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Preach Christ
The Apostle Paul, as to the subject of preaching the gospel said: “We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord” (Corinthians 4:5). Maybe there is a young brother in Christ just starting out to preach the gospel and with a real gift from the Lord. Make Jesus Christ your theme! I have seen preachers espouse causes and champion movements, and when the cause died and the movement collapsed, the preacher vanished too. But the man who glories in Christ never grows stale. Jesus Christ is perennial and he who makes his boast in Him stays forever fresh. The Bible says of that person, “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper” (Psalm 1:3).
How long it often takes us to learn that the issue is simply Jesus! We read books and feel that the magic word is sure to appear on the next page, but it doesn’t. We read biographies, but we cannot live on second-hand experiences. We try to work up visions and experiences of our own, but even if we succeed, the glory fades. At last we arrive where we should have started, to learn that it is all JESUS CHRIST!
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