PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ................. I believe that God wants to make a statement concerning the phenomenon of the preached word, not only for those who are responsible for bringing the word of God, but also for the whole church at large. In my observation, we do not adequately esteem the spoken word as being the word of God. We do not fully understand what “preaching the word” means or the condition of the vessel that brings it. It is the responsibility of the church to provide the environment and atmosphere conducive to bringing the word of God. When I say “word of God,” I am not speaking about a biblical message. That phrase is better understood as the expressly appointed word that God Himself gives.The thing that makes any preacher righteous is that he is not speaking his own word. The word is not his own; it is God’s, and that alone is what makes the word righteous, that the speaker refuses to speak out of his own capability and savvy. It is a phenomenon that has been so little addressed by the church. There is hardly any understanding of the dynamic of the divine things between God and man involved in true proclamation.True preaching as the word of God can only be proclaimed by a preacher of righteousness. It means that a divine perspective is being brought to men on the earth. It is a collision between perspectives and value systems. When God speaks, He is not speaking to adorn, support or endorse what is in the world or earthly. He is bringing a heavenly perspective unique to Himself. It is a divine perspective that is invariably at odds or at enmity with that which prevails as the conventional and acceptable wisdom of the world. God upsets the apple cart of those things that are cherished and esteemed by men, and even by those in the church.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:18:53 +0000
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