <\/p>\nin order that to Christ Jesus, our Lord,
\nand God, and Saviour, and King, according to the will of the invisible Father,
\n“every knee should bow, of things in heaven,, and things in earth, and things
\nunder the earth, and that every tongue should confess”(8) to Him, and that He
\nshould execute just judgment towards all; that He may send “spiritual
\nwickednesses,”(9) and the angels who transgressed and became apostates,
\ntogether with the ungodly, and unrighteous, and wicked, and profane among men,
\ninto everlasting fire; but may, in the exercise of His grace, confer
\nimmortality on the righteous, and holy, and those who have kept His
\ncommandments, and have persevered in His love, some from the beginning [of
\ntheir Christian course], and others from [the date of] their repentance, and
\nmay surround them with everlasting glory. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The “gospel” changes at Acts 1-2. One way of saying this is the proclaimer became the proclaimed one — but this misses that John preached about Jesus, too. And Jesus’ own message was self-directed. But, still, a good point to be made: the preaching shifts to redemption in Christ in a direct and clear manner.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel"],"yoast_head":"\n
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