by Dave Brown
Ye often hear it said ...
An experience is
worth 1000 scriptures.
but the Apostle Paul stated (Rom. 1:16) ...
For I am not
ashamed or the gospel, for it is the
power of God unto salvation to everyone ...
For the gospel to save however it must be taught,
believed, and obeyed (Mt. 28:18- 20; Mk. 16:15-16; Lk. 24:45-49). The Great
Commission in action is seen in the following cases of conversion to Christ:
Jews on Pentecost Acts 2:22-38, 40-41, 47
Samaritans Acts 8:12
Simon Acts 8:13
Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 8:26-39
Saul of Tarsus Acts 9:1-6; 22:16; Acts 26
Cornelius Acts 11:14; 10:1-4, 47-48
Lydia Acts 16:14-15
Philippian Jailer Acts 16:25-33
Corinthians Acts 18:8
All those thus saved by obeying from the heart a form of
Christ's death, burial and resurrection (Rom. 6:3-6, 16-18), were united in the
one body of Christ, His blood-bought church; and by these same acts of
obedience became citizens of Christ's kingdom by virtue of this "new birth
of the water and of the Spirit" (Jn. 3:3-5; Col. 1:13-14; Eph. 2:13-16;
Heb. 12:22, 28). Jesus is the author of eternal salvation only to such as
obey Him (Heb. 5:9; Mt. 7:21-28). Have you been saved by this powerful word?