#Preaching the Whole or a Part?

If we adhere to the written word without allowing for sentiments and nuances, we will see that Jude was right when he referred to the the gospel or the word as "the faith once and for all delivered to the saints".

The truth we need for our lives and for the evangelisation of the world is not about to be generated. It is already given. It is not to be found in dreams and visions. It is to be found in the scripture. While direction can come through dreams and visions it must also be made clear that such must be confirmed objectively by the bases that the written word provides.

The challenge of of the church then is not to generate or produce the truth. Our challenge is to communicate the truth. The truth is the gospel that we preach; it is the light that the world needs, especially with all the invasion of darkness upon it today.

The truth is not the one sided emphases we found around today. The truth is the whole gospel to the whole world.

If we crazily troll after a part of the whole, the light will only be blurred. I have a little fear for the future. I believe we all need to take a stand against that becoming more real. It is in agreement with the words of Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones that

"The concealing, and the neglect of certain truths, and certain aspects of Christian truth, has always been the chief characteristic of every period of declension in the long history of the church.

We have seen how God did allow certain neglected truth to be revived to the church. We have also seen that when all the emphases or extreme emphasis become laid on such aspect of the Christian truth T the expense of the rest, it usually leads to another problem that will need correction.

We shall be witnesses for him, bringing the whole body of the revealed truth from where we are to the uttermost part of the world.

The gospel, the whole body of the revealed truth that has as its base, the facts of the death and the resurrection of christ for the redemption of the whole world, is the power of God unto salvation.

We cannot afford to be ashamed of any aspect of it. That is our mandate; that is our tool, with which we can light up the world .

Let the light shine!