When Preachers Are Necessary

[Beetow]

I wasn't aware Christ was thinking of me when he went to the cross till a man at
work walked up and told me. That was quite a eureka moment because I knew
Jesus died for the sins of the world but didn't think it was for anybody in particular.
In point of fact, I had been brought up to feel pity for Christ as a victim of
unfortunate circumstances beyond his control. Had that man at work not taken the
initiative to speak with me, I might've never known the truth.
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[Beetow]

Some years ago I heard of an exchange between a preacher and a young inquirer
that went something like this:

YOUTH: What would I have to do that's so bad I'd go to Hell?

PREACHER: You don't have to do anything at all; just bide your time and you'll get
there.

YOUTH: How so?

PREACHER: Hell is the default, whereas Heaven is an option. In other words; all
that's required to end up in Hell is indifference.

● Matt 13:15 . . For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them.

* The worst possible place someone should choose to seek a preacher is in Hell
because "too late" is not the best time to discover how narrowly one has missed the
train.
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[Beetow]

● Acts 8:30-31 . . Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet
Isaiah; so he asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" The man replied,
"How can I, when there is no one to instruct me?"

The man with whom Philip dialogued wasn't some obscure cobalt miner in the
Democratic Republic of Congo or an illiterate cow poke herding beef in Montana.
The man was high up in the government of Ethiopia; so it's likely he had an above
average IQ, and yet without someone to help him, he was stumped by Isa 53:7-8.
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[Beetow]

● Acts 19:1-2 . . While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the
interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them: Did
you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? They answered: No, we have not
even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.

Those folks were disciples, but not Jesus' disciples 'cause had they been, they
would've been endowed with his spirit. That was a lucky encounter for those
people, and Paul of course straightaway took some time to get them connected with
Christ. I mean, after all, isn't that what preachers sign on for?
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[Beetow]

● Gen 6:3 . . My spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal

The Hebrew word translated "contend" basically refers to law and order. In other
words: God's spirit was preaching to folk on up to the time of the Flood.

FAQ: Did the people hear an audible voice?

REPLY: Yes, but it wasn't the Spirit's voice, rather, it was Noah's (2Pet 2:5)

The reason given for not contending with people forever is that people don't live
forever. In other words: the time for folks to listen to preaching is now; before a
Flood, viz: before something takes them away of a sudden.
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[Beetow]

At the conclusion of the church's extraction per 1Thess 4:13-18, not one God-given
preacher will remain anywhere on Earth, so that those preachers who do remain,
will all be cheap goods: yet there will no doubt be numerous frightened
congregations all 'round the world looking to those very same incompetent quacks
for answers just the same as they did before the extraction.
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