"For Christ did not send me (Paul) to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void."
--1 Cor 1:17
I read this and could not help to see an indictment on many preachers, teachers, and spiritual evangelical leaders in todays pulpits. I want to exhort everyone watch out who you let speak into your life, by means of teachers. "Many false prophets will come in those days and tell the people exactly what their itching ears want to hear". There are many out there who through their humanistic worldview can draw a crowd, through a egocentric message gain hearers, and claim God's voice to the masses and yet they have totally voided the power of the cross of Christ for them and their hearers.
"Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us." -- Titus 2:6-8
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." -- 1 John 4:1
Examine what you hear in the light of the Truth of God's Word. At it's core, is what a leader saying man centered, where the chief goal is the happiness of man; or is it God centered where the chief goal is exaltation of the majestic glory of God?
Matt
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