Faithful Preaching: Boldness, Clarity, and Authenticity

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When you go into the pulpit you are being a spokesman for God that is not a place to be passive and you understand what I'm saying by that what I mean is you you don't say things the way you ought to say them you don't say certain things at all you don't stress certain things the way they're stressed in Scripture why because you fear men. [00:02:35]

We have to be careful that when we have taken certain principles from Scripture and applied them to our own lives or the lives of our family and we've sought to work these things out we have to be careful than in the practical working out that we don't take our own opinions and our own convictions about what you know where these principles how far to take them how far to work them out we have to be careful that we don't lay that down as law. [00:05:01]

Have a reason for every single thing that you say have a reason for every point have a reason for every direction you're going in have a reason and see the thing is that we're ambassadors of Christ when we go into that pulpit we are seeking to preach the Word of God know the word know the word know the word your reasons for doing what you're going to do so much of it needs to come back to Scripture. [00:14:13]

If you have nothing to say it's likely the Lord doesn't want you to be speaking on that subject or that text so you don't have anything to say on any passage of Scripture I mean you need to have something to say and a reason for saying it if you don't have anything to say and you can sit and study the scripture for endless hours and you just don't have anything to say. [00:16:47]

Our opinion about what scripture means is not equal to Scripture we need to recognize that our logical conclusions about what Scripture means are not equal to Scripture now look that doesn't mean that you can't go into the pulpit with authority there are many things you and I can point out to people from Scripture that it's not our opinion. [00:19:16]

We need to bow to scripture I think I think it's important to when you go into the pulpit when something is your opinion that you let the people know you know this is what I think this brethren this is this is what I think this text means I'll tell you why I think that and then maybe a play sometimes to say look I know brother so-and-so or I know we you know good people believe this I recognize that I respect it I understand why they believe that but in considering the evidence I I don't think they're right. [00:23:43]

Preach the text that that may sound so simple and so reasonable but I cannot tell you how many times I hear people preach and I'm just thinking they're they're not preaching what the text says they and it becomes really apparent they had an agenda they had an agenda and they went to that text to support their agenda but they did not preach that text they really didn't say what God said. [00:37:12]

Brothers when you speak a good preacher preaches to people so that they understand I remember hearing a preacher you can even hear it I remember hearing this preacher and he's he's preaching along and I know the guy and he starts preaching about pericope it's like why is he saying that to the people and he doesn't define it I'm all for expanding we should be expanding the vocabulary of our hears but you know what come down to their level come down to the level of the people that you're dealing. [00:54:05]

Brothers when you speak this is a huge thing you need to have an end in view where are you going why are you even preaching this message you want to be headed somewhere what is it that I'm trying to prove what point am I trying to make what is it what is it that I want to do now the objectives can be different I mean we we may be we may be wanting to do nothing but unpack a text. [01:24:10]

You want to be believable from the pulpit like this guy really believes what he's saying this guy this guy has experienced what he's saying if maybe add this feeling like it's not really him I hear him speak that's not him speaking that's Spurgeon speaking I hear him that's that's not his natural tone that's not the way he speaks that sounds a little cab you Larry he uses that's that's who is this guy I feel like I'm hearing somebody else. [01:59:48]

I think I think we should preach with passion don't get me wrong but rate the the sense that a guy raises his voice because he doesn't really have a a biblical basis to stand on but he just wants to get loud - like intimidate you into believing his point is true or something yeah that's don't do that if you want to get stirred up get stirred up about what is obviously in God's Word that you can get really stirred up about it's there. [01:12:24]

Brothers don't speak above people's heads my wife tells me about a reformed pastor that she had she said I mean the way she spoke about it it was like going to going to church was like sitting before a college professor in a Greek class don't do that and and in fact let me just say some things about the Greek and about the languages and I'm going to I'm going to read from lloyd-jones what is the place of a knowledge of the original languages there of great value for the sake of accuracy no more I think he's spot-on they are of great value for the sake of accuracy no more that is all they cannot guarantee accuracy but they promote it this is a part of the mechanics of preaching it's not the big thing it's not the vital thing but it is important the preacher should be accurate. [01:15:10]

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