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How Preaching May be Called "The Word of God"
The subject matter to be preached is here called "the word of God." Although that which is spoken by ministers is only the sound of a man's voice, yet that which true ministers of God preach in exercising their ministerial function is the word of God. Thus it is said of the apostles, "They spoke the word of God," Acts 4:31, and it is said of the people of Antioch, that "almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God," Acts 13:44.
That which ministers do or ought to preach is called the word of God in four respects.
1. In regard to the primary author of it, which is God. God did immediately inspire extraordinary ministers, and thereby informed them in his will. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," 2 Peter 1:21. Therefore they would commonly use these introductory phrases, "The word of the Lord," Hosea 1:1; "Thus says the Lord," Isa 7:7; and an apostle says, "I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you," 1 Cor. 11:23. As for ordinary ministers, they have God's word written and left upon record for their use, "For all Scripture is given by inspiration of God," 2 Tim. 3:16. They therefore that ground what they preach upon the Scripture, and deliver nothing but what is agreeable to it, preach the word of God.
2. In regard to the subject-matter which they preach, which is the will of God; as the apostle exhorts, to "understand what the will of the Lord is," Eph. 5:17, and to "prove what is that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God," Rom. 12:2.
3. In regard to the purpose of preaching, which is the glory of God, and making known "the manifold wisdom of God," Eph. 3:10.
4. In regard to the mighty effect and power of it, for preaching God's word is "the power of God unto salvation, Rom. 1:16. Preaching the word of God is "mighty through God to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ," 2 Cor. 10:4,5. For "the word of God is quick and powerful," etc., Heb. 4:12.
So close ought ministers to hold to God's word in their preaching, that they should not dare to swerve away from it in anything. The apostle pronounces a curse against him, whosoever he is, that shall preach any other word, Gal. 1:8,9.
Therefore we have just cause to avoid such teachers as preach contrary to this doctrine, Rom. 16:17, 2 John 10. The whole body of Roman Catholicism is to be rejected for this reason. So are the manifold errors and heresies which have been broached in former ages, and in this our age. The feigning of new light and immediate inspiration in these days is a mere pretence.
The Right Hearing of Preaching
by this subject matter of preaching the word of God, we may receive
a good direction to observe two caveats enjoined by Christ concerning
hearing:
The first is concerning the matter which we hear, "Take
heed what you hear," Mark 4:24. We must hear nothing with
approval except what we know to be the word of God. We must, therefore,
be well acquainted with the Scriptures ourselves, and by them
test the things which we hear, whether they are the word of God
or not, as the men of Berea did, Acts 17:11.
The second caveat is concerning the manner of hearing, "Take heed how you hear," Luke 18:18. That which we know to be grounded upon the Scriptures we must receive, "not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God," 1 Thess. 2:13. We must with reverence attend to it; we must in our hearts believe, and we must in our lives obey it.
Preach the Pure Word
It is God's word that does convert, quicken, comfort, and build up, or, on the other side, wound and beat down. What is the reason that there was so great an alteration made by the ministry of Christ and his disciples, by the apostles and others after them, indeed, by Luther, and other ministers of reformed churches? They did not preach traditions of elders like the scribes; nor men's inventions like the Roman Catholics do. They preached the pure word of God. The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it work.
How Preaching May be Called "The Word of God"
ReplyDeleteThe subject matter to be preached is here called "the word of God." Although that which is spoken by ministers is only the sound of a man's voice, yet that which true ministers of God preach in exercising their ministerial function is the word of God. Thus it is said of the apostles, "They spoke the word of God," Acts 4:31, and it is said of the people of Antioch, that "almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God," Acts 13:44.
That which ministers do or ought to preach is called the word of God in four respects.
1. In regard to the primary author of it, which is God. God did immediately inspire extraordinary ministers, and thereby informed them in his will. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," 2 Peter 1:21. Therefore they would commonly use these introductory phrases, "The word of the Lord," Hosea 1:1; "Thus says the Lord," Isa 7:7; and an apostle says, "I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto you," 1 Cor. 11:23. As for ordinary ministers, they have God's word written and left upon record for their use, "For all Scripture is given by inspiration of God," 2 Tim. 3:16. They therefore that ground what they preach upon the Scripture, and deliver nothing but what is agreeable to it, preach the word of God.
2. In regard to the subject-matter which they preach, which is the will of God; as the apostle exhorts, to "understand what the will of the Lord is," Eph. 5:17, and to "prove what is that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God," Rom. 12:2.
3. In regard to the purpose of preaching, which is the glory of God, and making known "the manifold wisdom of God," Eph. 3:10.
4. In regard to the mighty effect and power of it, for preaching God's word is "the power of God unto salvation, Rom. 1:16. Preaching the word of God is "mighty through God to bring every thought to the obedience of Christ," 2 Cor. 10:4,5. For "the word of God is quick and powerful," etc., Heb. 4:12.
So close ought ministers to hold to God's word in their preaching, that they should not dare to swerve away from it in anything. The apostle pronounces a curse against him, whosoever he is, that shall preach any other word, Gal. 1:8,9.
Therefore we have just cause to avoid such teachers as preach contrary to this doctrine, Rom. 16:17, 2 John 10. The whole body of Roman Catholicism is to be rejected for this reason. So are the manifold errors and heresies which have been broached in former ages, and in this our age. The feigning of new light and immediate inspiration in these days is a mere pretence.
The Right Hearing of Preaching
by this subject matter of preaching the word of God, we may receive a good direction to observe two caveats enjoined by Christ concerning hearing:
The first is concerning the matter which we hear, "Take heed what you hear," Mark 4:24. We must hear nothing with approval except what we know to be the word of God. We must, therefore, be well acquainted with the Scriptures ourselves, and by them test the things which we hear, whether they are the word of God or not, as the men of Berea did, Acts 17:11.
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ReplyDeleteHow is Jesus the Son of God?
ReplyDeleteJesus is the Son of God in that He is the manifestation of God in flesh (John 1:1, 14). Jesus was as much human as you or I, but He was also a completely different type of human, because unlike us, He was without sin. Like other humans, He was born of a woman, but His conception was completely different, having been conceived in the virgin Mary (Luke 1:35) by the Holy Spirit that He should not 'inherit' the imputation of Adam's sin.
During His life on Earth, there were few of the religious leaders who believed that Jesus, a mere Nazarene, could ever have the status of "Son of God," despite His miracles and the power He manifested. Jesus openly admitted to the High Priest that He was the Son of God, for which He was accused of blasphemy (Matthew 26:64-66). Later, taken to trial and cross-examined by Pilate, the issue was concerning His divinity. "The Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God'" (John 19:7). Indeed, it has always been a doctrine most readily attacked, even today. Whoever claimed to be the Son of God was claiming to be on a level co-equal with God and, according to Jewish law at that time, warranted the punishment laid out by Leviticus 24:15.
As the Son of God, Jesus was the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, but His glory was veiled by His humanity (Hebrews 1:3). It was only, for example, on the Mount of Transfiguration, that the glory of the Son was truly manifested and then only to three disciples (Matthew 17:1-9). But one day all of mankind will see the Son of God coming in power and glory and every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus, the Son of God, is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11).
What is the Trinity?
ReplyDeleteThe key to the Trinity discussion is understanding and admitting that it is a mystery. Once we rightly arrive at the conclusion that the Trinity is ultimately incomprehensible to the finite human mind, we can then find a biblically balanced position. All of the errors and heresies regarding the Trinity are due to individuals trying to explain the unexplainable and fathom the unfathomable. A finite human being trying to understand an infinite God is like an amoeba trying to understand quantum physics.
The doctrine of the Trinity can be summarized in four points: (1) The Father is God (John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Peter 1:2), (2) Jesus Christ is God (John 1:1,14, 8:58; Romans 9:5; Colossians 2:9), (3) The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 3:16), (4) There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5). The mystery of the Trinity is that God is somehow three Persons (Father, Son, and Spirit), and yet there is only one God. Those two concepts seem mutually exclusive to our finite human minds. But, remember, we are speaking of an infinite God.
Common errors regarding the Trinity are: tri-theism (the belief in three gods), modalism (the three "Persons" of God are actually modes in which He has chosen to reveal Himself), monarchianism (God existed in Jesus and exists in the Holy Spirit, but Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not, in fact, God), and patripassianism (God the Father became the Son and became the Spirit). Each of these attempted explanations is in error because they contradict God's Word. The truth about the Trinity is that the Father is fully God, Jesus is fully God, the Holy Spirit is fully God, and there is only one God.
The Persons of the Trinity are distinguished one from another in various passages. "LORD" is distinguished from "Lord" (Genesis 19:24; Hosea 1:4). The LORD has a Son (Psalm 2:7, 12; Proverbs 30:2-4). The Spirit is distinguished from the "LORD" (Numbers 27:18) and from "God" (Psalm 51:10-12). God the Son is distinguished from God the Father (Psalm 45:6-7; Hebrews 1:8-9). Jesus speaks to the Father about sending a Helper, the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17). Scripture speaks of subordination between the members of the Trinity (Luke 22:42, John 5:36; 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7, 13-14; 1 John 4:14). These aspects can only be true with separate Persons within the Godhead. How can one mode of God be subordinate to another mode? How can the Father submit to Himself or the Son pray to Himself? How can the Holy Spirit send Himself?
Again, it all goes back to the fact that the Trinity is a mystery. The sooner we admit that, the sooner we can focus on our relationship with our Triune God. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God—but there is only one God. That is the biblical truth. While it is fascinating to study, the doctrine of the Trinity should not consume our attention or become more important than our actual relationship with our Creator, Savior, and Comforter.
Is belief in the pre-existence of Jesus biblical?
ReplyDeleteThe Bible makes it clear that not only did Jesus exist before His incarnation on earth, He is also part of the Trinity and existed as God from all eternity past. Supporting Scriptures appear throughout the New Testament in the Gospels and beyond.
One of the most well-known Scriptures supporting the pre-existence of Jesus is John 1:1, 14: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." This passage states that Jesus was with the Father from the very beginning of human existence and is in fact one with the Father.
There are also several Scriptures that describe Jesus' direct hand in creation. In fact, Jesus was the Person of the Godhead who actually did the work of creation: "All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:3; see also Colossians 1:15-16 and Hebrews 1:2). He worked in perfect harmony with God the Father, the source of creation (1 Corinthians 8:6), and the Holy Spirit, the power behind creation (Psalm 104:30).
Before Jesus officially began His ministry on earth, His cousin, John the Baptist, announced: "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me'" (John 1:15). Considering the fact that John was six months older than Jesus, John's assertion confirms that Jesus existed before His human birth. In addition, we see that Jesus' power to do miracles during His ministry proclaims His divinity. He not only raised the dead (Luke 7:11-15; Matthew 9:18-25; John 11:1-44) and healed the sick and disabled, but He also had the divine authority to forgive sins (Luke 5:17-25).
Jesus' deity—and therefore pre-existence—is further proven by His miraculous resurrection (John 10:17-18). This act of power authenticated His ministry and means He is the living and divine Savior, who now sits at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19; 1 Peter 3:22).
What is the definition of the church?
ReplyDeleteAlthough "church" has come to mean a building or organization, the original Greek ekklesia meant "a gathering, assembly" and is the basis for our word "congregation." And that is what God designed the church to be—a group of people. The definition of a "church" as a separate building specifically for worship would have been foreign to the early believers, as they met in homes. When a building was mentioned in the New Testament, it was always in relation to the church that met there (Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philemon 1:2). The church was the people, not the building. With the legitimization and affluence of Christianity in later years, the "church" came to mean the building where people met. Now, it often is used to mean a particular denomination. But the truest meaning of the word "church" is the group of believers.
Christ is the head of the church, and the church is the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22-23). The members of the body are all Christians. "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many" (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). The universal church is defined as all who have received the Holy Spirit, no matter their location, denomination, or era. To ensure order and to provide fellowship, the universal church is also divided into local churches.
The universal church is the body of Christ, composed of everyone who has received Christ as their Savior. It is comprised of every believer from every country and every time from Pentecost (Acts 2) until Christ's return. Although a specific denomination may teach a more accurate view of God and His Word than another, the universal church recognizes no denominations, just individual believers joined together in one body. No matter the denomination or the size of a local church, the purpose is to do corporately what all who name the name of Jesus are to do individually—glorify God in worship, obey and honor Him in all we do, and encourage one another to do the same.
The church is not a building; it is a group of people. It is not a denomination; it is everyone who has received the Holy Spirit. And it doesn't grant salvation; it is people, loving and glorifying God and teaching others about a saving knowledge of Christ. As believers, we are joined with all Christians from Peter to the smallest child in the body of Christ. The local church is where the members of the universal church can apply 1 Corinthians 12: encouraging, teaching, and building one another up in the knowledge and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why are there so many religions?
ReplyDeleteSometimes it seems that there are as many religions as there are people on the earth. Even those who belong to the same religion or denomination of a religion have disagreements about what is really important or "true" within those religions. How, then, can a rational person come to the conclusion that any one religion is the "true" religion? If those within the religion can't even agree, perhaps the logical conclusion is that no religion has Truth or that all religions have some Truth, but none is any better than the others. Some skeptics even use the existence of many religions as proof that there is no way to know God or that God really doesn't exist.
That God does exist is clear to everyone because God has made it clear and He has declared it to be so: "For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse" (Romans 1:20). The creation speaks to us in a loud, clear voice of God's existence. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork" (Psalm 19:1). There is no culture, no language, no group of people who can deny this (Psalm 19:3). But equally clear is the fact that human beings often reject the truth about God (because accepting it means things like submission and obedience) and choose instead to go their own way, seeking God according to their own way of thinking, which is futile because no one finds God with his own reason (1 Corinthians 2:14). Attempting to find God and discern truth without the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit is where we find the basis of the "many religions."
There are two characteristics shared by all cults and false religions. First, they deny the deity of Jesus Christ and His declaration that He is the only way to God (John 14:6). All religions and cults that deny this truth are false, and because the human heart rebels against the exclusivity of Jesus' claim, false religions abound. They may proclaim that Jesus was a "good teacher" or a "moral man," but could a good teacher or a moral man make the claim that He alone is the path to heaven? Either He was lying or He was deluded or He was telling the truth. In any case, He cannot be dismissed as simply a good teacher or man.
The second characteristic shared by all false religions is the idea that we can earn our way to heaven or to acceptance by God through our own efforts. Adherents of false religions have invented a false god who will accept them based on their "good works" or the amount of effort they have expended in trying to follow certain rules or obey certain laws, at least to the best of their ability. They simply cannot bear a holy God who declares that all their "righteousness is as filthy rags" before Him (Isaiah 64:6 KJV) and that the only righteousness they can ever attain is achieved not by works, but by faith in the One who exchanged His perfect righteousness for our sin on the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21). They reject that life-giving message and pursue their own path to a God they can control by their own efforts. The existence of so many religions is a testimony to humanity's rejection of the one true God. Mankind has replaced Him with gods that are more to their liking.
In a sense, all religions do lead to God, but not in the way most people think. All false religions lead to God's judgment. Only one—true, biblical Christianity—leads to eternal life through forgiveness of sin provided by Jesus' sacrifice on the cross for sin (Romans 6:23). All human beings will meet God after death (Hebrews 9:27) and all who trust their own religion will find His judgment harsh indeed. All who have rejected the only means of salvation—the means God has provided out of His love and mercy—will spend an eternity in hell. Only through His salvation through faith in Jesus Christ can anyone approach God with confidence.
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