Why Preaching Is Necessary.

[NyawehNyoh]

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I wasn't aware God was thinking of me when Christ went to the cross till a man at work walked up and told me. That was quite a eureka moment because I knew Jesus died for the sins of the world but didn't think it was for anybody in particular. In point of fact, I had been brought up to feel pity for Christ as a victim of unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Had that man not taken the initiative to speak with me, I might've never known the truth.
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[Alan]

Excellent point!


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[4WD]

For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."  How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?" So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ (Rom 10:13-17).

[NyawehNyoh]

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Some years ago I heard of an exchange between a preacher and a young inquirer that went something like this:

YOUTH: What would I have to do that's so bad I'd go to Hell?

PREACHER: You don't have to do anything at all; just bide your time and you'll get there.

YOUTH: How so?

PREACHER: Hell is the default, whereas Heaven is an option. In other words; all that's required to end up in Hell is indifference.

● Matt 13:15 . . For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

* The worst possible place someone should choose to seek a preacher is in Hell because "too late" is not the best time to discover how narrowly one has missed the train.
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[NyawehNyoh]

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● Acts 8:30-31 . . Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah; so he asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" The man replied, "How can I, when there is no one to instruct me?"

The man with whom Philip dialogued wasn't some obscure cobalt miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an illiterate cow poke herding beef in Montana. The man was high up in the government of Ethiopia; so it's likely he had an above-average IQ, and yet without someone to help him, he was stumped by Isa 53:7-8.
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[NyawehNyoh]

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● Acts 19:1-2 . . While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them: Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? They answered: No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

Those folks were disciples, but not Jesus' disciples 'cause had they been, they would've been endowed with his spirit. That was a lucky encounter for those people, and Paul of course straightaway took some time to get them connected with Christ. I mean, after all, isn't that what preachers sign on for?
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[NyawehNyoh]

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● Gen 6:3 . . My spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal

The Hebrew word translated "contend" basically refers to law and order. In other words: God's spirit was preaching to folk on up to the time of the Flood.

FAQ: Did the people hear an audible voice?

REPLY: Yes, but it wasn't the Spirit's voice, rather, it was Noah's (2Pet 2:5)

The reason given for not contending with people forever is that people don't live forever. In other words: the time for folks to listen to preaching is now; before a Flood, viz: before something takes them away of a sudden.
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[Rella]

My answer is totally off from what you may be looking for but go read my thread at

http://www.gracecentered.com/christian_forums/general-discussion-forum/it-is-no-wonder-why-people-are-confused-about-the-trinity-~elohim/

Someone has to be able to offer clarity and that is a key reason for preachers.

[NyawehNyoh]

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At the conclusion of the church's extraction per 1Thess 4:13-18, not one God-given preacher will remain anywhere on Earth, so that those preachers who do remain, will all be cheap goods: yet there will no doubt be numerous frightened congregations all 'round the world looking to those very same incompetent quacks for answers just the same as they did before the extraction.

* I think we can expect a very large increase in vandalism, looting, financial panic, hoarding, and violent riots as chaos and confusion are happy hunting grounds for those kinds of activities. And you can just imagine the shock and awe that those left behind will undergo as they see nigh unto 2,000 years worth of Christians returning to life seemingly right out of thin air and then floating up into the sky. I suspect that's going to be quite an event.
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[NyawehNyoh]

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I am so looking forward to that rendezvous as cancer, combined with chemo and radiation, has emaciated me to the point where I resemble the half-dead Jews liberated from Dachau and Auschwitz.

I expect the event will be very noisy as thousands of voices fill the air with a deafening roar of laughter and cheers because those of us who lived our lives out to old age, enduring time's wasting process, along with injuries and diseases, will of a sudden find ourselves young and strong again.
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[Glorious]

Preaching expresses/demonstrates either the authority, power or riches of grace.

For example, preaching the gospel expresses the power of our Lord Jesus unto salvation.

The gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation. Preaching of the gospel expresses/demonstrates that power.