Those of us who preach the Scriptures, along with being nourished by it ourselves, have to figure out along with our congregations how we can incarnate the gospel in our community, or we will preach to a religious ghetto.
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The most effective way to preach the gospel is through example. If we live according to our beliefs, people will notice.
The gospel needs to be preached all over the world. You cannot light a candle and put it under a roof.
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
The Gospel has to be the norm.
When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.
To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.
When we set our hearts upon the things of this world and fail to be strictly honest with the Lord, we do not grow in the light and power and strength of the gospel as we otherwise would do.
Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.
Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God.