WARNING: Consumer-Oriented Preachers



"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;that put darkness for light, and light for darkness;that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." -ISAIAH 5:20 [KJV]

The rule of the day among false religionists is demand and supply. Whatever the congregation demands, that’s what lying prophets are ready to supply. The average preacher is like a shrewd businessman, consumer-oriented and motivated by personal success. His job is to find out what religious consumers want and then provide it. That is the key to success in the business world, and that is the secret to making it big in the religious world. There are multitudes of preachers saying whatever it is people want to hear. The demand creates the supply. The hearers determine what their preachers will say and do. If the people want a golden calf to worship, you may be certain that a calf-maker can be found and will fashion it just as the people desire.

Though most preachers are ready to supply the demands of the multitudes, the Lord still has His servants who are faithful to their commission. God’s men proclaim the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. They seek the approval of God, not the applause of men. They have no selfish ambitions; they set no lofty, personal goals. They seek the glory of God in all things and are determined to preach the gospel of Christ. They faithfully set forth God as being absolutely sovereign in creation, providence and salvation. They proclaim that "Salvation is of the LORD" (JONAH 2:9). They declare man’s total depravity and his inability to save himself or make himself righteous before a holy God. They preach the successful, redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ. They insist upon the necessity of the regenerating grace of the Holy Spirit. Boldly and unashamedly they declare that "Christ is all." He is all to be known, all to be seen in the Bible and all to be preached from the pulpit. They faithfully declare how God can be just and justify the ungodly through the blood and righteousness of Christ. The world’s rule of demand and supply means nothing to them. The message God has supplied and demands them to preach, that is what they proclaim.


-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd


Thirteenth Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA

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