Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Empty Vessel of a preacher

Several days ago I heard a story concerning a preacher and those around him. Those around the man told the story that they had never seen the preacher reading God's word.
How would you feel if you are a parent and it was found out that the teacher never studied the subject the teacher was to teach the students under the teacher's care.
When a person neglects to study the neglect shows up eventually when nothing comes out.
Jesus told us in His' teachings that what defiles a person is what comes out of the person, not what goes in.
"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man." (Matthew 15:11 KJV)
Doctors tell us that a person can go about four days without water.
When it comes to the spiritual man, it cannot go without a routine of the 'Word'.
Paul writes to the church in Ephesus that our inner man needs the 'water of the word' to keep us cleansed.
"That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word," (Ephesians 5:26 KJV)
The adage that says, 'what goes in, is that which comes out'
Paul and Peter were in trouble in the city they were in and when night came people helped them sneak out of town and into a place called Berea. As they spoke to the Bereans, the Bereans did not just accept what the apostles told them, but they went and studied daily to see if Paul and Peter were correct with how they taught the Word of God.
"And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews." (Acts 17:10 KJV)
"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." (Acts 17:11 KJV)
Do you have a daily routine of searching the scriptures to see if what your spiritual leader was speaking correctly and was a workman that didn't need to be ashamed.
So, to the leaders, whether you are a pastor, Sunday School teacher,or any ministry that you are in a place of teaching, are you taking in enough 'water of the word', or are you dehydrated for a lack of searching the scriptures.
If you are a person who is under a ministry and the ministry is empty, I would suggest to you to seek out a ministry who can give out richly because he has a steady in-flow of the scriptures.

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