1co 01v23 We Preach Christ
WE PREACH
CHRIST!" I Corinthians 1:23
So far as I am concerned, and so
far as the ministry of this church is concerned, these three words are much
more than a quaint slogan to put on our church stationary. "We preach
Christ!" That tells it all. We have no other goals, no other ambitions, no
other programs, and no other purpose for our existence as a church than this -
"We preach Christ!" Christ is not the occasional theme of song and
sermon. Christ is the only theme! To preach Christ is to preach the whole
counsel of God. Christ is the fulfillment of all prophecy, the substance of all
types, the end of the law, the motive for all obedience, the foundation of all
relationships, the embodiment of all truth, and the source of all blessedness.
I try with all my might, by the Spirit of God, to preach Christ, nothing but
Christ, and the whole Christ every time I stand to preach. I make no apology
for doing so.
With Christ as
my one and only subject, I have a message from God that will, if it is blessed
of God's Spirit, meet the needs of all who hear me. Christ is PARDON to
the guilty, CLOTHING to the naked, REST to the weary, WATER
to the thirsty, BREAD to the hungry, RANSOM to the slave,
"We preach
Christ!" Nothing else is worth telling. Nothing else is worth hearing.