Preaching – Part 1
We are not sent to preach sociology but salvation; not economics but evangelism; not reform but redemption; not culture but conversion; not progress but pardon; not the new social order but the new birth; not revolution but regeneration; not renovation but revival; not resuscitation (restoration of life) but resurrection; not a new organization but a new creation; not democracy but the GOSPEL; not civilization but CHRIST.
The Bible tells us that we are ambassadors not diplomats. “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).
Don’t get caught up in the politics and other issues for the betterment of society and the world that we are so bombarded with today. The Apostle Paul made it clear what the theme of his preaching was. He said: “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Corinthians 1:23). “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord” (2 Corinthians 4:5).
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