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The Word of God, the Bible, is our manual for life. It is always advisable to read the manual. If you do then you will know what to do when things don't seem to be going the way you feel that they should. The answer to every problem, and also to every possibility is found in the Word of God.
The scriptures are called the Word of life:
"Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain." (Philippians 2:16)
Paul tells us that it is through preaching that people hear about God and make their decision about Him. He even tells us that in the natural preaching is foolishness. "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." (1 Corinthians 1:26)
However, in the spiritual sense, preaching is a very high calling. The world may think of it as foolishness, but it is one of very few methods used where people can hear about the things of God and respond. For this reason it is imperative that a preacher remembers what his solemn duty is: He must uplift Christ. Paul said that he was very careful to preach only Christ and His death at the cross. C.H.Spurgeon reminded his students: "Preach nothing up but Christ: preach nothing down but the devil."
When people surrender to the claims of the Word of God there is real joy in heaven. Why? Because the salvation of a human being is God's highest priority. He wants to enter into covenant with people, and He can only do so when a person is born again into His family. The new life in a believer proves that Jesus did not come in vain.
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