The Preacher's Job

What is the Preacher's (or Minister's) Job? Interesting question. Here are three lists that might shine some light on the answer.

What The Preacher's Job IS:

• To feed the flocks of God (the Saints)
• To provide sound, spirit-led counsel to the Saints
• To rightly divide the Word of God, and present it to the Saints in a clear, rightly divided manner that can be applied directly to their lives
• To be examples to the Saints of holiness, gravity and spirituality
• To maintain prayerful contact with God in order to receive the wisdom to deal wisely and in a godly manner with all things pertaining to salvation
• To admonish and rebuke the Saints, when led to do so by the Spirit
• To preach the Word of God that saves, delivers and empowers victorious living
• To discern and warn the Saints against any evil that tries to harm the Body of Christ
• To be firmly rooted and grounded in the Word of God, through the Holy Ghost
• To Promote Jesus Christ as the Savior, Lord and the only way any man can have eternal life and a relationship with the true and living God

The Preacher's Job is NOT:

• To preach that Saints cannot live victoriously over sin
• To assume a position of lordship or ownership of God's people
• To teach Saints what the Bible says; all Saints should study the Bible for themselves. The preacher helps is rightly dividing and applying the Word in practical ways.
• To collect money based on having a title. The laborer is worthy of his hire, but if a preacher not laboring to edify the Body, then every cent of every offering or tithe he accepts is stealng
• To entice any member of the Body of Christ to sin in any manner whatsoever
• To save or condemn any person. Only God saves, and only God's Word condemns. The preacher must, however make all men aware of salvation, condemnation and what they mean to each person
• To judge the righteousness or service of another Saint. While all Saints are to reprove sin, this doesn't mean that we judge others, nor can we determine if a person's sincere service (in the absence of sin) is acceptable to God or not.

You Should Not Sit Under Any Preacher Who:

• Does not preach that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, who was sent by God and is the only way to eternal life
  
• Tells you that you cannot be victorious over sin
• Mocks other Saints, or rejects other Sants without sound Biblical basis
• Is a known womanizer, drunkard, homosexual or who engages in other outward sins that would cause his name to be belittled among unbelievers
• Does not promote holiness as necessary to see God in peace. If he can't even explain what holiness is, run!
• Always tries to come up with clever ways to get money out of you, or who constantly harps about money
• Has ideas or teaches doctrines that represent interpreting the Bible in accordance with the modern morality of the world
• Does not preach love, purity and righteousness, with the bible as the foundation of all beliefs
• Does not strongly encourage all Saints to study the Bible for themselves and to seek an intimate, personal relationship with God.

There are other things, but these are just a few of the basics. You should study the Bible to see that all these things are based on it (there are too many to go into Scripture reference for each one). If you can't find one of them, just comment on it and we will respond with the Biblcal reference.