(Holy Ghost Inspired) Ministry

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At 10:50 PM 11/12/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Of course, style is important and it makes for effective delivery... but
>aren't we sort of losing the focus here?
>
>Apostle Paul says I do not speak with the wisdom of men, of words and
>persuasion but of the power of God.....
>
>I think it matters little if you are not eloquent or even a defective
>style by man's standards... what is important is to render it unto God..
>remember He shows his strengths via our weaknesses... such is the God
>that we serve....
>+++++++++++++++++++
>Yes, Paul said those words (arrh, but we do take them out of
>context....)  Paul said (1 Cor 2:1,4 KJV) "And I, brethren, when I came
>to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto
>you the testimony of God.  And my speech and my preaching was not with
>enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and
>of power:"
>
>Who was Paul talking too here?  C-o-r-i-n-t-h-i-a-n-s...  Very slow
>people, and ignorant people indeed.  So when Paul stated the above, he
>was not saying that he never spoke with intelligence, he was just saying
>that he couldn't talk to the Corinthians with big words and intelligence
>because they were like babes and not able to handle the strong meat of
>the Word.  This is true because when Paul went to Acropolis (Mars Hill)
>he had to sound intelligent in order to even have the philosophers
>listen to him.  

I am in agreement with you... i am not saying that preachers should not
speak intelligently... but like you... that intelligience has to be
qualifided by God's word... otherwise, intelligence can be that of what the
world thinks to be intelligence... anyway, i believe we are in agreement..
just a matter of form...


Paul was a Jew of Jews, a former student at the feet of
>Gamalial, you can't say that Paul never learnt to articulate himself in
>a dignified manner.  Quite to opposite is what I would submit.  Paul was
>simple to the simple and complex to the complex.
>


Agreed.


>Once again, I emphasize, with direct attention to a man's demeanor in
>the pulpit.  It is the place of God, it is where communication from God
>is funneled from His throne to the ears and hearts of His children. 
>Therefore the conduit (preacher) should be as conductive as possible to
>the message of the Holy Spirit.  The qualification for a conduit is:
>submission, intelligence, & discernment.  You can hear the wind and see
>its effects, it is important for a preacher to be able to determine the
>direction of the Spirit and go in that direction.
>

Agreed.... we are need some sort of training... and God does the training..
that is if we avail ourselves... i have come across preachers who do not
speak well by man's standards but who are so in tune with God that the
service is no less short of a miracle of God's working power.... 

In love,

Roy Gan
(Singapore)
roygan@pacific.net.sg