DOES IT MATTER WHO PREACHES THE GOSPEL, AS LONG AS THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED?

 G O S P E L= GOD'S OWN SON PROVIDED ETERNAL LIFE.

This is the true gospel,  the good news!!

What are we to conclude about this matter?

Paul makes it clear, that whoever preaches Christ and the gospel, it doesn't matter, as long as the Gospel gets preached.

Philippians 1:15-16

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill.  The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains, but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Gospel.

What then? Only that in everyway, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes and will rejoice.

Beloved, there are all kinds of preachers out there, but their motives are not our business.

Those that are preaching for all the wrong reasons, could later repent, and start preaching for the right reasons.  We have seen this through the years.

We are to listen for the truth of God's word.

I have seen years ago, when certain ministers were full of pride, always pointing to themselves but later as they grew in the Lord, changed and admitted that they were wrong.

Since the great move of the Holy Spirit we are seeing this today also.

Judge the word, not the giver of the word.  

Like with all of us we start out one way, and as we grow in our understanding of the things of the Lord, we begin to see things from a different point of view. God's point of view.

Beloved, being transformed takes time, and trials and testing. Our yielding to the Holy Spirit.

Pride sneaks up on us all, at one time or another in our walk in the Lord. That's when those preaching get too big for their boots.

When they begin to twist the meaning of God's word to fit their agenda, then that's when we stop listening to them.

If they preach the true Gospel and stay with the context in the word of God, then we can listen to them and learn from them.

2 Timothy 4:2-4

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season.  Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;  and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

It is the truth of God's word that stands alone and produces life. 

It's not the one delivering that word.

Isaiah 55:11-12

So shall My word be that goes f north from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void.

But it shall accomplish what I please,  And it prosper in the thing for which I send it.

Be like the Bereans and search to see what you hear, that it is the true word of God that produces life.

Gospel, means good news,.  If you are feeling condemned, that is not good news.

Go back to the word of God that reminds you that if you are saved, that you are loved, righteous in the Lord, and forgiven of all sin.

God bless your day

Jesus loves you

Love in Jesus

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