Jeremiah was not a popular prophet. He didn’t tell the people what they
wanted to hear. He wasn’t concerned with gaining their approval. He was
determined to keep on speaking God’s Word – whatever the people thought
about him, said about him or did to him. The first priority is
faithfulness. We must not make relevance the be-all and end-all.
Relevance must be built on faithfulness. The two are to be held together
– faithfulness and relevance. If we do not remain faithful to God’s
Word, our words will be irrelevant. They will not be God’s Word for the
people. “Your Word is truth” (John 17:17) – This must be at the heart of
both our preaching and our living.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured post
Jesus died for us ...
What do we mean when we say, "Jesus died for us"? Who are the "us" for whom Jesus died? A number of years ago, I read...
-
Carl E. Braaten has written that "Serious reservations ... must be voiced against the dominant position of the idea of revelation in t...
-
From the majestic perfection of God and the privileged responsibility of humanity, we now move to the evil subtlety of Satan. An intruder...
No comments:
Post a Comment