Proclaiming Jesus

Immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: “He is the Son of God”…

But Saul grew stronger and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah. (Acts 9:20, 22)

It’s easy to just glance over these verses without a second thought.

But as I’ve mentioned before, one thing that we see in Acts is that the heart of the gospel is “Jesus is Lord.”

We see that in Paul’s messages right from the start.

“Jesus is the Son of God,” “Jesus is the Messiah,” were different ways of saying the exact same thing: “Jesus is God’s anointed King.”

The implication?

“It’s time to submit yourself to your good King’s reign.”

So as we tell people about who Jesus is, yes, it’s important to talk about how he is God who became human and dwelt among us. Yes, it’s important to tell people that he’s our Savior.

But the most important thing to tell them is, “He’s your rightful King. Come back under his good reign.”