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Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears

Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears. TR. UT. H. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears. Much Of Modern Preaching Is full of error – Misuses Scripture - Caters to people who do not care for God Caters to people whose first love is themselves –.

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Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears

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  1. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears TR UT H W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  2. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Much Of Modern Preaching • Is full of error – • Misuses Scripture - • Caters to people who do not care for God • Caters to people whose first love is themselves – W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  3. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Our Preaching Must Be To Please God! • Therefore – our preaching should follow scriptural instruction – • Not books on modern marketing and management techniques – W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  4. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Our Preaching Must Be To Please God! • Noah - 2 Peter 2:5— • Jeremiah – Jeremiah 1:10 • Jonah - Jonah 3:4-5 • John - Mat 3:1-2 • Jesus Christ - Mat 4:17 • Peter – Acts 2:11-39 • Stephen – Act 7:51-56 • Paul – Acts 17:30,31; 24:25 W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  5. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NKJV) 1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  6. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NKJV) . . . but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  7. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching Is Serious Business! “I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom”: • Timothy needed to be concerned about what God thought of his preaching – not what men thought – (Gal 1:10; 1 Thes 2:4) • Judgment is coming – (Rom 14:10,12; Heb 9:27) • Souls are at stake – (1 Cor 9:16; 1 Tim 4:16) W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  8. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • The Kind of Preaching That Pleases God! Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. • The preachers task is to proclaim scripture and give the sense of it (Neh 8:8; 2 Tim 2:15; Acts 20:27) • The power of conversion is ONLY found in the word of God – (1 Pet 1:22,23; Heb 4:12; Rom 1:16; 1 Cor 1:18,21; 1 Tim 4:16) • The task of a faithful preacher revolves around the word of God – (Acts 6:3,4; 1 Tim 4:12-16) W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  9. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • The Kind of Preaching That Pleases God! Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. • The preacher is to always preach the word, when it is wanted and when it is not – (Acts 7; 17:10,11; 18:4-6; 28:31) • The religious world TODAY says – “less Bible and more fun, humor, entertainment, things really relevant to our daily lives.” • This is no time for weak men or weak messages – (Acts 4:29-31; Phili 1:20) W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  10. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • The Kind of Preaching That Pleases God! Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. • When the word of God is preached – the word of man is NOT – • When the word of God is preached – the ultimate authority is appealed to – NOT the authority of men! • When the word of God is preached – men learn what God says - W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  11. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • The Kind of Preaching That Pleases God! Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. • Preaching That Convinces • The sinner of his sin – • The false teacher of his error - • The seeker of what is true – • The faithful that he is right! • Preaching that rebukes - the sinner – the false teacher – the slacker – (Acts 2:36; Acts 7:51) • Preaching that exhorts - men unto godliness & spiritual growth W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  12. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • The Kind of Preaching That Pleases God! Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. • Preaching that is “Long Suffering“ - patience - (Gk. , makrothumia) is used in connection with people, not events or circumstances. - Spiritual change usually takes time. • Preaching that is “doctrinal“ - Rebuke tells people where they shouldn't be, while instruction in doctrinal truth tells them where they should be.  W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  13. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, • Preaching that yields to those who do not want sound teaching - • Sound doctrine is NOT popular today!!!! - (cf. 1 Tim 1:9,10; 4:1) • People are steeped in false theological systems – • People want their preachers to justify their sinful behavior – not expose it – (John 3:19-21) W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  14. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears • Preaching that yields to those who do not want sound teaching – • Paul has already warned Timothy that - • people will give heed to deceiving spirits - 1 Ti 4:1-2 • people will be lovers of self and pleasure - 2 Ti 3:1-2 W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  15. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears But after their own lusts. They will seek such kind of preaching as will accord with their carnal desires; or such as will palliate their evil propensities, and deal gently with their vices. Comp. Isaiah 30:10, "Speak unto us smooth things; prophesy deceits." —Barnes' Notes on the New Testament W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  16. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! they will heap up for themselves teachers; Isaiah 30:8-11 (NKJV) 9 That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord; 10 Who say to the seers, "Do not see," And to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. 11 Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us." W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  17. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! they will heap up for themselves teachers; • There are plenty of preachers willing to accommodate the desires of ungodly people – Jeremiah 5:31 (NKJV) 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  18. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables • “They will turn” is in the “active voice” – this is an act of the will - • “Turned aside to fables” is what happens to the one who turns away from the truth - • When people turn away from truth – they become easy victims of deception - W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  19. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables And shall be turned unto fables—Believe any kind of stuff and nonsense; for, as one has justly observed, "Those who reject the truth are abandoned by the just judgment of God to credit the most degrading nonsense." . . . —Adam Clarke's Commentary W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  20. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables • People will reject the Word of God, but believe in witchcraft, UFOs, ghosts, etc. • People will reject the Gospel of Christ, but accept religious traditions of men • People reject "sound doctrine", but accept "unhealthy teaching“ that endangers body and soul W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  21. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, • Preaching is indeed serious business – and the faithful preacher will guard against compromising the preaching of the word of God in favor of scratching the ears of the ungodly! • As a result – there will be suffering - W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  22. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. • The work of an evangelist is to - “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.” • The faithful preacher is to preach the whole counsel of God, (Acts 20:26,27) W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  23. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Pleases God! do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. • Paul does not suggest that the way to reach an ungodly society is to so soften the message that people will be comfortable with it. - Just the opposite is true – • Paul does not suggest that we replace preaching with drama, entertainment, or recreation when people tire of it – but rather to continue to preach the word . . . W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  24. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Much Of Modern Preaching • Is full of error – • Misuses Scripture - • Caters to people who do not care for God • Caters to people whose first love is themselves – W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  25. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Our Preaching Must Be To Please God! • Noah - 2 Peter 2:5— • Jeremiah – Jeremiah 1:10 • Jonah - Jonah 3:4-5 • John - Mat 3:1-2 • Jesus Christ - Mat 4:17 • Peter – Acts 2:11-39 • Stephen – Act 7:51-56 • Paul – Acts 17:30,31; 24:25 W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  26. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Pleases God: • Is Ever Ready... • Convicts ... • Rebukes... • Exhorts... • Is Longsuffering... • Is Doctrinal... W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  27. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears • Preaching That Does NOT Please God: • Is Unsound In Doctrine... • Is To Entertain –To Scratch The Ears of The Ungodly . . . W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  28. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NKJV) 1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

  29. Proclaiming The Truth In An Age of Itching Ears 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NKJV) . . . but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. W. 65th St church of Christ / February 10, 2007

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