All the words of this life.....

What did the Angel of the Lord mean in Acts 5:20?
They mentioned the Covenant Keeping God,raising up of Jesus,the exaltation of Jesus,to be a Prince and a Saviour,giving repentance,and forgiving sins.....they mentioned they were witnesses of these things,as was the Spirit,whom God has given to believers....

What else does this suggest to You? WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL PHRASE......ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE?

 

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III. Thirdly, THIS MESSAGE IS DESCRIBED: “Speak to the people all the words of this life.” Our teaching, if we are true to Christ, will be not only a doctrine, but a life. The high priest conceived that they preached doctrine, for he said, “Ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine.” Yet it may as truly be called life as truth. The Christian religion is like Christ—way, truth, and life. We have to preach “words of life,” truth which brings life, feeds life, and perfects life. We are to preach all the great truths which concern eternal life. What are the “words of this life”?

If I had to give a short list of them, I should say, the first word of this life is “Jesus Christ,” for in the forty-second verse we read, “They ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ”; Jesus has the words of eternal life. We preach His Deity, His manhood, His offices, His sacrificial death, His resurrection, and everything about Him. We preach Christ crucified, and if we did not, we should not speak the words of life.

The next word to use would be “atonement.” There is no preaching “the words of this life” except we preach the sacrificial death of the Son of God. The apostles boldly spoke of our Lord’s death, for they said to the council, “Whom you slew and hanged on a tree.” They had mentioned the precious blood, for the high priest said, “You intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” Leave out the satisfaction made by Christ for sin, leave out the doctrine of a real and effective substitution, and you have left out of the gospel “the blood which is the life thereof.” “The words of this life” are not preached to the people where the cross is put in the background.


The next word, to my mind, would be “resurrection.” This they preached very fully, saying, “Him has God raised from the dead.” The resurrection of Christ secured the justification of believers, and also guaranteed their resurrection from the dead by virtue of their union with Him. If the resurrection were more fully preached at this time, I am confident that it would be a powerful means of conversion. Nor could the apostles forget “regeneration.” They would echo their Lord’s words, “You must be born again.” This new birth is possible to you, for “He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” Leave out the doctrine of the new birth, and you have left out one of the cardinal “words of this life.”

Then comes “faith.” What a word is this! “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” “By grace you are saved through faith.” He who does not preach justification by faith has not begun to preach “the words of this life.” He that believes in Christ has everlasting life, but without faith all is death.

The sixth out of seven words is “indwelling.” The Holy Spirit comes into the heart, and abides there, working sanctification within, and producing holiness without. “Without holiness no man shall see the Lord,” and if holiness is not preached as the effect of the indwelling Spirit of God, “all the words of this life” are not spoken to the people.
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Then comes the doctrine of the eternal life; that the life given by the Holy Spirit never dies. “The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” This eternal life is seen here in the perseverance of the saints; it is seen hereafter in their immortality and endless glory. To leave out this would be to leave out the grandest of “the words of this life.”

If you desire another outline of the gospel, I would refer you to Peter’s little address to the council. Read at the twenty-ninth verse. Here is the principle of this life: “We ought to obey God rather than men.” He, who gets this life into him, will be under law to God, and when that law goes counter to the authority of man, man’s law will go to the wall. God is supreme to the man who has this life; he lives as an obedient child of God.


The next great truth mentioned by Peter is the cause of this life. He declared the death of Christ— “Whom you slew and hanged on a tree,” that followed by His resurrection—“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,” that followed by His ascension to glory—“Him has God exalted with His right hand.” These are historical facts which contain vital doctrines. We must keep on hammering away at this; Jesus died, rose again, and rose to heaven to make intercession for us, because of all this there is life for the sons of men. There is no teaching “all the words of this life” unless these three great facts flame out like the stars of heaven, and are made to be essential to our eternal life.

Then comes the manner by which we receive this life, namely, as a free gift. Jesus is exalted “to give repentance.” The gift of God is eternal life. Salvation is by free grace and free grace alone. “This life” is never an evolution. Spiritual life does not lie dormant within the dead heart of man; it is an importation from heaven, an implantation by the Spirit. We are quickened by the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit. Here we have the beginning of this life, namely, repentance, a sense of sin, a turning from it, an abhorrence of it; this is the gift of Jesus, and the beginning of the new life. Then you have the privilege of this life—“forgiveness of sin.” He that lives in Christ is set free from the guilt of sin by the righteousness of Christ.

Then comes the evidence of this life—“whereof we are witnesses.” We speak to you of a life which we have felt. We do not talk to you about an imaginary thing; we speak about a fact which we have observed, no, a fact which we have felt. A far greater witness is the Holy Spirit, who, as He converts and sanctifies men, bears the best possible testimony to the truth and life of the gospel. The fruit of this life must also be preached—“whom God has given to them that obey Him.” There is no life in Christ apart from obedience to Christ. Obedience is the sure result of our being made to live by the Spirit of God, nor must this ever be forgotten. Thus have I very roughly told you what you are to preach