Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
This is the identifying mark of the "hireling," the false pastor.
He aims at pleasing his hearers...
Making them feel satisfied with themselves...
Ever patting them on the back.
But he who has My Word--let him speak My Word faithfully.
Jer 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
No matter how unpalatable it may be to the flesh...
How much of a weariness to those who wish to have their ears tickled with novelties...
Or how loud the outcry against it is!
Ministerial faithfulness includes...
Loyalty to his Master...
Devotion to HIS interests...
Steadfast adherence to the preaching of His Word...
Dispensing the truth unto those whose souls are committed to Him...
Not mixing it with his speculations...
Much less substituting false doctrine.
A far higher motive than the pleasing of his hearers must actuate and regulate ministerial service.
Faithful preaching will render the minister unpopular, and will empty churches...not fill them!
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Souls are caught fast in the meshes of Satan's lies...
And nothing but The Sword Of God's Truth can cut them free!
A faithful man--who can find?
Pro 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Why is this? Because it is the part of fallen human nature to take the line of least resistance, and choose the path easiest to the flesh.
But remember, my reader, whoever you are, that, Lying lips are abomination to the Lord-but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Be faithful unto death-and I will give you a crown of life!
~Arthur Pink~
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