What did Paul preach everywhere he went that produced the same response?
Paul preached Christ crucified, buried, and risen from the dead everywhere he went. This simple Gospel message produced the same response: people were convicted, turned from paganism, and shared their faith abroad, so that others did not need to speak anything. That is the power of the Gospel.
Les explains that Paul was not looking for a Madison Avenue approach to get the masses to come and hear him. Whatever Paul preached, in all its simplicity, people were convicted. He experienced the same response everywhere he went simply because he preached Christ crucified, buried, and risen from the dead. Les says that is the power of the Gospel, and even though we cannot understand it, God in His own inimitable way brings people to a knowledge of the truth. In I Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 9, the Thessalonians were just as pagan as any of the rest, but once Paul saw them converted out of paganism, they shared it wherever they went. Their faith to God spread abroad, so that there was no need to speak anything, and their mouths could not be shut.