| church of Christ |
| Bringing the Gospel to the whole world |
| TA Baisden |
| The apostle's and other in the first century taught Christ through out the whole "known" world that existed at that time. The people in many places rejected that teaching of Christ. Today all of the world which is all nations and all races of people come from the "known" world in the first century who heard about Christ. Mark 16:15, Col. 1:23 Like the Jewish people though out the Old Testament of the Bible, the people of the first century chose not to pass that teaching of God on. So after generations the "Living" and "True" GOD was not spoken about or taught. By the rejection and lack of teaching of the first century generations many nations, countries and races of people follow after their early generation (fathers) by worshipping false gods and their fasle teaching. Josh. 24:15 So in this way all of mankind should have known Christ as our Lord and Savior century they knew and know not God and/or Christ Jesus.The opportunity was there just as it was for the Jewish nation in the Old Testament but many generations of the Jew then as now do not teach or believe in Christ, the Bible tells us that they went whoring after other gods as most of the world today has done. Is there not hope for these people? of course there is as long as they lived upon the earth, they must ignore the teaching of their past generation's and the traditions past down from them. How is this done? In the same way that the first century people were taught, by seeking the Living God through our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus and the plan of salvation. (how to be saved) Heb. 5:8-9 By teaching people of this generation today, other generations to come, as well as now will know about the true God and the Gospel of Christ. Col. 1:23 Was the whole world taught? you better believe it and if it hadn't been ignored by the first century people, everyone in the whole world would have know of Christ teaching. Col. 1:23 Just as the apostle and others did in the first century are job as Christian is to teach the Gosple of Christ and the plan of salvation to everyone and every place in the world today, and hope that some will not reject it as their fathers did before them. In this way God will be remember as he is today and as in the first century by a chose few. Matt. 22:14, Heb. 2: 3-4 |
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