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5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.
6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.
12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria.
15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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First and foremost, when preaching to the unsaved, the Apostles preached the exaltation of Christ, that because of his obedience unto the death of the cross God had exalted him,made him Lord, and vested all authority to save in him alone. They always exalted Jesus while most modern evangelism exalts the SINNER! We say, "Jesus love YOU. Jesus died for YOU! YOU YOU YOU!" The Apostles did not do this. In Acts you see no mention of them telling anybody, "Jesus loves you." They preached the kingdom and declared that the kingdom was connected completely with the name of Jesus Christ.
Keith Green said it best....
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