Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is an EXCELLENT exhortation concerning the importance of the Gospel and NOT of the person presenting it!
The Miracle Of Belief
My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words. — 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Paul
was a scholar and an orator of the first rank; he is not speaking out of abject
humility; but saying that he would veil the power of God if, when he preached
the gospel, he impressed people with his “excellency of speech.” Belief in
Jesus is a miracle produced only by the efficacy of Redemption, not by
impressiveness of speech, not by wooing and winning, but by the sheer unaided
power of God. The creative power of the Redemption comes through the preaching
of the Gospel, but never because of the personality of the preacher. The real
fasting of the preacher is not from food, but rather from eloquence, from
impressiveness and exquisite diction, from everything that might hinder the
gospel of God being presented. The preacher is there as the representative of
God — “as though God did beseech you by us.” He is there to present the Gospel
of God. If it is only because of my preaching that people desire to be better,
they will never get anywhere near Jesus Christ. Anything that flatters me in my
preaching of the Gospel will end in making me a traitor to Jesus; I prevent the
creative power of His Redemption from doing its work.
“I, if I be lifted up…, will draw all men unto Me.”
AMEN! I know that some people have favorite ministers that they like to listen to, and there is nothing wrong with that. What every person MUST do, though, is check what's being said or taught. If it lines up with the Word of God, then put it into practice. If it does not, then set is aside and stick with the Word! You will never go wrong when you stick with the Word of God that you meditate on (Joshua 1:8)! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
