Today's encouragement comes from 2 Timothy 4:1 & 2a, where Paul wrote this, to the young minister:
"I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach theword! . . . "
God delights in His Gospel (Word) being preached. The Lord is more con-cerned that preaching takes place, than if anyone ever believes the message, or not. The preached word inhibits the spread and growth of heresy, (see vv. 3-4); it emboldens the minister and parishioners for the endurance of afflic-tions, (v. 5); and it builds up the saints in their most holy faith—all the while calling all people to Christ.
Pray that your ministers preach the Word, and that they do not substitute this precious ordinance with entertainment, religious nonsense, and cultural stu-pidity. Pray that they take on and defeat all the enemies of God; and that they bring everyone the Good News of peace, in Jesus' precious blood.
[Puritan quote of the day: "God bestows more goodness upon one godly man than upon all the ungodly in the world.” —Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, "Christians a Chosen Generation"]
God delights in His Gospel (Word) being preached. The Lord is more con-cerned that preaching takes place, than if anyone ever believes the message, or not. The preached word inhibits the spread and growth of heresy, (see vv. 3-4); it emboldens the minister and parishioners for the endurance of afflic-tions, (v. 5); and it builds up the saints in their most holy faith—all the while calling all people to Christ.
Pray that your ministers preach the Word, and that they do not substitute this precious ordinance with entertainment, religious nonsense, and cultural stu-pidity. Pray that they take on and defeat all the enemies of God; and that they bring everyone the Good News of peace, in Jesus' precious blood.
[Puritan quote of the day: "God bestows more goodness upon one godly man than upon all the ungodly in the world.” —Jonathan Edwards, in his sermon, "Christians a Chosen Generation"]
