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NASB | James 3:1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 3:1 Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] will be judged by a higher standard [because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly]. |
Subject: You are a teacher of God's word? Does th |
Bible Note: Christian7 Don't limit God. I'm convinced God can use a 7 year old newspaper column to teach or bring someone to salvation. Have you ever been involved with the Pastor selection process. In most case no one cares how spiritual the man is, just how good he can preach. This is seen in the fact most churches want a audition tape of his preaching. Is he funny, entertaining, informing, interesting? They could care if he is saved or not. In many cases the judgment is not how well the man knows God but how well he can tell an interesting story. I have heard of churches picking a new pastor from nothing more than the tape. From Paul's own admission he would do poorly in most churches today because as he said he did not come with excellency of speech. Don't misunderstand what I said, I did not say all the things that come into a Pastors life was an excuse to go to the internet to get a message. I was saying that many pastors face things that draw them away from message preparation that TV/Radio preachers don't have to contend with. Yet over the Sunday afternoon meal when roasted preacher is being served everyone will compare his preaching to "so and so" on the radio or TV. I said there are valid reasons to post a sermon on the net. To give others ideas and sermon illustrations and applications. However the sermon should be birthed by the Holy Spirit in the pastor. EdB |