Kindly said, pastors are biblically obligated preach hard against all sin, including the abominable sin of homosexuality (Isaiah 58:1; Romans 1:24-32). God's wrath is upon any pastor and church who openly welcome sodomites into their congregation, but never a word is preaching from the pulpit about the evils of homosexuality, adultery and the lusts of the flesh. God pity the preacher that the world don't hate!
John 7:7, “The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.” When did Jesus testify against the sins of the world? Remember, Jesus' name is THE WORD OF GOD (Revelation 19:13). Jesus is the Word made incarnate, that is, in the flesh (John 1:1-3, 14). Evangelist John R. Rice (1895-1980) used to rightly say that Jesus and the Bible are “twins.” Jesus is the Living Word; the Bible is the Written Word.
Moreover, Jesus was a preacher of righteousness while on earth. He preached against sin everywhere that He went, as did John the Baptist. In fact, it was preaching against Herod's adultery with his brother's wife that compelled Herodias (Herod's brother's wife) to conspire to have John beheaded. She got her evil way! Woe be unto her in Hell. Ecclesiastes 8:12-13, “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.”
That is why we read in John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” Revelation 19:10b tells us, “for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” The Bible contains 31% prophecy, the Koran contains none. When we study Bible prophecy, we should always look for how it relates to Jesus to acquire the proper meaning.
It is tragic that so many bad preachers today are perverting (changing) God's simple plan of salvation, in a futile attempt tp force sinners to live a holy life. This perversion of grace is called, “Lordship Salvation.” The problem is not with the Gospel; but rather, with today's wimpy Caspar Milquetoast pastors who refuse to preach hard against sin from the pulpit. Churches have utterly failed to mentor new converts, which is part of The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). The Great Commission in most churches has become The Great Omission!!! We are not commanded as saints to just go preach the Gospel to win the lost to Jesus Christ, but also, “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:20a).
Evangelist Lester Roloff (1914-2982) was absolutely right, who said: “The great need of the hour is preaching preachers!”
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