![]() ![]() His preaching was described as “logic on fire.” It is obviously attributable to God’s sovereign hand on his life, but Lloyd-Jones also had a deep passion for this sacred anointing: Two thousand gathered every Friday night for ten years as he taught through the book of Romans! ![]() This great London expositor of Welsh descent preached to thousands in London during the last century (he died in 1968), when most British churches were dying. Perhaps no recent preacher has understood this better than Martyn Lloyd-Jones. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God (1 Corinthians 2:1-5 NASB). For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. The great preacher of the New Testament lived in this power:Īnd when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. The great Welsh revival preachers spoke of it as “the gust.” They would hoist the sail of their sermons and pray for the gust of God’s Spirit to catch the sail. And they are always men of humility, for God will not waste His unction on men who steal His glory. They can be men of great learning or meager ability. There is the normative work of preaching which God uses and blesses, but there are also unusual moments and seasons of anointed preaching that produce remarkable results.Īnointed preachers are marked as those with power. It is possible to preach without anointing and sadly, the evidence is almost undeniable that many do.Īnointed preaching is effective. Not skill, not eloquence, not hard work, not even good training (although these have their place). This enduing of the Holy Spirit is what makes great preachers and great preaching. He is exceedingly capable of taking humble, simple men beyond themselves to preach with power. Our sin makes us unlikely candidates for this awesome work, but God has provided a way to overcome our weakness: anointing. There is no higher calling or greater joy than to be such a channel for the God of the universe. But those of us who have been called to this glorious privilege are grateful. Why He did it this way, particularly in light of our human frailty, only He can say. On the human side, He calls out certain men to come to know Him through these means and to communicate His truth to a broader audience-to preach. By these three means God sufficiently reveals Himself. He has graciously given us creation, His Word, and most dramatically, Himself, in the person of His Son, so that we might know Him. In His sovereignty, God has ordained preaching as a primary means of transforming lives. ![]()
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