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Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers, few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions. The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.
It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.
That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear. In the Old Testament all we get is DON'T
And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…
1: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
2: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'
3: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'
4: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
5: 'Honour your father and your mother.'
6: 'You shall not murder.'
7: 'You shall not commit adultery.'
8: 'You shall not steal.'
9: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.'
10: 'You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s
The New Testament gave us the Beatitudes:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a Pound coin, and see which will respect you most.
This type of Doomsday preaching does not bring people closer to God, maybe we should let people know the consequences of doing wrong and same breath what they can gain doing right. More so letting people remember that God is a God of love and loves all creation.
Even with your children constant treat does not help! The day your child tells retribution for going your do`s and don’ts, is the day your treat becomes an embarrassment to you!!, The child is saying all you are good at doing is inflicting punishment when you can’t get your way, instead of sitting the child down and explain why this thing is not good for wellbeing, the advantage and disadvantage of the action
In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it. But these days that alone will be perceived as an ungodly act!
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation
we can let people or advice people to live a Godly way even the present day churches realise the new generation like parties, music, disco etc. as such they have integrate this flavour of this type of music and lot of Spiritual music that has the flavour of what the new generation likes and can dance to!! And it’s working like a magic. Its norm to be seen playing gospel music and most of this music are in hip-hop, Rap more-so RNB an d they are so Godly and beautiful to the ears.
Since the day i was born, i am yet to meet one EVIL human being because God does not create evil for he created us all. But all i have seen are Good people with bad tendencies. Gun does not kill us human that kill with a Gun.
Even the bible said it’s not for a man soul to perish but to repent!!!
We should pray more for people to change and stop this constant damnation by judges of doom
