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Our words are the tools we must use to encourage others.
From two weeks ago: Encouragement is:
From a heart of love
Directed at the fears of others
This means that the goal of our words to others must not be self-interested.
What we say must be
For the glory of God, 1 Cor.
10:31; Col. 3:17
For the building-up of others, Eph.
4:29
A Question - What Changes People?
Of course, the Holy Spirit is the efficient cause (the one Who actually produces the change).
That’s not the question; rather, the question has to do with what the Holy Spirit normally uses to change other people.
The Holy Spirit uses the truth of the Word of God to change people, spoken by a “preacher” to change people.
God uses means, Rom.
10:13-15.
So, this seems simple enough, right?
Take the truth of God, and preach it so that people hear.
However, it is not that simple.
Not only are we to speak the truth; we are to speak the truth in love, Eph.
4:15.
The Holy Spirit is not bound to any means.
Yet, the means which He uses—and even commands us to use—is truth through love.
In order to be a catalyst of the truth of God for change in others’ lives, we must love other people.
More than that, the whole community must be characterized by the “truth in love”.
We’ll see first what truth looks like without love, then we’ll see what truth looks like with love.
Truth without Love
If we speak the truth to someone without love, or even if the context / culture of the church is not one of love, then we are placing stumbling blocks in front of others.
Truth spoken to someone’s layers.
This leads to:
Conformity, or
Complacency, or
Callousness
That’s not to say that the Holy Spirit cannot use the truth here; it simply means that He doesn’t promise to own this means.
Christ has promised to build His church, and it will happen.
See Php.
1:15-18, where Paul talks about preachers who preach the gospel without a heart of love:
However, we should fear the Lord, and seek to keep His commands.
Truth with Love
If we speak the truth to someone with love, when there is a context / culture of the church that is one of love, then we are being faithful to obey the commands of Christ.
Truth spoken through someone’s layers, addressing someone’s fears.
This leads to:
Growth, or
Rebellion
The Lord is sovereign over the responses to our preaching the gospel.
What is our responsibility?
To be obedient.
It is not in our power to change people; it is in our power to obey Christ.
We must obey Christ and trust Him with the results.
“But isn’t all this just for preachers?”
No! We all must “preach.”
What is preaching?
At root, preaching is proclaiming or heralding the truth in love.
This is something every believer must do at a basic level.
Yes, there is a kind of preaching that only pastors do, when they address the church on the Lord’s Day in public worship.
But we all must preach Christ to one another.
1 Pet.
2:9 is addressed to all believers:
In the context, Peter is speaking about proclaiming these things to outsiders.
But an argument may be made from the lesser to the greater; if we are to proclaim His excellencies to unbelievers, how much more are we to proclaim them to fellow believers?
Gal.
6:10
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