So what exactly were those apostles' teaching anyway?

Guy Muse looks at an oft referenced and oft misunderstood verse from Acts 2 in his postThe M Blog: The apostles' teaching. What exactly did Luke mean when he wrote that the early church devoted itself to the apostles' teaching? A lot of people think that meant listening to a sermon on Sunday but I don't think that is what Luke meant. Luckily Guy has a good answer for us:

The apostles taught what Jesus taught. Nothing more, nothing less. Do we know what Jesus taught? Are we obeying those teachings? Knowing what Christ taught is one thing; obeying and living that teaching is quite another. Any new follower of Christ who obeys what Jesus said to do is a disciple. But can one rightly be called a disciple who knows these things but does not really obey?

That is a great explanation. As I posted a few days ago, obediece is not legalism and as Guy asks, can someone who doesn't follow Christ's teaching really be called a disciple? This is an important topic and one fraught with peril but that shouldn't dissuade us from asking the questions and working out the issues. Jesus said that if we love Him we will keep His commandments. There is not really much that is clearer than that simple statement anywhere else in the Bible.