PREACH THE WORD
Memorise: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. 2nd
Timothy 4:2
Read: 2nd Timothy 4:1-4, (KJV) 1 I charge thee therefore
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead
at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn
away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Bible in one year: Esther 1-3, Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:7
MESSAGE
This is part of the final charge by Apostle Paul to his
spiritual son, Timothy. Timothy needed some courage to fulfil his calling as an
apostle, and Paul reaffirmed to him the fact that if he would be a useful
evangelist in the hands of God, there was no better time than that moment to
make full proof of his calling by preaching the undiluted Word of God. Divine
utterance of the Word of God is a tool anyone who desires to have a profitable
ministry must have. There are many preachers today who have turned the pulpit
to an entertainment platform. You see a lot of sinners feeling very comfortable
in such churches because the Word of God has been watered down. The 21st
century Church is no longer interested in reproving and rebuking her members,
the preachers are after saying only what the members want to hear.
The Word of God is a hidden truth that is usually beyond
human understanding. There are some who sweat profusely jumping from one point
to another in the name of preaching, and at the end, when you ask the listeners
what they gained; you will be amazed at the kind of response you get, it is the
Word of God that we are charged to preach, not the theologies and philosophies
of men. The Word of God alone can liberate the sinful soul and bring newness of
life to those who hear it. It is through the Word of God alone that those
living in sin can be reproved of their sins. It is the Word that encourages
those who are faithful to remain in the faith.
In this time when
fake teachers and heretic preachers abound, there is the need to reaffirm our
commitment to preach the correct doctrines of God. It doesn’t matter how many
‘preachers’ conjure unscriptural sermons, we have to ensure we counter their
heresies with the correct Word of God. It is the Word of God that determines
your place in the scheme of things. The Word of God is forever settled. It does
not grow old and you can never improve on it. The Word brings back to life
everything that is dead in the lives of people. I want you to embrace the Word
like never before, because it is the Word that delivers the benefits of God to
you.
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