READ: Acts 20:28-32
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. – 2 Timothy 4:2
Preaching the word of God is the most important duty of a pastor. It is important because it is what gives life and vitality to the sheep. If you become an expert feeder of the sheep, your flocks and herds will multiply and you will have 1000 little congregations, instead of having one little congregation, which even struggles to exist.
Some people’s churches are like football teams, which struggle to stay in the first division. They are always in danger of relegation. Every football season that passes is not a season for them to win any trophy but rather a struggle to prevent relegation to a lower division. Some churches are just struggling to survive the season and be able to declare that they still exist.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
John 21:15
Jesus asked Peter for only one thing. Feed my lambs! That is what was important to Jesus – the feeding of the lambs and sheep! It is time to take the feeding, preaching, teaching and counselling of the sheep as seriously as possible. That’s all that Jesus wants you to do.
The preaching of the word of God is in preaching on topics like the work of ministry, the word of faith, salvation, baptism of the Holy Spirit, the anointing, faithfulness, Christian character, repentance and love.
What you teach will change the church! You need to have confidence in the word of God. If the Word is indeed the word of God, then it should have supernatural effects on the people it is fed to.