WHAT WAS THE SECRET SAUCE OF THE FIRST CENTURY JESUS MOVEMENT?

WRITTEN BY STUART DAUERMANN

• PUBLISHED IN HIS BLOG

• Original Article Link: http://www.interfaithfulness.org/2016/05/07/what-was-the-secret-sauce-of-first-century-jesus-movement/

Secret Sauce. (Noun) – “A special feature or technique kept secret by an organization and regarded as being the chief factor in its success.”

In the first century, the believers in Yeshua did not keep their “special feature” secret. As a result, from a very small beginning, with twelve corporation members and a most charismatic leader, they were regarded as having turned the world upside down.  Now, some two thousand years later and in many arenas, people who have sought to continue the franchise have either lost the recipe for this Secret Sauce, or have substituted other ingredients that just won’t get the job done.

For some people, the Secret Sauce of the Yeshua movement is eternal fire insurance. They go around peddling to people the promise of heaven and the avoidance of hell. However, despite the obvious benefit…