Most pastors are set in their ways and
have little desire to change.
They're like a great ocean liner that cannot
be easily turned.
But I believe young preachers can be molded
for good with the following truths of the
gospel.
When I have personally preached these ten gems
of biblical preaching, I have seen God move
in the midst of his people.
I've seen the careless silenced, the indifferent brought
to tears.
I've witnessed sinners awaken to their lost condition,
a spiritual transformation in the hearts of my
hearers.
And I've seen an entire congregation unable to
move under Holy Spirit conviction.
I will list these ten truths or these
ten gems for you now, friends.
And I'll say this, if a preacher were
to incorporate just a few of these, it
would transform his pulpit ministry by leaps and
bounds.
Here now are the ten gems of effectual
preaching.
Number one, preach for conviction of sin.
Number two, preach for the disturbing presence of
Christ.
Number three, preach the badness of man's heart
and his ruined condition.
Number four, preach God's demand for repentance.
Number five, preach man's utter necessity of regeneration.
Number six, preach about a final judgment where
all men will be held up against the
severity and strictness of God's unbending law.
Number seven, preach against sin in the lives
of your hearers and God's call to holiness.
Number eight, preach about the miseries and torments
of damnation in a burning hell.
Number nine, preach about the cross in the
life of the believer and the cost of
discipleship.
And lastly, number 10, preach up the lordship
of Jesus Christ, who has rights and claims
on all followers of his in their daily
living.
One final word, friends, a God-called preacher
will be anointed by the Holy Spirit and
he will fear God and not man.