PREACHING:
WITH AUTHORITY; PASTORS: PROPHETIC MINISTRY

I preach to my congregation week after week. And I pray that I may be able to preach with such convicting power that my people will sweat! I do not want them to leave my services feeling good. The last thing I want to do is to give them some kind of religious tranquilizer—and let them go to hell in their relaxation.

The Christian church was designed to make sinners sweat. I have always believed that, and I still believe it. The messages preached in our churches should make backslidden Christians sweat. And if I achieve that objective when I preach, I thank God with all of my heart, no matter what people think of me.

John 16:8; Acts 2:37–38; Acts 5:33; Acts 7:54

Jesus Is Victor!, 61, 62.