Saturday, December 11, 2010
Experimental preaching
Joel Beeke: “Experimental preaching is discriminatory preaching. It clearly defines the difference between Christian and non-Christian, opening the kingdom of heaven to one and shutting against the other. A faithful minister rightly divides the word of truth to separate the precious from the vile (Jer. 15:19) . . . grace is to be offered indiscriminately to all (Matt. 13:24-30); however, the divine acts, marks, and fruits of grace that God works in His people must be explained to encourage the elect and uncover the false hopes of hypocrites. . . . It is discriminating preaching defining the differences between the Christian and the non- Christian, pressing home the promises of forgiveness and eternal life to those who believe and promises of wrath and judgment on those who are unconverted. . . .Preaching must be discriminatory. We must distinguish that there are both believers and unbelievers in the midst of the congregation.”
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This is true. As Paul S.Rees said: The Gospel is neither a discussion nor a debate. It is an announcement.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure who said this: We don't change the message, the message changes us.
Far too often I hear the cry of the seeker-sensitives calling for the change and modernisation of the Gospel. But I beg to differ. If God is immutable so is His Gospel.
I was reading Spurgeon's Morning and Evening today. The verse was Habakkuk 3:6 His ways are everlasting.
This is what stood out when I read what Spurgeon said: His ways are the outgrowth of an immutable character, and in them the fixed and settled attributes of God are clearly to be seen. Unless the Eternal One himself can undergo change, his ways, which are himself in action, must remain forever the same.
Mike I know the Holy Spirit is working in you. Pretty much every post you make ties in with something I've been learning about!