Wednesday Service | Putting On Your New Self | Part 5 – The Power of Preaching | Jordan Brawner

2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NIRV)

I give you a command in the sight of God and Christ Jesus. Christ will judge the living and the dead. Because he and his kingdom are coming, here is the command I give you. ² Preach the word. Be ready to serve God in good times and bad. Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully. ³ The time will come when people won’t put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own desires. They will gather a large number of teachers around them. The teachers will say what the people want to hear. ⁴ The people will turn their ears away from the truth. They will turn to stories that aren’t true. ⁵ But I want you to keep your head no matter what happens. Don’t give up when times are hard. Work to spread the good news. Do everything God has given you to do.

[1] Preaching is powerful… because it calls us to for the coming of Jesus and his kingdom

2 Timothy 4:1 (NIRV)

I give you a command in the sight of God and Christ Jesus. Christ will judge the living and the dead. Because he and his kingdom are coming, here is the command I give you. ² Preach the word.

Revelation 22:12-13 (NIRV)

¹² “Look! I am coming soon! I bring my rewards with me. I will reward each person for what they have done. ¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the First and the Last. I am the Beginning and the End.

[2] Preaching is needed… whether times are easy or

2 Timothy 4:2 (NIRV)

Be ready to serve God in good times and bad.

[3] Preaching is powerful… because it challenges us to

2 Timothy 4:2 (NIRV)

Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully.

Matthew 4:17 (AMP)

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

James 1:22 (NLT)

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

[4] Preaching is powerful… because it us

2 Timothy 4:2 (NIRV)

Encourage them with words of hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIRV)

So encourage one another with the hope you have. Build each other up. 

[5] Preaching is effective… when it is and not reckless

2 Timothy 4:2 (NIRV)

Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully.

Colossians 4:6 (ESV)

⁶ Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

[6] Truth based preaching will face

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NIRV)

³ The time will come when people won’t put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own desires. They will gather a large number of teachers around them. The teachers will say what the people want to hear. ⁴ The people will turn their ears away from the truth. They will turn to stories that aren’t true.

John 15:18-19 (NIRV)

¹⁸ “My disciples, does the world hate you? Remember that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you like one of its own. But you do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

[7] The calling to preach means we no matter how hard it gets

2 Timothy 4:5 (NIRV)

⁵ But I want you to keep your head no matter what happens. Don’t give up when times are hard. Work to spread the good news. Do everything God has given you to do.

James 1:12 (NIRV)

¹² Blessed is the person who keeps on going when times are hard. After they have come through hard times, this person will receive a crown. The crown is life itself. The Lord has promised it to those who love him.