A Perspective Bible Timeline And Sharing Scripture

Not long back I had a retired Pastor reprove me very sharply, for making some interesting points while preaching on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. He was very old school, and he referred to 1 Tim 1.4 \”nor to be taken up with with myths and never ending genealogies.. \”

He listened, as I asked them if I had said anything that was of heresy, and he said. \”No\”. He just would not accept it when I suggested that this Scripture was referring to the false teachings of Gnosticism and was in no way speaking of honest enquiry into Scripture.

This was a pastor who had laboured in the gospel of 40 years and yet he did not understand about Gnosticism and the problems that Paul spoke of in this passage. A congregation is not going to have much hope of understanding these things if the Pastor does not.

It is unfortunate that so many pastors in our churches will preach shallow and light weight messages, and the result is that their people will hardly grow in and Scripture and interpretation. Preachers love to give to us \’moral essays\’ and \’warming affirmations\’ because, supposedly, if we truly \’love\’ others this is what we will do.

It seems that the most important thing is, that we are very positive and \’nice\’ to everybody. It\’s just too bad, if God\’s people are falling through the cracks \’for a lack of knowledge\’ (oracle).

Think about it, the more \’relevant\’ Christians become, to the world, the less relevant christians are in reality, to the world.

Why do Pastors get stuck in a rut of favorite topics and \’feel good\’ messages? Preachers preach on a verse from 1 John further a part about a victorious one from Luke; topical address from Matthew following on with the true faith of Mary Magdalene or the righteousness of Abraham.

After preaching portions from here and from there, through the Bible we need then to put it all together in a clear, understandable way for our congregation.

These days a flood of new ideas and publications come under various names that have a liberal bent. If we were to be taught the basics of Church history, we then would not be so doomed to repeat it.

Our role as teachers of the flock is to take the fragments of God\’s Word and plan certain together in a beautiful tapestry that the Church can draw on, helping them to understand God, the Bible and the Church.

It\’s not a difficult thing to accomplish, we just need to put in some study and prayer.

John 17:17 Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. (NAB)

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