As a preacher of the word of God, it is my regular and joyful task to preach Christ to all who will listen to me. I am not called to preach much about myself. Rather, I am called to direct my hearers to the only One who can give them spiritual life, and save them from their sins – the Lord Jesus Christ. These verses are describing for us how a person is saved; which is, through the preaching of Christ. “Him we preach”, Paul says. To preach is to declare in a straightforward, direct, and bold manner, the truth of the word of the God, in order to persuade the hearers to faith in Christ, and to obedience to God’s word. The written word of God is the Bible. This is what a man who is called to the Christian ministry is to preach; the whole counsel of God. And yet his special focus is to be upon Christ Himself, for it is in Christ alone that any person finds salvation from their sins and a new life of living unto God, in Him. Here in these verses we find the apostle Paul telling us what his great object was, in preaching Christ. It was, 1st of all – That every man would be warned. It was 2nd – That every man would be taught in all wisdom. And it was 3rd – It was Paul’s highest aim in regard to his ministry that he might present every man perfect in Christ. In all of his preaching, Paul labored, striving according to Christ’s working, which was working mightily in him. Let us examine these truths more carefully. I pray that I will be able to open them up for you in a way that you will be persuaded of the importance of faith in Christ and obedience to His word.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...