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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Bible Question: how do you know you have been called to preach |
Bible Answer: When you can't do anything else. If there is something else you can do, do it as unto the Lord. A call to ministry requires more an a change of profession or career. It requires a change of your life, you no longer live for yourself but for those God has charged you with. Today many enter the ministry as profession or looking for a career. They might even be successful doing it but that is not ministry. I think many bring condemnation upon themselves acting as God's messenger when they are not. They have unlisted phone numbers, secretaries that block all calls except big tithers and they seek success in numbers and building size rather than people hungry for more of God. Instead of being available 24/7 they claim to keep business hours but even then they turn missing more often than not. Ministry is a life style that requires a servant's heart. If you can do anything other than preach then make that your career if you can't then perhaps you haved been called. Then think about this it should be very sobering. James 3:1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. "Only crucified preaching can bring life and crucified preaching only comes from a crucified man." Leonard Ravenhill EdB |
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