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1 | A Sermon which Leads to Christ | Matt 10:7 | EdB | 243053 | ||
This is the chicken and egg, which came first. Was it the church that demanded the preacher be entertaining and make the church grow or was it the preacher that failed to teach the church that worship is not for their entertainment but to glorify God and to equip them to go into the world as disciple makers? The problem becomes even more complex when you realize how many are in pulpit today not because of a calling but because it seemed like a good career. Our Bible colleges and seminaries are turning out young men and women who are looking for same thing graduates of secular colleges are. Position, prestige, wealth, fame, fortune. Many see ministry as entrepreneurial an opportunity to have a career that gives them freedom to "enjoy" their lifestyle and not be tied down to rigid work schedules. So while Spurgeon is absolutely correct where did it all get off track? Scripture predicted such a time as this. |
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2 | A Sermon which Leads to Christ | Matt 10:7 | DocTrinsograce | 243060 | ||
Good point. It made me mindful of Paul's words, "...they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths." (2 Timothy 4:3b -4) But even if this is the judgment of God upon those who will not listen to Him, we should still point and issue warnings to those pulpits that are seeking to entertain goats rather than feed sheep. |
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3 | A Sermon which Leads to Christ | Matt 10:7 | EdB | 243062 | ||
I agree we can warn, but do not doubt it will fall on deaf ears. Those that preach to entertain the goats also have a love of money and those that pay them demand they entertain. People love to experience emotional rushes and as such the most successful of the ear ticklers have learned to bring their listeners to an emotional edge. Once there the are easily manipulated to react in a certain manner. I once witnessed a so called "altar call" made by a well known speaker where hundreds reacted. But there was never a mention of sin, forgiveness, repentance, salvation, a need to change lifestyle or the blood, Jesus' death on the cross or anything that suggest a fallen state and a need to change. The "altar call" was preceded by a gut wrenching emotional story, then the "call" was given who wants to know Jesus? As I said hundreds rushed down to the front. There was no prayer simply the call and then those people were ushered out. But the claim of the speaker was that God was moving mightily and as everyone saw hundreds were saved. Huh? How are they saved? There was no mention of their fallen state or their need of salvation. As we left the meeting people were talking among themselves about this man's ability to keep you so involved in the message you didn't notice the time, and then to have hundreds saved! What a great mighty man of God! When in fact all they got was their ears tickled? |
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