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Peter's Evangelism
The Early Church's story is a kind of A, B, C of Evangelism. All the points in the following pages are based on one Bible passage taken from Acts chapter two verses fourteen to forty one. The apostles applied the lessons that Jesus had taught them when they addressed large crowds shortly after the Day of Pentecost.
Listen to Peter's evangelism. "Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd, 'Listen to these words, fellow Israelites.'" What Peter knew in his heart and mind had to be shared. It reminds me of the Bishop who spoke to a young Irish curate after hearing this young man's first sermon. "Your sermon," the Bishop explained, "was full of peace and mercy."The curate beamed with pride until the Bishop added, "Peace which passes all understanding and mercy which endures for ever!"
Peter's evangelism continues, "In accordance with his own plan, God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.... All the people of Israel, then, are to know for sure that this Jesus whom you crucified, is the one that God has made Lord and Messiah."1 The evangelist sometimes has to attack injustice, but he or she should remember the example of his master, "Jesus criticized, but He was prepared to die for His critics."
1Acts 2:23,36
"Peter's Evangelism."
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