Welcome to Sure Foundation Baptist Church this morning.
Let's all stand and take our song books
and go to number 406.
Who is on the Lord's side?
If you're happy to be in church this morning, say amen.
All right, let's sing it on that first.
♪ Who is on the Lord's side ♪
♪ Who will serve the King ♪
♪ Who will be her life supreme ♪
♪ Who will side face the foe ♪
♪ Who is on the Lord's side ♪
♪ Who for him I call of mercy ♪
♪ Stephen ♪
Let's raise it on the second.
♪ Not for way of glad ♪
♪ Not for crown and paw ♪
♪ Enter we the strong church ♪
♪ Whom Jesus name it ♪
♪ Must be on stress ♪
♪ Jesus thou night blessing ♪
♪ With grace divine ♪
♪ This may be a stanching stuff ♪
♪ Thy grace the ♪
Dallas, can you pray us into the service, please?
Can you pray for us to the service?
Amen.
Go with me if you would to number 143.
Blessed assurance, and this is a classic right here.
Blessed assurance.
Jesus is mine.
A great song talking about eternal security.
Sing it on that first.
Blessed assurance.
Jesus is mine.
Oh, what a force in glory divine.
Amen.
Blessed in his blood.
Sing it out, church.
This is my song.
Sing my Salon.
My song.
This is my song.
My six emissions of wrath.
My songs.
The sands of mercy.
The whispers of my storm.
This is my song.
I say my storm.
This is my song.
On that last church.
Your fakesome is at riot.
My same blotching and wave.
This is my storm.
This is my song.
Sing my Salon.
My song.
I sing.
At this moment, you may be seated.
We'll have evangelist Justin Zong come and give us some announcements.
Welcome to Shua Foundation Baptist Church.
The first service in the month of November.
So raise your hand if you need a bulletin.
And Angel will bring one to you.
Let's look at the verse of the week, Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse number 11.
The Bible says, "The words of the wise are as goats and as nails fastened by the
masters of assemblies which are given from one shepherd."
Now that's a great verse talking about preaching.
Preaching are like goats poking at you, pointing you to the right direction.
That's how we need to take heed to good preaching.
And if you want to look at the inside page, we are on YouTube, Facebook,
Rumble, and X, so please give us a follow.
We have service time Sunday morning at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4,
and Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m.
This Wednesday we'll be going through Judges, chapter number 4,
talking about Deborah, the prophetess.
Okay, so last Wednesday we talked about some, you know, graphic story about,
you know, egg lot getting stuck in the stomach and then poop coming out.
So Deborah is not, you know, I mean, chapter 4 is not any better, okay?
So just come here to learn more about Judges and stuff like that if you know,
you know, so anyway, and then we have someone in time,
Sunday afternoon at 1 30 p.m. and Saturday morning at 10 30 a.m.
and then the salvations and last week's attendance is what you see.
We've been having, you know, having some low attendance these past two weeks
due to people's sickness and car issues.
So just pray for people's recovery and, you know, they're, you know,
so they can run their cars properly.
Pray for the Morehead family, as you know, they are in the hospital.
They will come back this afternoon, I believe.
So, yeah, just keep those people in your prayer.
And then and then upcoming events, we'll have a pie and praise service
during the Sunday afternoon service on November 23rd.
This will be a special service with a song request, a shorter sermon,
and then we can partake pies and raw milk together.
And then Christmas Eve service, Christmas, Christmas service
will be taking place during the Sunday morning service on December 21st.
There will be a potluck right after the morning service.
And then we have a Christmas Eve service on Wednesday, December 24th.
So if you don't, if you don't usually, if you don't usually come on Wednesday,
you don't want to miss that to join us for the Christmas Eve.
And then So Many Marathon coming up.
November 22nd is our last Gary So Many event for the year.
Meet at the address below.
We moved the time two hours earlier so we can, you know,
hopefully not, you know, door knocking, you know, in the darkness.
So so join us for that.
And then December 27 is our Winter Wonderland So Many Marathon.
We'll meet at 1 p.m.
We'll go so many for three, four hours straight and then we'll meet for dinner.
So that'll be a different format rather than someone in launch someone in.
This will be a three, four hour straight shot, pushing it through.
And then we're going to have dinner together.
That's on December 27th.
I'll be making a video probably next week to talk about that in in more detail.
And then please help us with the cleaning of the church building
right after the afternoon service.
And then November 28th afternoon preaching schedule is for you to see as well.
We'll have a men's preaching night on November 20th, November 30th
during the afternoon service.
If you are planning on preaching, please let me know
and let me know your sermon topic ahead of time.
If you are preaching heresy, let me know before so I can tell you no.
So if you want to know how to be saved or needs to be baptized,
please see an usher or myself after the service
and tighten offerings for you to see.
Please stay faithful in your giving.
And sorry for talking too fast because, you know, Alex
make made us some coffee, so it's really good.
So thank you, Brother Alex, for driving 13 hours to church.
Yeah, nobody has an excuse.
Nobody has and nobody has an excuse for not being free to thrive. Right.
So anyway, 17 hours.
So anyway, anyway, skip.
If you flip on the back side, you can see the birthday is coming up
in the month of November.
If your birthdays or, you know, anniversary is on,
is in November, that's not on that list.
Please let me know so I can keep your information up to date.
So, yeah, I think that's all the announcement.
Let's sing one more song and then we'll take up the offering.
And thank you very much, Brother Alex, for that coffee.
Huge blessing.
Let's all stand and go to number 19.
There is a fountain filled with blood.
Number 19, there is a fountain filled with blood
drawn from Emmanuel's veins.
Let's all stand as we sing this song to the Lord.
There is a fountain filled with blood
drawn from Emmanuel's veins.
And sinners plunge beneath that blood.
Lose their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains.
Sinners plunge beneath that flood.
lose all their gifts and the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his stand.
And there I think about those words washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away,
washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away. Dying lamb's blood shall never
got to sin of God to say amen. On that fourth, by faith, I saw the stream. Love has been my theme
and it's it. Let's sing it on that, even if your voice cracks, let's sing it on that part.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song I'll sing thy power to say this,
poor lispy. Ready? We're gonna sing another part. Lie silent in the grave. See the church.
I saw, I saw time. Lie. Amen. Good singing. You may be seated at this moment. We'll have ushers come
up and prepare for the offering. Brother Landon, can you pray for the offering? Please, sir.
All right. This morning we'll be in 2 Timothy chapter 4. If you need a Bible, wear your hand
and usher will provide one for you. And if I read a little fast, it's because of brother Alex's coffee.
2 Timothy chapter 4, the Bible reads, "I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his kingdom. Preach the word and
be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all one's suffering and
doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lust
shall be heaped to themselves. Teachers having itching ears, they shall turn away their ears
from the truth and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things endure afflictions,
do the work of an evangelist full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered,
and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. And not to me only, but unto all
them also that love is appearing. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me, for Demas hath forsaken
me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica, Cretians to Galatia,
Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee,
for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus, the cloak
that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest bring with thee, and the books, but
especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. The Lord reward him according
to his works, of whom be thou were also, for he hath greatly withstood our words. At my first
answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me. I pray God that it may be not laid to their
charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching
might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth
of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his
heavenly kingdom. To whom be glory forever and ever, amen. Salute Prisca and Aquila,
and the household of Onesiphorus. Eristus abode at Corinth, but Trophimus have I left at Militum
sick. Do thy diligence, that come before winter. Eubolus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus,
and Claudia, and all the brethren. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit,
grace be with you. Amen. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank God for this day, thank God for
this church. Lord, I just pray the Holy Spirit will be with brother Justin. Lord, he preaches
his sermon. Lord, and I pray we have receptive hearts. Lord, and take the learning and the
teaching. Lord, in your name, Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. You are in 2 Timothy chapter number four.
Look at verse number two. 2 Timothy chapter four, verse two, the Bible says, "Preach the word,
being seen in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and
doctrine." Now, the title of the sermon this morning is called "Teaching on Preaching."
"Teaching on Preaching." Now, this title was taken from Pastor Jack Hiles' book, "Teaching on
Preaching." Now, I will draw some points from this book. I'll also bring some points from Pastor
Matthew Stuckey's sermon called "Unwritten RFP Pastoral Rules," just to give you an idea about
preaching. So the goal of the sermon is to help our preachers improve and grow and preach better
sermons. Because, you know, it's my desire for every single man at this church that they will
at least preach, you know, sometime at men's preaching night, okay? So, you know, God wants,
you know, all His people to be prophets, right? And it's also my desire to help the laymen
understand my philosophy behind preaching, since you hear me every single week. Although maybe I
should start preaching on Sunday afternoon because more people are coming on Sunday afternoons, but
we have Sunday afternoon glory at this church, so it's kind of completely different from, you know,
all the other churches. So, but the goal is to help you, you know, the goal is to help you
understand where I come from about my, you know, to, you know, I want to talk about my philosophy
behind preaching. So, turn your Bible to Titus chapter one, Titus chapter, chapter number one.
Before I go to my main point, you know, I just want to say that God uses preaching to proclaim
His word, right? Preaching is the instrument used by God. Titus chapter one, look at verse number one,
Titus chapter one, verse number one. The Bible says this, "Paul, a servant of God and an apostle
of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect and the acknowledging of the truth, which is
after godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before the word began,"
notice verse number three, "but hath in due time manifested His word through preaching, which is
committed unto me according to the commandment of God our savior." So how does God make His word
clear? How does God proclaim His word? The Bible says that's through preaching, right? The word
preaching is defined as to pronounce a public discourse on a text of scripture, okay? So,
and God did not choose singing, drama, or like debates to reach the world. God chose preaching,
okay? Obviously, we can, you know, pull that idea to say, hey, we should be preaching the gospel,
okay? But also, preaching can be also applied to preaching behind the pulpit to the church, okay?
Think about 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 1. See, debates, you know,
rarely win anybody to their sides, right? Drama, singing, I mean, singing is good, but the primary
method that God has chose is preaching of the Word of God. That's why we go door to door. That's
why we preach hard behind the pulpit. You're in 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Look at verse 21.
1 Corinthians chapter 1, verse 21. And the Bible says this, "For after that, in the wisdom of God,
the world by wisdom knew not God, yet pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that
believe." Now, I think the primary context of this verse is about salvation, right? God has chose
preaching door-to-door, openly proclaim the gospel to save the lost. Also, you can apply that to
church preaching as well. We are saving people's physical life. We are helping people to have an
abundant life that God wants you to live, okay? So, God has chose the foolishness of preaching
because the world will see me preaching. The world will see your sermons as foolishness,
right? But, but if you are saved, it is the power of God, right? So, so point number one
this morning, I want to talk about the purpose of preaching, the purpose of preaching. Now,
the first purpose is to declare God's word, not man's opinions. The verse of preaching is to
declare the word of God, not man's opinions. Turn your Bible to Jeremiah 23. Jeremiah 23,
4.2 says preach the word. That's why the primary focus of preaching should be the word of God and
not man's opinions. Now, there's nothing wrong to express opinions, but they should be derived from
biblical principles. If not, at least say that is my opinion. Okay. I don't think there's anything
wrong of speaking the opinions, but you need to be clear that this is your opinion, right? You know,
but obviously the main focus should be the word of God and also biblical principles. And so many
preachers nowadays, they don't emphasize on the word. They preach about, you know, all the sermons
are filled with their opinions, stories, illustrations with no substance. Okay. Jeremiah 23,
look at verse number 25. The Bible says this, "I have heard what the prophets said that prophesied
lies in my name saying I have dreamed, I have dreamed." Now these are the false prophets saying
they have dreamed something that is false. Okay. Talking about Martin Luther King, you know,
he had a dream, but you know, we know that Martin Luther King, he's a Marxist. He's, he's an serial
adulterer and he's a false prophet. Okay. He has a false dream. Look at verse number 26. "How long
shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesied lies? Yea, they are prophets of the
deceit of their own heart, which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams, which
they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal." This
is a kind like, you know, preachers who fill their sermons with stories and just illustrations,
aside from the actual word of God. Okay. They are, you know, using their own biblical illustrations
to promote their own deceits, which do not align with the Bible. Look at verse 28. "The prophet
that had a dream, let him tell a dream. And he that had my word, let him speak my word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat, said the Lord." So verse 28, I believe the Bible is giving us
two groups of people. The prophet who tells a dream, the prophet that talks about his dream,
though their message is like emotional, subjective, as well as deceptive, you know, God compares them
to chaff. Chaffs are worthless, weightless husks blown away by the wind, okay? So that's the first
group of people, the prophets that talks about his dream and not God's word. But then the second
group of people is those people who have the word of God and speak his word faithfully. Their message
carries weight, carries power, truth, as well as substance. And God compares them to wheat, right?
Wheat is nourishing, valuable, as well as enduring, okay? So the false prophets, they prophesy lies,
deceive, those are like worthless, worthless, weightless husks that blown away by the wind.
But those people who are faithful to the word of God, those people speak truth and power, okay?
Because the power is in the word of God, okay? Not a personality of the preacher or the ability to
tell stories. Now personally, I don't use a lot of stories or different illustrations because I'm
not good at them. I'm not saying that it's wrong to use them. In fact, sometimes they are good to
convey a certain point, but the emphasis of the sermon needs to be about the word of God, okay?
Pastor Jack Kiles said this, "Don't try to make the Bible say what you want. Make yourself say
what the Bible says." That's important, because your main points should be supported by the word
of God, at least by biblical principles, okay? Now, people can defer on their principle, but,
you know, at least it should be centered on the word of God. And the truth that you are trying
to convey must be based off the word of God, whether it's a clear verse or biblical principles.
And you must be honest about what the Bible says, regardless of the popular opinions.
And that's important because sometimes, you know, when I just read this verse, I may feel like
people may disagree, but I should preach it anyway because that's the word of God, right?
You must be honest about what the Bible says, even if the whole world disagrees with you.
You must be honest about what the Bible says, even if it disagrees with your own opinions,
right? Even if it disagrees with every single commentary, right? You know, because, you know,
we should be honest about what the Bible says. Go to Isaiah chapter 58, Isaiah 58,
because the preacher's job, first and foremost, is to declare God's Word. Doesn't matter what other
people think. But the second purpose of the Word of God, no, the second purpose of preaching is to
expose and correct sin. Isaiah 58, look at verse number one. This is a very popular verse, Isaiah
58, verse one. The Bible says this, "Cry aloud, spare not, don't hold back anything, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet." Sometimes it says okay to yell and shout and show my people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins. So the second purpose of preaching is to expose and to correct
sin, not everyone else's sin, but the sins of my people, the sins of the people that are in the
church, if you apply that to the New Testament preaching. And we're not supposed to hold back
anything and we are supposed to make our idea clear like a trumpet and not making an uncertain
sound. I think Pastor Jack Hiles said something like that you should never be preaching against
a person. Now I don't really agree with that. Now I don't think that you should always be doing that,
but there's definitely a place to name the names and have someone specific in mind
because based on Isaiah 58 verse 1, I'm supposed to show my people their transgression. So obviously
if I'm doing that, I have someone in mind as I'm preaching. And there's a place to name the names.
I don't think that should be taking place all the time unless that church has other issues.
And Paul named the names, right? Apostle Paul is very famous. And he even said that mark them which
cause divisions. How do you mark someone without naming the names? Apostle Paul even called out
Hymenaeus, Alexander, Demas has forsaken me. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil.
The Lord reward him according to his works. Let God punish him because he did me much evil.
And John named diatrophies. So what do you do with these verses when people are being called out
publicly? People will tell you that you should never name the names. What do you do with these
verses? Like I said before, we need to be honest about the word of God. If the Bible says it,
we need to believe it. Preachers need to be honest about the word of God.
Now I do admit that I have some of you in mind when I preach against certain things.
And I think that is biblical because I'm supposed to show my people their transgressions.
And I think a good preacher needs to identify what the church struggles and the sins and the
struggles that people are facing and preach against them. If you don't like it, why do you
drive to a Bible preaching church? That's my question, right? You either get bitter or get
better. So love being offended because that's how you get better. Go to Ephesians chapter four.
Now I talked about this before that if you ever wonder that is he preaching against me,
the answer is yes. If you ever have to ask that question, the answer is yes.
Now I think the irony is sometimes I don't have you in mind, but since you wondered in your head
if I'm preaching against you, that means your conscience is bothering you. So in fact, I'm
preaching against you. That's called conviction. That's called the Holy Spirit. And if you
disagree with me, then just let it go if it's not something major. Maybe clarify with me after
service privately rather than telling other people that you disagree with me. People ask everyone
but me for clarification about my sermon. That is ridiculous. Yes, I do have someone in mind.
So a preacher who won't confront sin becomes a performer instead of a prophet because I'm
not afraid to lose members. I care more about your spiritual well-being than just mere number
filled with sins. So what's the purpose of preaching? Number one is to proclaim God's
word and not man's opinion. Number two, the purpose of preaching is to expose and correct sin.
Number three, the purpose of preaching is to build up saints. If in chapter four, look at verse number
11, the Bible says, "And he," talking about Jesus, "gave some apostles and some prophets and some
evangelists and some pastors and teachers," notice verse number 12, "for the perfecting of the saints,
to make the same people complete for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ."
The word edify means to build up, okay? Now, I will talk more about different types of sermons later,
but preaching in the church is meant to build up believers, not unbelievers. It's meant to build up
saints and not the unsaved. Therefore, if preachers constantly preaching a salvation sermon, that is
not edifying. Now, we need salvation sermons from time to time as a reminder, but that should not
be all the time. That should not be every single Sunday. It's also not good to be fixated on a
certain topic. We need to preach the whole council of God. Some preachers, they have their hobby horse.
Every sermon is about creation. Every sermon is about marriage. Every sermon is about end time
prophecy. We need the balanced diet. Not every sermon is about salvation. Not every sermon is
about marriage. Not every sermon is about creation. We need the whole council of God. Go to 1st
Corinthians chapter 3. 1st Corinthians chapter number 3. So point number one, I talk about the
purpose of preaching. Point number two, I want to talk about the kinds of preaching. There are
different types and kinds of preaching. Now this morning, I will bring up three main kinds of
preaching, but not all the kinds. Obviously we can talk a lot about different types of preaching,
but the first type of preaching is the milk of the word. The milk of the word. 1st Corinthians 3,
okay, verse number one. The Bible says this, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto
spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I fed you with milk, and not with meat;
for hither, too, ye were not able to bear it, neither ye now are ye able." So when you first,
you know, God save, you are a babe in Christ. You are being born again as a babe. As you are reading
your Bible, hearing Bible preaching, applying it to your life, you are growing spiritually to be
more and more mature in Christ. And in verse 2, Paul is saying that he's not feeding them with
meat because they were not able to handle it, because, you know, because you cannot feed a
newborn baby like a steak, okay, because, you know, they will choke and die, okay. So milk has its
place, okay. Milk is the foundational truth. Go to 1 Peter chapter 2, 1 Peter chapter number 2.
So there's definitely a place to withhold meat to feed someone milk because someone
cannot bear it. Maybe they're not able to bear it. 1 Peter chapter 2, look at verse number 1.
1 Peter chapter 2, look at verse number 1. The Bible says this, "Wareful laying aside all malice
and all guile and hypocrisies and all evil speakings as newborn babes desire the sincere
milk of the world that you may grow thereby." So what's the purpose of the milk of the world?
It's to force the babies to grow up. It's to give babies the nutrients and the nourishment to grow
up. Go to Hebrews chapter 5. So what are some of the doctrines that are the milk of the world?
Hebrews chapter 5, look at verse number 12. Hebrews chapter 5, verse number 12. The Bible says this,
Hebrews 5 verse 12, "For when for the time ye ought to be teachers ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk
and not of strong meat." So milk are the foundational truth. Those are the first principles,
right? Those are the basic truth, basic doctrines. Look at verse number 13, "For everyone that uses
milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe." Talking about babing Christ,
spiritually speaking. "But strong meat belong to them that are of full age, even those who by reason
of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Go to chapter six, look at
verse number one, "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to
perfection, not laying again." Now the Bible is going to list some of the doctrines that are the
milk of the word, "not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God
of the doctrine of baptisms and of laying on of hands and of resurrection of the dead and of
eternal judgment." Okay, these are the foundational first principles of the oracles of Christ. These
are, you know, the doctrine of repentance and faith. Those are pretty basic, right? The doctrine
of baptism, because that's the first sign of obedience after salvation. And then we have the
laying on of hands, talking about ordination. Again, I think it's pretty basic. And then the
Bible says, "and of resurrection of the dead," talking about the rapture, you know, or just
the basic doctrine of the second coming of Christ. And then the Bible says, "and of eternal judgment,"
talking about the judgment seat of Christ, the rewards in heaven, okay? These are the basic
doctrines. Now, I think the trinity, virgin birth, deity of Christ, even the creation story, these
are all basic doctrines, okay? And so we need to teach babes in Christ those milk of the word
to set a good foundation, because you cannot expect babes in Christ to digest prophecy or like
typology, right? They need basic nourishment first, okay? Babes in Christ are not going to just delve
straight into the book of Leviticus and just point out all these kind of pictures, right?
They need to be nourished first, they need to build a solid foundation first. But then the second
type of preaching is the meat of the word, okay? What is an example of the meat of the word? Look
at Hebrews chapter 6 verse number 3. The Bible says, "And this will we do if God permit," okay?
So Paul, you know, in Hebrews chapter 6 verse 1, he's saying that they need to leave the principles,
they need to leave the milk to move on to perfection, right? Paul was telling them to move
on to some meat of the word. Now, I'm gonna skip Hebrews 6 verse 4 to 8, that would be a separate
sermon, but look at verse number 9. The Bible says, "But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of
you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak." So what's Paul saying? Now that
you are saved, now that you have heard about the milk of the word, let's exercise your faith,
right? Let's exercise, let's use your faith, let's go deeper, okay? Now jump on to verse number 20.
The Bible says, "Whether the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus made an high priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek." So what's Paul having them to move on to? Melchizedek. In fact,
chapter 7 is a whole chapter about Melchizedek. That means Melchizedek is the meat of the word,
right? You know, obviously we have different idea about, you know, was he a regular person
that pictures Christ or was he Christ? But, you know, that's the meat of the word. And Paul was
admonishing them to use the word and to apply it and to go deeper, okay? The meat of the word
refers to deeper truth, prophecy, typology, you know, talking about maybe a deeper dive on angels
and demons, maybe on the books like Hosea, Isaiah, just all the pictures of Leviticus, Exodus,
you know, all the details about the temple, you know, those can be the meat of the word because
they require digging, right? They require cross-referencing and more study, okay?
So a preacher who never preaches the meat will keep his church weak, right? But a preacher who
only preaches meat will starve his babes. That's why we need both. Apostle Paul stating Acts 20,
verse number 26, "Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of all men,
for I have not shown to declare unto you all the counsel of God." So a balance is key, okay? Most
churches only preach about the milk. They never move on to the perfection. But if churches only
preach on the meat, then the babes are not building a solid foundation. So we need both. We need the
balanced diet concerning preaching, okay? Go to Philippians chapter three, Philippians chapter
number three. Pastor Jack Kyles also said this, "Don't go so deep that a new Christian drowns.
The same sermon that blesses a mature saint should feed a newborn babe." So even if I'm preaching a
deeper sermon, I still try to make some basic applications, okay? But for the mature Christians,
let's not despise simple sermons that are the milk of the word because we need to hear those sermons
to like reinforce the fundamentals of the faith, okay? For Living Chapter 3, look at verse number 1.
The Bible says, "Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord to write the same things to you. To meet
indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe." We need to hear the basics over and over again,
but don't only preach about the basics, right? We need a balanced diet. In fact, for new preachers,
I would encourage them to preach simple sermons that are the milk of the world. Because new
preachers tend to preach some new things, trendy things. They want to preach something as a shock
factor, but then they are not grounded themselves, okay? They need to focus on what is basic. That's
how you learn preaching, okay? I think, you know, preaching is kind of like a food, like pyramid,
you know? We have the milk, that's the foundation. We need to emphasize on the milk a little bit
more, but then we also need the meat to help Christians grow even deeper, okay? So the first
type of preaching is the milk, second type is the meat, and the third type of preaching I want to
talk about is heart preaching. Because people have, you know, different ideas about what is heart
preaching, and, you know, many people confuse heart preaching with the meat of the word,
but that's not the case. In my personal opinion, that's the opposite. I think heart preaching is
convicting preaching of the milk of the word, okay? Go to 2 Timothy chapter 4, 2 Timothy chapter 4.
Jeremiah 23 verse 29 says, "It's not my word like a fire," said the Lord, "and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces." So heart preaching is like plain truth with no filters, okay? Solomon
said the words of the wise are as goats, right? The real plain preaching pokes at you. It might hurt
a little bit to point you to the right direction. Paul even said, you know, the word of God is
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to dividing the center of soul and spirit, right?
Because plain truth pierces your intents and your thoughts. That is convicting preaching, okay?
Because hard preaching deals directly with sin, rebellion, worldliness, and hypocrisy. 2 Timothy
chapter 4, look at verse number 2. The Bible says, "Preach the word, being so insincere out of season,
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all non-suffering and doctrine." You can rebuke people for some
simple doctrines, right? That is hard preaching because you are making it convicting. Look at
verse number 3, "For the time will come when they will not endure some doctrine, and after their own
lust shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears." They want to hear some smooth things
and sure-coded messages that don't really offend them. Look at verse number 4, "And they shall turn
away their ears from the truth and shall return unto fables." And God, you know, Paul was, you know,
teaching Timothy how to be a good preacher, right? We need to cover, you know, all kinds of things,
reprove, rebuke, and, you know, exhort, and to build people up with long-suffering and doctrine,
and don't listen to what people really want to hear because many times they want to hear smooth
things. You need to preach what they need to hear, okay? Go to Isaiah chapter 30. Isaiah chapter 30.
I think some other preacher also said once that, you know, don't preach a sermon just because it
will preach. Preach a sermon because it will help, okay? Your goal is to edify the people,
and people don't like to be told that they are wrong. People want to hear smooth things,
and that's just that's just natural, right? But we need to be a counterculture, right? Isaiah 30,
look at verse number eight, Isaiah 30 verse eight. The Bible says this, "Now go, write it before them
in a table and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever, that this
is a rebellious people lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord, which say
to the seers, seers are prophets, see not unto the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak
unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits. You know, many members of some evangelical churches are
like that. They don't want preachers to preach the right things. They want to hear some wrong
things that tickle their ears, right? Even most members at Baptist churches, those are their
mentality. Hey, don't be like them, okay? You know, maybe just tell me, hey, preach to us right things,
preach to us rough things, preach to us the correct things so we can, you know, be a better Christian,
okay? And heart preaching is not the meat of the word. Heart preaching is preaching the basic truth
with power. Heart preaching is relevant preaching. See, sermons against lying is heart preaching
because people tend to bear false witness to get out of trouble, but thou shalt not bear false witness
is a basic doctrine. Sermons against alcohol and drugs is not heart preaching. Sermons against
alcohol and drugs is heart preaching because it's prevalent among young people. Sermons against
covetousness is heart preaching because we all struggle at it sometimes. Sermons against lust
and pornography is heart preaching because many men struggle at that. Sermons against pride is
heart preaching even though that's basic because many people, you know, because no one thinks they
have any. Sermons against feminism is heart preaching because quite a few women struggle at that.
Sermons about husbands love your wives is heart preaching because most husbands don't love their
wives as they should. Sermons on raising children is heart preaching because many parents want the
church to do their job for them. Sermons about reading your Bible every day is heart preaching
even though that's basic because many people don't read your Bible every single day. Sermons about
having a good prayer life is heart preaching and also convicting because most Christians don't know
how to pray, right? Sermons on giving and tithing is heart preaching because money exposes
where a person's heart truly is. Sermons against anger and bitterness is heart preaching because
many Christians secretly hold grudges against each other. Sermons against idolatry of sports,
money, pleasure is heart preaching because it strikes at people's favorite sins. That's
heart preaching even less basic, right? Sermons on heavenly reward is heart preaching because it
reminds us that only what's done for Christ will last. See heart preaching is not deeper
doctrines. Heart preaching is convicting preachings. John the Baptist preached heart.
Old generation of vipers who had warned you to flee from the wrath to come. Jesus Christ preached
heart except you repent you shall all likewise perish. Paul preached heart and might therefore
become your enemy because I tell you the truth, right? So we need heart preaching. We need convicting
preaching. See preaching against the homos is not hard preaching because I think it's basic.
If you're convicted because I preach against sodomy then you shouldn't even be here. That's not
that's not hard preaching. That's basic. Don't be like like how are you convicted by that? You might
feel uncomfortable but you need to learn to embrace biblical preaching. Okay but also let
me just say this is it edifying to preach against the sodomites all the time? No. Is it is it really
edifying to preach against them every single week? No. Maybe once or twice during pride month maybe
during some current current events right but but it's not profitable to preach against them every
single week. We're in the balanced diet because most of you here don't struggle at it you know
in fact none of you here should struggle like that so if you preach against it every single week
that's not edification okay anyway preaching against preaching against repent of your sins
is not hard preaching because if you're convicted you need to be saved that's basic. Pastor Jack
Kyle also said this preach against something every time you preach don't just feed the sheep
protect from wolves that has a great uh quote from him go to first Corinthians chapter two first
Corinthians chapter two so point number one i talk about the purpose of preaching point number two
the kinds of preaching point number three the power behind preaching the power behind preaching
now number one the power of the holy spirit because power in preaching does not come from grammar
gestures graphics the power comes straight from god okay first Corinthians chapter two look at
verse number four and the bible says this in my speech and my preaching was not with enticing
words of man's wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power so the preacher must be
spirit-filled okay as you are writing the sermon you need to pray that god will direct you and give
you guidance before you preach you need to pray that god will give you clarity and the power of
the holy spirit pastor jack house said this the spirit-filled preacher makes truth live without
the spirit even truth sounds dead okay we need to be filled with the holy spirit you know ask god
to give you sermon ideas ask you know ask god as you are writing the sermon ask god before you
preach so you can so your message can be spirit-filled so the holy spirit can actually
convict people to turn from their sins okay go to second timothy chapter two second timothy
chapter number two so i talk about the power of the holy spirit number two the power of preparation
and it takes a lot of time to prepare a good sermon over the years you probably have heard
many sermons if you came from some non-baptist churches you probably have heard a lot of shallow
sermons even those baptist churches you can clearly tell a varying quality of these sermons
right you can pretty much tell whether the preacher has copied and pasted copy and pasted
straight from the commentary you can tell whether the preacher has told the same jokes multiple
times right you you can almost tell how much preparation you know they did to prep for their
sermon but second chapter 2 look at verse number 15 second chapter 2 verse 15 the bible says this
study to show thyself uh study to show thyself approved unto god a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth see to study for a sermon is hard work right the
bible says a workman that needeth not to be ashamed we need to study for the sermon hey actually
study for the sermon don't write it 10 minutes before even for men's preaching night actually
study it pray about it okay don't preach a half-baked sermon take it seriously study it
look it up cross-referencing ask me for questions hey actually you know try your best to prepare
a good sermon okay don't just fill your nose like you know doing so many on your way back and just
get some random points okay like i said the preachers need to identify what the people need
and i talked about this multiple times you know about how i got my sermon ideas and that's from
you based on what you you know talk about before after service what you post online you know that's
how i got i would say 80 percent of my sermon ideas you know because i want to make it relevant
that's why you need to be careful about what you say or do or post online because i will turn that
into a sermon topic which i've done multiple times i think that's great because because i love
preaching sermons that you know that are actually relevant to you right not to the internet but to you
okay and that brings me to the next point preach to the people not the camera preach to the people
not the camera you should find a topic that will help the people at the church not to seek public
attentions now some now sometimes when you preach the bible the world will pick it up and you know
and just attack you but that should not be your intention okay i believe sermons should be both
proactive as well as reactive there's nothing wrong with reacting to a current event because
relevant preaching is profitable right maybe there's a shooting in like downtown hey i think
it's great to react to that to give you a biblical perspective okay there's nothing wrong with that
in fact i think that's great to keep it relevant and you know you might think that my sermon on
love thy neighbor is to seek public attention but my goal was simply to offer a biblical response
of the attacks okay because you know especially in things like that you know i don't feel like
there's anything wrong to react to that but obviously my goal is to give you a biblical
perspective on where i stand because you want a strong leader right yes you want someone who
you know who is standing firm on the truth okay so by the way like i said before you should not
preach a sermon just for the shock fact just for the shock factor now people may you know
people might accuse me for that but i really don't and uh many times i don't even realize
what i said is shocking to the world because i'm so brainwashed by the king james bible right
here's the thing if you think what i said is shocking maybe maybe you need to be used to real
bible preaching because in my opinion i'm pretty balanced to cover every single topic okay so
also don't preach a sermon just to get massive amount of views online because again your goal
is to edify your people right in front of you okay don't think about hey you know i'm gonna make this
clip after sermon i'm gonna get a bunch of views because you need to edify the people first okay
you should not preach a sermon reacting to what happened at other churches or dramas that don't
even concern you see if your sermons are about the dramas at other churches then you are not
edifying your flock you're a sycophant now sometimes we can learn lessons from from other churches
but your primary goal has to be about the people right like i you know i put your sermon called
paul and barnabas i'm simply learning a lesson to you know apply to you guys but your goal should
not just preach against the dramas at some other churches right feed your flock okay so so point
number one i talk about no uh that's the sub point i talk about the power of the holy spirit the power
of preparation number three the power of purity look at second timmy chapter 2 verse number 20
second timmy chapter 2 verse number 20 the bible says this but in a great house there are not only
vessels of gold and of silver but also of wood and of earth and some to honor and some to dishonor
if a man therefore purge himself from these he shall be a vessel unto your honor sanctified
and meet for the master's use and prepared unto every good work see before you can properly be
used by God you need to be sanctified you need to be a vessel unto honor you need to be fitting
for the master's use so the point is before you preach to others you need to preach to
yourselves first don't be a hypocrite okay go to Matthew chapter 7 Matthew chapter 7
Pastor Jack Kyles also said this the greatest hindrance to preaching is not ignorance
but but impurity Matthew chapter 7 look at verse number one judge not that ye be not judged
let's read the context verse number two for with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged
and with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again and why behold this
thou the moth that is in thy brother's eye but considereth not the beam that is in thine own eye
or how will thou say to thy neighbor say to thy brother let me pull out the moth out of thine eye
and behold a beam is in thine own eye thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye
and then shall thou seek clearly to cast out the moth of thy brother's eye okay so again the point
is don't be a hypocrite make sure you are pure first before you preach to other people hey preach
to yourself first okay you know now now this does not mean that you cannot preach against
saints because we are all sinners right but if you preach a sermon against alcohol you shouldn't be
drinking if you preach on soul winning you should be a soul winner okay if you preach against
covetousness and if you struggle at that you need to ask God to cleanse you first i'm not
saying be absolutely perfect or like seamless because because because that's impossible the
point is preach to yourself first sometimes when i write a sermon against covetousness hey you know
i want to reflect on me right i want God to cleanse me first i want to be a good example
okay go to Isaiah chapter six Isaiah chapter six by the way if you're drinking alcohol you should
be out of door anyway but let alone preaching a sermon Isaiah chapter six okay verse number five
Isaiah chapter six verse number five the bible says this then said i woe is me for i am undone
now what undone means destroyed so you know Isaiah realized that he was such a sinner that he deserved
to be destroyed woe is me for i'm undone because i'm a man of unclean lips and i dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips for my eyes have seen the king the lord of hosts then flew one of
the seraphims onto me having a live cold in his hand which he had taken with the tongs from off
the altar and he laid it upon my mouth and said lo this had touched thy lips and thine and and
thy iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged because Isaiah was humble that's why his sin
was purged but but notice after Isaiah was purged after he was purified then he was commissioned
by the Lord look at verse number eight also I heard the voice of the Lord saying whom shall I
send and who will go for us then said I here am I send me okay so Isaiah you know volunteered to
you know do the will of God after he was purified now the point is you know preaching the word of
God is a huge task right you you are literally standing between the gap of the living and the
dead you are trying to save people's you know life saving people's soul helping them to have
a better marriage helping them to you know raise better children hey that's a huge task
make sure you are pure yourself first you know don't preach half-baked sermons go to Jeremiah
chapter 20 Jeremiah chapter 20 so I say the power of the Holy Spirit the power of preparation the
power of purity number four the power of passion preachers need to be passionate about what you
are preaching it needs to be exciting to you first because you have to convey the same excitement
to other people right whether it's a great truth from the Bible maybe it's a helpful tip in life
maybe it's a cry for people to stop sinning it needs to be real to you in Jeremiah chapter 20
okay verse number nine Jeremiah chapter 20 verse number nine the Bible says this now I said I will
not make mention of him nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning
fire shut up in my bones and I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay." Notice what
Jeremiah was saying here. I could not hold it back because the word of God is so exciting to me.
I could not hold it back. I have to speak it to you. So that's what preachers should be like.
They have to be excited about what they're going to preach. Many times on Sundays I just could not
wait to preach because I'm excited, okay? Because I want you to hear what I have learned. I want you
to hear about the word of God and that should be exciting to you, okay? And we need more preachers
who are actually fired up about the word of God, who are actually passionate and fired up about
preaching the word of God. Go to Acts chapter 20, Acts chapter 20. And we also need preachers
who are passionate about the people they are preaching to, okay? Acts chapter 20, look at
verse 29, Acts chapter 20 verse 29. The Bible says this, "For I know this," that's a pause, a pause
speaking, "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves entering among you, not
sparing the flock. Also of your own self shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
disciples after them. Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years
I cease not to warn every one night and day with tears." So notice, Apostle Paul loved the church
in Ephesus. Apostle Paul warned them about the wolves with tears. Apostle Paul really
cared about the people of God and you, if you want to be a preacher, you need to actually care about
the people of God. You need to actually care about the people you are preaching to. Be excited
about the message first, yourself, but also be passionate about the people you are preaching to.
Okay, so next time when I preach against some wicked people, grievous wolves, you know, please
don't feel strange because you should be thankful that you have a church that actually cares about
you, right? You know, Apostle Paul moved with tears to warn them about people trying to, you
know, who try to destroy their church. So point number one, I talk about the purpose of preaching.
Point number two, I talk about the types of preaching. Point number three, I talk about the
power behind preaching. But lastly, lastly, I want to bring up some, you know, additional points
that I think are really good from Pastor Matthew Stacky's sermon called "Unwritten IFP Pastoral
Rules." If you have a link to that, that would be a good sermon, that would be a good sermon
recommendation. So he said point number one, that do not preach against like-minded churches
and pastors because Baptists are known to shoot their own wounded, right? Baptists have so many
different camps, you know, people go to one preaching conference and then they separate
and they attack each other, you know. So also don't try to run other churches. You're supposed
to preach to your flock, okay? Don't be a Baptist pope, okay? Do not destroy the unity of other good
soul winning churches. If you apply that, I will not convince the members of other good soul winning
churches that their pastor is wrong on the rapture and also Zionism because I will be destroying the
unity of that church. Think about this. Would you go to someone's wife and tell her that her husband
is wrong on playing the video games? That will be overstepping authority, right? You know, I will be
ruining the unity of someone else's marriage. So if a church is, you know, right on the gospel,
right on someone's, you know, maybe I'll talk to the pastor if I see some concerns of his church
members but I will not convince the members to turn against their pastor, okay? I will be ruining
the unity of that church. Even though I disagree with them, I'm supposed to build them up, okay?
Also, respect the pulpit when you are a guest. If you are a guest preaching, give respect to the
church and the pulpit that's hosting you, okay? Thank the pastor, you know, thank me if I allow
you to preach, you know, you can like apply that, you know? Preach the things that the church agrees
with. This applies to our Sunday afternoon preaching as well. If you know I disagree with you
on a certain issue, and if you're preaching anyway, then I will have an issue with you
because you are creating disunity, okay? For example, you know, I believe the two witnesses
are Moses and Elijah. Now if you stand behind the pulpit and say, you know, I believe those two
people are Enoch and Elijah, I will have a problem with you, because like why, you know? Are you
trying to cause some issues here? But also when you are guest preaching, let me just, you know,
clarify this point. So avoid controversial issues. Now I think this point can, you know, that, you
know, depends a lot about the styles of churches that you are preaching and what people think are
controversial, okay? But usually you may want to leave that to the pastor to like deal with the
problem of his own church. For example, don't preach a sermon against women wearing pants if
you are a guest preacher and you know that that's a new church. Let their pastor preach against,
you know, preach those things, okay? Now there's a seasoned church, you know, again, you know,
you have to read the room, right? If you just go to a new church, people are freshly reached,
and then you preach against women wearing pants and have the people left? You're not helping that
pastor to like build his flock. Make sense? So again, read the room. I think that depends heavily
about what type of churches that you go to. For example, last year, nobody preached about the
homos until I hid that during my declared doctrine sermons. And I do appreciate that because, you
know, this is a new church and I would like the church to hear my stance on it first, right?
Because like last year, everyone, you know, was like holding back, right? Until I preached that
final like doctrinal sermon. So also, don't cause problem inside the church. Don't preach a
show-stopping sermon because your goal is to edify the church and back up the pastor and,
and help people look highly of their pastor, not making their members want you instead of their
pastor, right? You know, don't just go to a church and try to preach some new things and trying to
draw people away. You're supposed to build him up. Maybe, maybe preaching a basic sermon. Again,
that's a good time to preach a basic sermon about, you know, be faithful to church to actually help
to actually help that pastor build up his church. Okay. Also don't use another pastor's material
without giving credit. Don't bad mouth other pastors privately or publicly. Respect territorial
ministries. If in the future I send someone out, don't start a church across the street.
I will have a problem with you. So go to second Timothy chapter four, second Timothy chapter four.
So I hope this sermon, you know, it's helpful for our preachers and also aspiring preachers.
Even if you are not a preacher, I hope you now know a little about my philosophy behind preaching
and just simple, just like basic etiquette if you are guest preaching or like if you are guest
preaching behind this pulpit. But second Timothy chapter four, look at verse number 16. Second
Timothy chapter four, verse 16. The Bible says this, "And my first answer, no man stood with me,
but all men forsook me. I prayed God that it may not be laid to their charge. Now standing,
the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that by me," don't miss this, "the preaching might be
fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion,
and the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom,
to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen." Okay. So I hope one day, you know, I can say because of
the power of God, and the preaching behind this pulpit, will be fully known. That all the United
States and the whole world might hear, and you know, and that we were delivered out of the mouth
of the Jezebel spirit, and the Lord has delivered us from every evil protest, and every evil attack,
and have preserved us unto His heavenly kingdom. Okay. Because in the end, God gets all the glory,
to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Let's close in with a prayer. Thank you, Lord, for your
word. Lord, I pray that we will have a better quality of sermons behind this pulpit. Well,
I pray that we'll do a better job in, you know, building up our flock. Well, I pray that people
will grow up and be filled with the Holy Spirit and be, you know, mature Christians that actually
make a huge impact in this world. And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. His, it was a great
sermon. His sermon reminded me of number 116. Let's go there. Let's all stand for this last song,
number 116. He leadeth me. He leadeth me. And we need to ask the Lord when we write sermons
and preach sermons to lead us. He leadeth me. Let's sing on that first. He leadeth me, O blessed
thought, O words with heavenly comfort, for what am I doing? 'Tis God's hand by his faithful
before by his hand. That second. Sometimes mid-scenes of deepest gloom, sometimes worries
flowers bloomed, by washed in troubled seas. 'Tis God's hand by his faithful before by
his hand. That fourth stanza. And when my task o'er is done, 'tis thus called away with
Wade. Can you pray us out, please? Amen.