EXPOSITION MUST HAVE APPLICATION The Bible is more than a volume of facts about God. By far the greater portion of the Book is devoted to an urgent effort to persuade people to alter their ways and bring their lives into harmony with the will of God. Bible exposition without moral application raises no opposition. It is only when the hearer is made to understand that the truth is in conflict with his heart that resistance sets in. As long as people can hear orthodox truth divorced from life they will attend and support churches and institutions without objection. And since it asks nothing but a few dollars for the entertainment – good music, pleasant friendships and a comfortable sense of well-being, it meets with no resistance. Much that passes for New Testament Christianity is little more than selected words of truth, sweetened with song, and made palatable by religious entertainment One reason for the divorce between truth, and its application to life, is surely the teacher’s unwillingness to get himself into trouble. Any man with fair pulpit gifts can get on with the average congregation as long as he continues to tell them what their itching ears want to hear. By avoiding any hint that they are wrong and should be set right, they will be content On the other hand, the man who preaches truth, and applies it to the lives of his hearers, will feel the nails and the thorns. He will lead a hard life, but a glorious one. May God raise up many such prophets. The church needs them badly! A.W.Tozer
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:13:47 +0000
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