Teaching sound doctrine is undoubtedly one of the hardest parts of every preacher’s work in Christ. It means that you ought to spend adequate time with the Bible to understand what God wants you to preach in a thorough way without errors before ministering to God’s people. Some congregants think this is no work, but really it is. Serving as a minister in The Bible Daily Network for over five years, I have come to understand how laborious it is to constantly preach the Word accurately. Today, I deeply respect pastors because many don’t know what they go through before ministering to God’s people. If you are a pastor reading this today, I am here both to encourage and empower you through this article to keep moving on in faith.
The world hates believers
We live in a world where more and more people are veering towards gratifying worldly desires than the gospel. Turn to social media today, and you’ll realise that there are more secular content creators than Christian content creators. In fact, more Christian content creators don’t have content suggested to more people than secular ones. All these have made teaching sound doctrine to the reach of many people harder these days. The systems of the world hate the flourishing of believers, and as a preacher, that is why you must fight to get the gospel accessible to more and more people. There are some people who are constant watchers of secular content, and they come to church wanting their pastors to preach things that soothe their itchy ears instead of rebuking their evil behaviours. Dear preacher, be strong!
Four principal uses of scripture
The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) that,
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”
From this, I can see four principal uses of scripture—profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness. So, besides its accuracy in spiritual understanding, sound doctrine from scripture should do at least one of these to people when you preach it. Even if people hate you for preaching the gospel, still do it. You are in ministry to please God, not man. Take counsel from like-minded believers, but aim at the Lord calling you a “good and faithful servant.”
You are a blessing.
