Guidelines for Effective Preaching and Division of the Word of God
Preaching the Gospel to sinners, dividing the Word of God rightly between Law and Gospel, and the importance of the preacher's heartfelt delivery are highlighted in this content. Emphasizing the need for zeal and faith over scholarly knowledge, it underscores the significance of addressing convicted sinners with the Gospel message and not offering comfort to secure sinners.
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~ The Thirteenth ~ ~ The Thirteenth ~ Evening Lecture Evening Lecture
The Gospel may only be preached to what kind of sinners? The jailer at Philippi was certainly an alarmed sinner! When he asked how he could be saved, what did Paul tell him? 2
a minister must needs preach the Word of God in its truth and purity, without any adulteration whatsoever. 3
that his heart be full of the truths which he proclaims, so that he enters his pulpit with the ardent desire to pour out his heart to his hearers. His hearers get the impression that the words dropping from his lips are flames from a soul on fire (!) 4
It is the heart that makes eloquent. St. Paul, and Martin Luther, examples of scholars the power of whose preaching lay in their zeal and faith, not in their scholarship. 5
In the fourth place, the Word of God is not rightly divided when the Law is preached to those who are already in terror an account of their sins or the Gospel to those who live securely in their sins. 6
12: Law/Gospel not rightly divided when the lot is preached to terrified sinners. 13: Law/Gospel not rightly divided when the Gospel was preached to secure sinners. 7
however, in such a manner that secure sinners realize that the comfort is not intended for them. Matthew 7:6 pearls before swine. Isaiah 26:10 let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness. Proverbs 27:7 the full soul loathes the honey comb. 8
Jesus invitation to come unto me, is directed only to those who labor and are heavy laden, i.e., convicted sinners. Secure sinners are not those who labor and are heavy laden. 9
He was a secure sinner. Jesus presented him only Law if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast. And he went away sorrowing! 10
Men and brethren what shall we do? Then comes the Gospel repent and be baptized For the remission of sins! The apostles always preached repentance first, then faith. 11
To those who pretended to be Christians, but were living securely in their sins. 12
lest they rise up to accuse me on the last day and say: You are the cause why we have to suffer eternal torment! 13
You must preach them into hell before you preach them into heaven . You must show them the filthy rags of their own righteousness before you bestow on them the pure robe of Christ s righteousness. 14
those who have passed through great and profound sorrow at the beginning. Good examples: Martin Luther, Flacius, John Gerhard. 16
Do not feel the gnawing of their sin, are not wrestling with it, and are even apt to ask, Why, what wrong am I doing? These are secure sinners. 17
The Antinomians (Anti-Law). They taught that the Law must not be preached in Christian churches. 19
he that decreases will ultimately cease entirely from using what God has given him. Finally he will be a dead branch on the vine. 22
if remission of sins without repentance is preached, the people imagine that they have already forgiveness of sins, and thereby are made secure and unconcerned. without repentance there is no remission of sins, nor can remission of sins be understood without repentance. Matthew 12:45 the last state of that man shall be worse than the first. 23
. To that awful condition where they imagine they are not in need of repentance, and finally they get so that they are past help. 24
