The Gospel is for All!

[344 words] One thing that impresses me every time I read the book of Acts is the fact that the gospel is for all. Before leaving for heaven, Jesus told His apostles “and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Fulfilling this, the apostles (and those they trained) went all over the known earth converting people from all walks of life. Notice the different classes of people that Acts alone mentions as converted by the gospel of Christ: * The Jews (Acts 2:37-47) * “Both men and women” (Acts 5:14) * The Samaritans (Acts 8:5ff) * An African (Ethiopian) office holder (Acts 8:27-39) * An educated, fanatical, religious leader (Paul – Acts 9:17; 22:1-16) * A good, decent, God-fearing man who also was a soldier (Cornelius – Acts 10:1-4; 34-48) * A politician (proconsul – Acts…