For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if
I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
–Galatians 1:10
This is one of the marks of our modern time–that many are guilty of
merely “nibbling” at the truth of the Christian gospel.
I wonder if you realize that in many ways the preaching of the Word
of God is being pulled down to the level of the ignorant and
spiritually obtuse; that we must tell stories and jokes and entertain
and amuse in order to have a few people in the audience? We do these
things that we may have some reputation and that there may be money
in the treasury to meet the church bills….
In many churches Christianity has been watered down until the
solution is so weak that if it were poison it would not hurt anyone,
and if it were medicine it would not cure anyone! I Talk Back to
the Devil, 30-31.
“Lord, don’t ever let me be guilty of watering down the truth or
playing to the crowds, concerned about my ‘reputation’ or ‘money in
the treasury.’ Amen.”
I have nothing to add to that tidbit from Tozer – Blessings to all! – B4B
The Battle Cry 
I pray this too…I want to speak a pure Word.
The only way I know to do this is to continue bringing scripture to the conversation. It’s the only answer I have to life. His Spirit will not contradict His Word. If we claim a “work” of the Spirit or a “word” from the Spirit that can not be found scripturally, it must be our experience that is wrong.
Sanctify them in the truth, Thy word is truth.
Praying for you this Sunday, is it still on?
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Amen, and thank you for that!
The only thing I can add is that scriptural support must be read and applied with its context in mind, not just scripture than can be used to ‘fit’ our experience. An example MIGHT be using Joel,Chapter 2, which talks about support a great outpouring of the spirit in our times here and now, but SEEMS more accurately to be speaking about end times just prior to the 2nd coming of Christ and ‘tribulation saints’ when taken in context.
I have ‘walked’ on both sides of that issue. Context is everything. Please note I said MIGHT and SEEMS. I am not pinging, just providing one example.
Thanks again, Michelle!
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Context is everything!! 😉
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I agree with you that the preaching of today in many circles is being watered down and not even used in many situations. “Preach the Word” but “Speak the truth in love.”
Thank for a good article,
Mark
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