Preach the Truth IN Love
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- There’s a perilous balance in preaching. If you stray too far to one side or the other, you’ll fall off a cliff, hurting yourself and taking other people down with you. All pastors naturally land somewhere on a spectrum between truth and love in their preaching. Great preaching requires both. Let me explain.
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Amen. Truth without love is too hard, love without truth is too soft.
Thanks. Well said!
I love this!!! ❤❤❤🙏🙏
Thank you!
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The truth is.... You should always preach love. Love love love. Don't put love and truth against each other on a scale.
The point is that we should always preach love AND truth, not just one or the other
@@ProPreacher I think you are making a false distinction. It's like saying we should eat food AND vegitables. They are intertwined, no need to make distinction.
I wish truth and love were always linked. But I don’t believe that everyone takes it that way. Many pastors have compromised doctrine because they didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, and many pastors have hurt people because they only preach doctrine without love for people. Essentially, however, it sounds like we agree that both truth and love should be present in preaching. It shouldn’t be one or the other, but I’ve seen a lot of cases where it becomes that way. Either way, thanks for being honest about your disagreement. I appreciate healthy discussion on these issues.
Amen.
Amen Brother Brandon. I have just found your channel and as a rookie pastor, have learned much from your videos. Thank you. This video spoke to me the most. I am bold in my preaching but sometimes forget to speak in love and grace. Many blessings to you and your ministry.
Awesome! Thank you! Glad you’re finding the videos helpful.
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Thanks. Had a very busy end of the year and some health stuff to deal with, but I'm back now and ready to roll. Glad to hear that you're enjoying the vids
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John and James wanted to bring fire from the sky to consume all the people in a Samaritan Village that was love for God. That's for sure.
Luke 9: A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior 51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. 54 And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”
1 Timothy 3: The Great Mystery 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
Titus 2:Trained by Saving Grace13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ
And Elijah mocked pagans which you might consider bullying, And Elijah is supposed to come Before Jesus second coming and you may not know him and receive him.
1 Kings 18:Elijah’s Mount Carmel Victory 26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made. 27 And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them
Mark 9:Jesus Transfigured on the Mount 11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 Then Jesus answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.”
Malachi 4:The Great Day of God 4 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Mark 7:Defilement Comes from Within 6 Jesus answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips,But their heart is far from Me.7 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men-the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”
18 So Jesus said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?” 20 And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
James 1:Loving God Under Trials 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Luke 6:A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
43 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Romans 8: Free from Indwelling Sin 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
John 15:The True Vine
15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Psalm 1:The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
1 Timothy 1:No Other Doctrine 8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
Proverbs 28:The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion 9 One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.
Hebrews 10:128 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
John 8Jesus Defends His Self-Witness 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me. 17 It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”
1 John 5:The Certainty of God’s Witness 6 This is He who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
Deuteronomy 19:The Law Concerning Witnesses 15 “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.
Matthew 5:Christ Fulfills the Law 17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Isaiah 24:Impending Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2 And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
And few men are left.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have TRANSGRESSED THE LAW, CHANGED THE ORDINANCE,
Broken the everlasting covenant.
1 Timothy 1:No Other Doctrine 8 But WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD IF ONE USES IT LAWFULLY, 9 KNOWING THIS: that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for SINNERS, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.
Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant
Hebrews 10:The Just Live by Faith 26 For if we SIN WILLFULLY after we have received the knowledge of the truth, (Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have TRANSGRESSED THE LAW, CHANGED THE ORDINANCE,
Broken the everlasting covenant.) there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who HAS TRAMPLED THE SON OF GOD GOD UNDERFOOT, counted the blood of the covenant (Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.)
by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Isaiah 24:15 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,
And few men are left.
Malachi 4:The Great Day of God 4 “For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,” Says the Lord of hosts.4 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Matthew 5:Christ Fulfills the Law 17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Revelation 20:The Great White Throne Judgment 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The 7 Churches that makes up the body of Christ in Revelation and those in the dead Church are those dead in their sin meaning living in their flesh and not in the spirit, therefore dead and not Alive in Jesus.
Revelation 3:1The Dead Church 3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,
"These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
6 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’
Hebrews 10:The Just Live by Faith 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Romans 8:Free from Indwelling Sin 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Exodus 32:The Gold Calf 33 And the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
Matthew 7:I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
1 John 3:Sin and the Child of God 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
Daniel 12:Prophecy of the End Time 12 “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;
And there shall be a time of trouble,
Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness
Like the stars forever and ever.
I appreciate your videos and your heart to help preachers. However, I think on this issue you're confusing doctrine with delivery. We should always be preaching truth, but as you rightly state 'in love'. In love would be correctly considered as 'from' and 'because' of love as well (not because you're mad or being mean spirited). Delivery must be dictated by the situation. Was Paul being a bully when he called the church in Galatia 'foolish' and 'bewitched'? If Jesus came to many preacher's fellowships today & preached Mat. 23, many would consider Him a bully. But I believe that Jesus preached from Love (because He did love them), because of Love (as Jesus' desire was not for their destruction, but for their Salvation) and in love (because that message delivered in that manner was certainly Divinely inspired, for those people at that moment). For all we know, this could have been the moment that was the catalyst for converting Joseph and the settling of Nicodemus.
I think what's most important for the preacher is to correctly determine the delivery of the truth - and this can only be accomplished by following the leading of the Holy Spirit of God, and not by what your flesh dictates at that moment. This can be difficult as you know, preachers are not above the battle between the flesh & Spirit.
God bless brother. Keep preaching.
I agree with what you’re saying. Perhaps I wasn’t clear in how I delivered it. There are absolutely times where we have to say things that people will find hard to hear, just like Jesus did. But, as you said, we need to deliver the truth because of our love for others. The problem is when we lack love, and we are preaching truth with an angry, bitter, hateful, or even indifferent and cold heart. That’s when preachers become a bullies.
I disagree, I think the truth is all that matters. This is what is exactly wrong with the church today all over the world is this method of softness and appeasement.
Truth matters, and we shouldn’t be people-pleasers. I agree there. But doesn’t love play a role too? Doesn’t the Bible command us to love our neighbors as ourselves? I think that applies to our ministry and our preaching. We shouldn’t compromise on Biblical truth, and we should love God and love people while we speak the truth.
By the way, thanks for being honest about your disagreement. I appreciate these kinds of discussions and debates.
It is in the matter you say it. It is loving to rebuke according to Leviticus 19:17 "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." But it needs to be done in the spirit of gentleness according to 2 Timothy 2:24-25 "And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;"
"I think the truth is all that matters" is an oxymoron.
Literally just read 1Corinthians 13:1-3,
[1] If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
[2] If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
[3] And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may [a]glory, but do not have love, it does me no good.