Acts 10: Peter announces the kerygma to a gentile

 Acts 10: Peter announces the kerygma to a gentile

The Kerygma is what is announced, the good news. The Lord commands Peter to announce the Kerygma to a gentile that knew the Old Testament. He said:

37-38 “You know the story of what happened in Judea. It began in Galilee after John preached a total life-change. Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, ready for action. He went through the country helping people and healing everyone who was beaten down by the Devil. He was able to do all this because God was with him.

39-43 “And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn’t put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we’re not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets.”

The Kerygma contains:
. the promises of the Old Testament are being fulfilled in Jesus.
. Jesus was anointed by water and by the Holy Spirit; He showed the power of the Kingdom of God through signs.
. Jesus was crucified.
. Jesus was resurrected by the Lord.
. Jesus is destined as Judge of the living and dead.
. Jesus commissioned the gospel to his disciples.
. Jesus is the means to forgiveness of sins.