http://julianfreeman.ca/preaching/primacy-preaching Life because of an empty tomb... Tue, 22 May 2012 22:37:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://julianfreeman.ca/preaching/primacy-preaching/comment-page-1#comment-7277 Brother Jason Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:58:42 +0000 http://julianfreeman.ca/?p=1035#comment-7277 Julian, Thank you for posting this. I enjoy learning from Carson very much. I would like to give you my answers to the questions which you asked at the bottom of your post. I understand your point, as you are ministering in a local church and preaching every Sunday- I presume. You have a specific office of pastor teacher and your calling is to meditate on the Word of God and to feed your sheep. I myself do not hold the office of minister or pastor of a local church. In response to your first question: I just closed my Bible and finished reading today's scriptures for my Bible reading plan. In my reading I was in Acts chapter 6. As you know, this is the chapter where we are introduced to Stephen. He was a man "full of wisdom and the Spirit." He defended the faith and was able to do mighty things for the glory of God! He was not called to the study of the Word (as where the Apostles) but I get the idea that he was well prepared to preach. The state of the Church today is a sad one I believe, (you may or may not agree with me on this point). Every Christian man ought to be prepared to preach the Word of God. Not to stand in opposition to his pastor, but on the contrary to be ready in season and out. Not many Christian men are prepared to preach and the sad thing about this is that every man who is married and a father is called to be one who washes his wife with the Word. Basically he is to be the pastor, teacher, preacher in his home. The Puritans had this down, not many do these days. Another way the average church member can benefit from this is in evangelism. Open air preaching is one way of calling the ungodly to repentance. This is not only the priority of the pastor. Every church should be devoted to equipping their men to be actively involved in their specific callings of preaching. When the pastor is out or sick- the church should have elders who can preach and fill in. Every man should benefit from what you spoke of in your post. In response to your second question: It should affect the way we sit under our pastors. I always say to my wife and kids as we sit and listen to our pastor on Sunday mornings- listen carefully to the pastor because God is speaking throug him today. We should benefit from the knowledge that our pastor (assuming he is faithful in his exegesis and study) is faithful to God and the Word. This is my two cents and I appreciate your thoughts! I am always open to correction and learning if you have any thoughts or comments. Julian,
Thank you for posting this. I enjoy learning from Carson very much. I would like to give you my answers to the questions which you asked at the bottom of your post. I understand your point, as you are ministering in a local church and preaching every Sunday- I presume. You have a specific office of pastor teacher and your calling is to meditate on the Word of God and to feed your sheep. I myself do not hold the office of minister or pastor of a local church.
In response to your first question: I just closed my Bible and finished reading today’s scriptures for my Bible reading plan. In my reading I was in Acts chapter 6. As you know, this is the chapter where we are introduced to Stephen. He was a man “full of wisdom and the Spirit.” He defended the faith and was able to do mighty things for the glory of God! He was not called to the study of the Word (as where the Apostles) but I get the idea that he was well prepared to preach. The state of the Church today is a sad one I believe, (you may or may not agree with me on this point). Every Christian man ought to be prepared to preach the Word of God. Not to stand in opposition to his pastor, but on the contrary to be ready in season and out. Not many Christian men are prepared to preach and the sad thing about this is that every man who is married and a father is called to be one who washes his wife with the Word. Basically he is to be the pastor, teacher, preacher in his home. The Puritans had this down, not many do these days. Another way the average church member can benefit from this is in evangelism. Open air preaching is one way of calling the ungodly to repentance. This is not only the priority of the pastor. Every church should be devoted to equipping their men to be actively involved in their specific callings of preaching. When the pastor is out or sick- the church should have elders who can preach and fill in. Every man should benefit from what you spoke of in your post.
In response to your second question: It should affect the way we sit under our pastors. I always say to my wife and kids as we sit and listen to our pastor on Sunday mornings- listen carefully to the pastor because God is speaking throug him today. We should benefit from the knowledge that our pastor (assuming he is faithful in his exegesis and study) is faithful to God and the Word.
This is my two cents and I appreciate your thoughts! I am always open to correction and learning if you have any thoughts or comments.

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