Date written: March 25th, 2006
Scripture ref: 2 Corinthians 4:5-7<\/p>\n
SUBJECT: Preaching, Problems<\/p>\n
TITLE: The Problems of Preachers<\/p>\n
PROPOSITION: To look at preachers and some of their problems and understand how the Bible distinguishes between the preacher and the message he preaches.<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVE: That members place their faith and trust in God and His word and not in any man.<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
1. Read: 2 Corinthians 4:5-7<\/p>\n
2. About the Text:<\/p>\n
1) In the book of 2 Corinthians Paul defends himself against some who have questioned his apostleship.<\/p>\n
2) This leads to a discussion in chapter four of what it meant for him to be a minister of the gospel.<\/p>\n
3) He says that we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n
4) He also says that preachers are merely servants of Christ.<\/p>\n
5) He then points out that it is the gospel of Christ that is glorious.<\/p>\n
6) This gospel we have as a treasure in an earthen vessel.<\/p>\n
7) The earthen vessel is the preacher\/minister of the gospel.<\/p>\n
8) Why? So that the excellency and power may be of God and not of the preacher, the vessel.<\/p>\n
3. Comment about recent news events related to the Winkler family.<\/p>\n
1) If you have not heard…<\/p>\n
2) These events are tragic and this family needs our prayers.<\/p>\n
3) Because of this situation, I thought it would be appropriate to say a few words about the problems of preachers.<\/p>\n
4. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.<\/p>\n
DISCUSSION: When we consider the problems of preachers, let us consider…<\/p>\n
I. Preachers are people<\/p>\n
1. Preacher’s aren’t “special” people.<\/p>\n
1) Society has this idea that a preacher is a super-Christian.<\/p>\n
2) This is largely due to the distinction that most make between “clergy” and “laity.”<\/p>\n
3) The Bible nowhere teaches that concept or distinction.<\/p>\n
4) The Bible teaches that all Christians, regardless of their role, are equals before God.<\/p>\n
5) 1 Peter 2:5 “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”<\/p>\n
2. Just because a man becomes a preacher doesn’t mean he stops being a man.<\/p>\n
1) Preachers are susceptible to the same fleshly desires as anyone else.<\/p>\n
2) 2 Corinthians 11:29 “Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?”<\/p>\n
3) Preachers eat, sleep, drink, watch TV, listen to the radio, go to the bathroom, and many other “normal” things.<\/p>\n
4) Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:4 “Have we not power to eat and to drink?”<\/p>\n
5) Preachers have the same feelings as everyone else: happiness, sadness, fear, worry, courage, tranquility, turmoil, etc.<\/p>\n
6) They have hopes, desires, dreams, aspirations.<\/p>\n
7) Some preachers also have secular work.<\/p>\n
8) Paul was a tentmaker according to Acts 18:3.<\/p>\n
9) Preacher’s need prayers.<\/p>\n
10) 1 Thessalonians 5:25 “Brethren, pray for us.”<\/p>\n
3. Preachers get married and have families.<\/p>\n
1) Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:5 “Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?”<\/p>\n
2) Preachers’ wives aren’t any different than anyone else’s wife.<\/p>\n
3) They eat, sleep, and do domestic work; sometimes work outside the home.<\/p>\n
4) Preacher’s children often times don’t even know that they are a “preacher’s kid” though they are stereotyped that way often.<\/p>\n
5) Their children eat, sleep, play, go to school, learn, study, and etc.<\/p>\n
6) Preachers’ families aren’t really any different from other people’s families.<\/p>\n
4. Consider the example of Peter.<\/p>\n
1) Matthew 8:4 says he had a mother-in-law; that means he was married. (See also 1 Cor. 9:5).<\/p>\n
2) Peter had children; we know this because he was an elder according to 1 Peter 5:1 and elders are required to have children (1 Timothy 3:4-5, Titus 1:6).<\/p>\n
3) Peter was a fisherman (John 21:3).<\/p>\n
II. Preachers, as people, have problems<\/p>\n
1. There is an expectation in society for preachers not to have problems.<\/p>\n
1) For that reason, many preachers live in glass houses.<\/p>\n
2) Many think that because of these expectations they have to be flawless.<\/p>\n
3) This puts unwarranted pressure on the preacher and on his family.<\/p>\n
4) 2 Corinthians 12:4 “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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