Saturday, August 11, 2007

Beware of Preachers

It's amazing how this list names so many televangelist without calling them out by name.

1. Beware of men whose preaching is shallow, and who never seem to say anything new, in the sense of the understanding of Scripture.

2. Beware of preachers who fail to preach on the holiness of God and His hatred for sin.

3. Beware of preachers who emphasize feelings and emotions rather than doctrine, who are shallow and lack depth.

4. Beware of preachers who are preoccupied with physical appearance; who is preoccupied with clothing, jewelry, cars, houses, wealth, fancy hotels, fancy restaurants.

5. Beware of preachers with a lack of deep seriousness about sin.

6. Beware of preachers who have a preoccupation with sexual matters and subjects in the pulpit.

7. Be very wary of preachers who are more concerned with relationships to people than they are with peoples' relationships to God.
List compiled from a sermon preached by John MacArthur titled "Creatures Born to Be Killed, Part 3"

1 comment:

Rick Jones said...

Just found your blog. I appreciate the information here. I plan on listening to this sermon this afternoon.
It is true, preachers have sold out to themselves; their egos, lusts, and desires.