God'S Entrust And Order To The Church:To Pass The Gospel To All Who Are Created, Spread The Gospel To The World.

1. At the beginning, God has already confessed: “To be rich and raised, to fill the ground, to rule the land.” (Genesis 1:28) People are made in accordance with the image and style of God. But people have violated God's command, so sinners have grown up in this world, righteous people have grown down.

2. God destroyed the generation at that time. God chose Noah and once again commanded Noah: "Because God made man in his own image. You have to grow a lot, and prosper on the earth." (Gen. 9:7) But the man once again violated God's command,lost the glory of God.

3. God chose Abraham from among the people and told him: "...All the people of the earth will be blessed by you." (Gen. 12:2-3) and said: "Abraham must become a powerful nation, on the earth. All nations will be blessed by him. I will care for him, that he will command him to command his sons and his families, to obey my ways, to do justice, and to make what I promised Abraham's words." (Gen 18: 18-19)

The nation of Israel came out of Abraham. But the Israelites have repeatedly sinned, followed the customs of the Gentiles, and tarnished themselves, and their hearts were hard. Therefore, the last sentence of the Old Testament says: "Behold, the day when the LORD is great and fearful, I will send the prophet Elijah to you. He will turn his father's heart to his children, and the children's hearts will turn to his father, lest I will curse all over the place." (Mal 4:5-6)

It can be seen that in the last generations of the Old Testament, the mouth of the people was close to God, but the heart was far from God. God sent the prophets to preach the words of God, and if they did not repent, they would be cursed by God. If you repent, the blessing will come from high heaven.

4. Before the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven, he commanded the disciples: "Go to all the world, and preach the gospel to all who are made. The baptism will be saved. The unbelief will be condemned." (Mark 16:15-16) Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

5. ” Don't leave Jerusalem, wait for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and after the Holy Spirit, "You will have power. And in Jerusalem, Judaea, and Samark Leah, until the end of the earth, be my testimony.” (Acts 1:8) The apostle himself testified, “We must concentrate on prayer and preaching.” (Acts 6:4)

They preached the gospel in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem church developed, but the apostles have been gathering in Jerusalem and have not taken the initiative to go forward - the Lord has told them to go into all the world. But they did not follow the will of the Lord, so God attacked the church in Jerusalem, and the church was greatly persecuted and difficult. The Bible says: “Besides the apostles, the disciples are scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria.” (Acts 8:1)

The apostles still refused to leave Jerusalem. Therefore, God used Philip to push the gospel to Samaria. This was originally intended to be given to the apostles, but the apostles refused to obey, and God raised another person to do his work. Later, when the Samaritans believed in the Lord, the apostles Peter and John rushed over to help them ask for the Holy Spirit. Then the apostle returned to Jerusalem. (Acts 8:14-25)

6. God showed vision to Peter and asked Peter to eat the things from heaven. But Peter refused, and Peter said,“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. (Acts 10:15-16) Since Peter was self-righteous, he was bound by the original laws and regulations, his heart was hard, and he did not will to listen to God, so God would take back his grace.

7. Peter returned to Jerusalem. Many people attacked him. Because he baptized the Gentiles, Peter told them that this vision and Cornelius received the Holy Spirit. He said, “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized withwater, but you will be baptized withthe Holy Spirit.’So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?” (Acts 11:15-17)

They would not dare to attack, only to glory and God. But they still refuse to go out. Later, knowing that the gospel was passed to Antioch, the church in Jerusalem sent Barnabas to help them. When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul to help him preach the Word of God. The church of Antioch developed.

8. The Jerusalem church was again persecuted, and even the apostle Jacob died in Jerusalem. But the apostles still refused to leave Jerusalem and still live in Jerusalem.

9. God chose Paul. When Paul returned to Jerusalem, God told him: "“When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’ From Acts 13th,the Bible began to talk about Paul's missionary journey. He preached the Gospel in Asia Minor, in Europe, and began to have believers and churches in many places. In addition to the 15 chapters of the Jerusalem meeting, Peter spoke a word, and Peter did not appear again in Acts.

10. When Peter, James, and John met Paul and Barnabas, they told them: "10. When Peter, James, and John met Paul and Barnabas, they told them: "Jacob, the sacred priest, John, who is called the pillar of the church, will pay the right hand to me and Barnabas. Let us go to the Gentiles, and they go to the circumcised.” (Gal. 2:9) But the Lord had clearly told the apostles Peter: “But the Holy Spirit is upon you, and you will have power. And in Jerusalem, Jewish land, and Samaria, until the end of the earth, as my testimony." (Acts 1:8) .”

Peter made excuses for themselves, they refused to obey the Lord. They said that they would go to the circumcised people. The Lord clearly did not order them. God has his good intentions and preparations, but God is not really happy about what Peter's do. Their eyes were also covered, and their hearts were ruled. They know the truth clearly, but they do not obey the truth, and therefore they give birth to the wrong heart and the feared heart.

When he saw the circumcised man from Jacob, Peter was blamed by Paul for being afraid of these circumcised people, even with the falsification of the gang. Lying is from the devil. Why can Paul see it? It is because God chose him, and because he followed the will of the Lord, he preached the gospel.

11. From Jerusalem, the lessons of some circumcised men came out, and telling people to be circumcised led to the rule of work, suppressing believers, and limiting the continual advancement of the gospel. Paul and Barnabas argued with them in great disputes. So the Jerusalem meeting was held, and in the Jerusalem church, everyone’s opinions were also inconsistent. Peter also rose to speak, and both Paul and Barnabas rose up to bear witness. Jacob said, "So according to my opinion, it is not difficult for the Gentiles to submit to God." (Acts 15:19)

At the end of the day, everyone will decide: Just do not commit a few God's commandments: "At the end of the day, everyone will decide: Just do not commit a few God's commandments: " It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell”.

This is in line with the words of the Bible prophet: " The words of the prophets are also in harmony with this meaning.” (Acts 15:15) The apostle told the church in Antioch that there was no other burden. Therefore, everyone is greatly happy, and the work continues to push forward.

12. Circumcision has been in effect for two thousand years. But the new situation encountered in the development of the apostolic church is that the Gentiles have come to believe in the Lord and whether they should be circumcised. In fact, circumcision is not just a matter of circumcision itself, but is followed by a large number of laws and regulations. This is a representative question. The circumcised people rise up to suppress people by the laws and regulations, and the rules of men become larger than the rules of God.

Jesus blamed: Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observeyour own traditions! (Mark 7:6-9 NIV)