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January 8, 2008
You Get What You Preach For
(Filed under: Philosophy)When you preach salvation, people come to know Jesus.
When you preach about loving Jesus, people become better lovers of Jesus.
When you preach prosperity, people want to be prosperous.
When you preach about the second coming, people get ready.
When you preach healing, people will be healed.
When you preach hope, people are more hopeful.
When you preach about tithing, people tithe.
What you talk about is what people are going to respond to. In other words, you get what you preach for.
This is not about communication manipulation. This is about communication transformation.
So, friends, what are you preaching for?
What are you communicating for?
Posted by Brad Abare at January 8, 2008 6:31 AM
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With that logic, I guess we're preaching how to put pictures in a PowerPoint with fancy effects.... heh.
Posted by: jeff Simms at January 8, 2008 8:04 AM
why doesn't it say when you preach prosperity, people will become prosperous?
Posted by: Jay at January 8, 2008 11:25 AM
Brad - Thanks for the post. I think that you are right on and also that a mix of preaching is needed in any given faith community over a length of time.
Posted by: Andrew Conard at January 8, 2008 9:39 PM
I would have thought whatever you preach, people mostly do nothing except fall asleep, because preaching is such a poor (and unbiblical) way to communicate and make disciples! : )
Posted by: unkle e at January 8, 2008 11:01 PM
I thought it was going to say, when you preach about tithing, people will stop giving. haha.
Posted by: Bean at January 9, 2008 7:37 AM
Tithing is under Old Testament Law and Jesus fulfilled the Law....ALL OF IT!! If you want to keep the law, then you have to keep ALL of it.
If your pastor is asking for a tithe, give him some spices, wheat, grain, or dead animal. Tithing was never about money...ever!! And yes there was money back then!!
Paul taught us in 2 Cor 9:7 to give as we purpose in our hearts and give cheerfully! No where in the New Testament are we taught to tithe. Jesus admonished the Pharisees saying "you pay your tithes, but you still live wrong." (The law was still in effect until the Cross.)
Jesus wants your heart and your 100%...not your money!!
If you are struggling to pay your bills then you should not be even trying to tithe. That is the very one who should GET the tithe!!
Be blessed!!
Posted by: BoycottTBN at January 9, 2008 10:33 AM
Preach it, BoycottTEN!!! : ) I agree 100%.
Posted by: unkle e at January 9, 2008 11:56 AM
Great post...very well articulated. Thanks for the great reminder!
Posted by: Brad Ruggles at January 9, 2008 5:37 PM
@Bean - do you struggle with your finances? I ask because the majority of people who struggle with money are the people who do NOT tithe or do NOT put the tithe first.
Yes the OT tithe was for food but it went for the temple and people who worked at temple and todays money tithe is for the pastor and his family. All about providing for Gods people and church...
In getting back to the article, I loved it! Its all about leading by example, if your preaching it, you must believe it and then your faith will spread :)
Posted by: Jermayn Parker at January 15, 2008 5:36 PM
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