The Preaching of the Gospel...is Everythang!!!
If we are, indeed, God’s servants, let us act like it. Preach Christ! Preach Christ! Preach Christ! We are unfaithful to our Master, unfaithful to our calling, unfaithful to the Word of God, and unfaithful to the souls of our hearers if we take up any other subject for any reason.
Sermons devoted to logic, ancient languages, and historic creeds are as dry as last year’s corn husks, and just as useless. Hogs made feed on them, but not sheep. Sermons filled with emotionalism, sentimentality, and flowery speech are a mockery to eternity bound sinners. Such preaching is like throwing a pretty wreath to a drowning man. Sermons on morality, political issues, and prophetic mysteries are of no more value to the souls of men than ice cubes to an Eskimo.
What lost sinners need is Christ. What saved sinners need is Christ. Christ alone saves us. Christ alone sanctifies us. Christ alone keeps us. Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Without him, there is no going in the way. Without him, there is no knowing of the truth. Without him, there is no living of the life. Christ is the Light to direct us out of darkness. Christ is the Rock on which we must build. Christ is the Refuge to shelter us in the storm. Christ is the Star to lead us by night. Christ is the Balm to heal our souls. Christ is the Example we must follow. Christ is the Rule by which we live. Christ is the motive and inspiration for all godliness, devotion, sacrifice, and self-denial.
Sermons devoted to logic, ancient languages, and historic creeds are as dry as last year’s corn husks, and just as useless. Hogs made feed on them, but not sheep. Sermons filled with emotionalism, sentimentality, and flowery speech are a mockery to eternity bound sinners. Such preaching is like throwing a pretty wreath to a drowning man. Sermons on morality, political issues, and prophetic mysteries are of no more value to the souls of men than ice cubes to an Eskimo.
What lost sinners need is Christ. What saved sinners need is Christ. Christ alone saves us. Christ alone sanctifies us. Christ alone keeps us. Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Without him, there is no going in the way. Without him, there is no knowing of the truth. Without him, there is no living of the life. Christ is the Light to direct us out of darkness. Christ is the Rock on which we must build. Christ is the Refuge to shelter us in the storm. Christ is the Star to lead us by night. Christ is the Balm to heal our souls. Christ is the Example we must follow. Christ is the Rule by which we live. Christ is the motive and inspiration for all godliness, devotion, sacrifice, and self-denial.
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