Acts 3 -- Captive Audience

Back to blogging through the gospels/acts . . .
In Acts 3 as Peter presents the Gospel (in this stituation it is again an explaination of who Jesus was, that the prophets had fortold, that you killed him, God raised him up, repent and turn to God) he does so to a captive audience.

God had just healed a man (through Peter) and the people were astonished. Peter's explanation is really the gospel presentation. As I read this chapter it made me think of where Jesus spoke of not casting pearls to pigs . . . a mediphor for not throwing the beauty of the Gospel to those who have no heart for it and would trample it.

As I think about being a good steward of the Gospel, I think part of that is not only how you show the gospel, how you speak the gospel, but also when and to whom you share the gospel. The more we love the gospel, the more beautiful we see it, the more we understand it, the more we will share it in compelling ways, and guard it's beauty and integrity.