Quotes about Message

Do art critics give awards to the canvas? Is there a Pulitzer for ink? Can you imagine a scalpel growing smug after a successful heart transplant? Of course not. They are only tools, so they get no credit for the accomplishments. And the message of the Twenty-third Psalm is that we have nothing to be proud about either.

The Lord's message rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith in God has gone out. 1 Thessalonians 1:8

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. Romans 10:17

The message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it. Deuteronomy 30:14

You welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers. 1 Thessalonians 2:13

Grant that Your slaves may speak Your message with complete boldness, while You stretch out Your hand for healing. Acts 4:29—30

They welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Acts 17:11

You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.

If some of those who listen to our sermons reject the message, that is not our worry - as long as it is truly the kerygma that we preach, and not some feeble imitation of it. Rejection is built into the vocation of the preacher. But hear this: The incarnate Word of God is a mighty sword put into your hand. Those who hear it will feel their chains cut off, their prison unlocked, their lungs filled with oxygen:

Preachers are not salesmen, for they have nothing to sell. They are bearers of Good News.

I have had the privilege of preaching the Gospel on every continent in most of the countries of the world, and I have found that when I present the simple message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with authority, quoting from the very Word of God—He takes that message and drives it supernaturally into the human heart.

People, especially the young, wanted to hear about God and not man.