Call of preachers
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· 8 viewsGod declares his word through called and anointed preachers. He overcomes their reluctance, helps their weakness, authorises their message and confirms the truth of what they declare.
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God’s call of preachers
God’s call of preachers
It is not dependent upon background
It is not dependent upon background
Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
See also Je 1:1–5; Mt 4:18–20; Ac 9:10–16
It is not dependent upon ability
It is not dependent upon ability
But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”
Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”
See also Je 1:6–9; Ac 4:13
It is not dependent upon willingness
It is not dependent upon willingness
But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”
See also Jon 1:1–3; Ac 9:1–6
It is a matter of God’s sovereign choice
It is a matter of God’s sovereign choice
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
See also Is 49:1–6; Eze 2:1–5; Am 7:14–15; Lk 4:18–19; Is 61:1–2; Ga 1:15
God’s commissioning of preachers
God’s commissioning of preachers
They are commissioned to declare God’s word
They are commissioned to declare God’s word
Eze 3:1; Ro 10:13–15
See also Je 1:9; Jon 3:1–2; Mt 28:18–20
They are to declare God’s word with authority
They are to declare God’s word with authority
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
See also Je 1:9–10; Mk 3:14–15; Lk 9:1–2
They are to declare God’s word without fear
They are to declare God’s word without fear
But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”
See also Eze 2:3–7; Eze 3:7–9; Ac 5:27–29; 2 Ti 1:6–8
God’s constraint upon preachers
God’s constraint upon preachers
For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
See also Je 20:8–9; Ac 4:18–20; Ro 1:14–15
God’s confirmation of his call upon preachers
God’s confirmation of his call upon preachers
So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
See also Ex 4:1–9; 1 Ki 17:17–24; Mk 16:20; Ac 4:29–31; 1 Co 2:4
