Preaching Still Works Sunday, Mar 30 2025 

Uncategorized , , , , , , kennethbow 8:06 pm

Preaching Still Works

Let me tell you something: preaching still works. I don’t care what the world says, I don’t care what culture tries to cancel, the preached Word of God is still God’s chosen weapon to change lives.

It works in the church. It works in the streets. It works in living rooms. It works on the radio. Preaching just works.

Romans 10:14 says, “How shall they hear without a preacher?” Oh, you better believe it—God uses the foolishness of preaching to confound the wise, to break the chains of sin, and to raise the dead things back to life.

Preaching isn’t just talking—it’s declaring. It’s proclaiming. It’s releasing the fire of Heaven into the hearts of people. 

When that anointed Word goes forth, demons tremble, sickness flees, and hearts are pierced with conviction. Preaching is a lifeline, a sword, a trumpet in Zion. It tears down strongholds and lifts up the Name that is above every name—JESUS!

That’s why you need to get involved. That’s why you need to say amen or waive your hand or stand up or do something to show. Yes, I support this. Yes, I am involved. Yes, I’m on board.

You can have your lights, your programs, your productions— if there’s no preaching, there’s no power. It is the one indispensable thing needed to build a church. You must have preaching.

Paul told Timothy, “Preach the Word. Be instant in season and out of season. ” That means when they want it and when they don’t. Because somebody’s soul is hanging in the balance.

Preaching works—because God watches over His Word to perform it. So when the Word is preached, miracles break out. When the Word is preached, prodigals come home. When the Word is preached, revival breaks loose. Preaching makes things happen.

Matt 4.23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,…..

g2784. κηρύσσω kēryssō; of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel): — preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.

AV (61) – preach 51, publish 5, proclaim 2, preached + g2258 2, preacher 1;

to be a herald, to officiate as a herald to proclaim after the manner of a herald -always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed. To publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers…

It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe

John preached Matt 3.1

Jesus preached Matt 4.23

Jonah preached Matt 12.41

Apostles preached Acts 8.4

Paul and Barnabas preached Acts 15.35

1 Cor 1.18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Cor 1.21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Cor 2.4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

Titus 1.3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

So don’t stop preaching. 

Don’t water it down. 

Don’t compromise. 

Preach it hot, preach it holy, preach it full of the Holy Ghost. 

Because preaching still works!

Why Preaching Still Works:

Romans 10:13-15

“For ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher?”

Preaching is God’s Method, Not Man’s Idea

“How shall they hear without a preacher?”

Church, preaching didn’t come from a church board or a conference committee—it came from the mind of God. 

From the prophets in the Old Testament to John the Baptist in the wilderness, to Jesus Himself declaring, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”to the Apostles—God has always used a voice to carry His message.

Preaching is not a TED Talk. It’s not a motivational speech. It’s not entertainment.

It is the divine delivery system of Heaven’s message to Earth.

Preaching Breaks Chains and Builds Faith.

Romans 10:17 – “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

When the Word is preached—faith is born. 

When Peter preached, 3,000 souls were saved. 

When Paul preached, demons fled and dead men rose.

The preached Word builds up what the devil tried to tear down.

It breaks addiction. 

It heals hearts. 

It stirs the sleeping. 

It calls the prodigal home.

You may not remember the preacher’s name… but you’ll remember what God did through that Word.

Preaching Carries Power Because It Carries God’s Presence

1 Corinthians 1:21 – “It pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

Don’t let the world call it foolish. Heaven calls it fire.

When preaching is under the anointing—it’s not the preacher talking—it’s the Spirit of God declaring war on darkness.

When preaching goes forth, it’s not just volume—it’s violence in the spirit realm, tearing down strongholds and lifting up the Cross.

Preaching invites the presence of God to invade the present moment.

Preaching Still Works—So Preach On!

The devil would love for the Church to go quiet…

He doesn’t mind a little worship, or a little fellowship—as long as there’s no preaching.

Because when we preach:

• Heaven listens

• Hell trembles

• And hearts are changed

So preach on preacher.

Preach when they shout, preach when they stare.

Preach when it’s popular, and preach when it’s not.

Preach in the pulpit, preach in the streets—preach in power and with fire.

If you’ve been running —it’s time to surrender.

If you’ve forgotten the power in the Word—it’s time to return.

And if you’re hungry for the fire of God to fall again—get to this altar and ask for fresh oil.

Two things about preaching

Number one it is the only indispensable thing in building a church. You can build without a building you can build without music you can build without a lot of things that we like, but preaching is the one thing you cannot do without. 

Number two preaching is the only element that every church in the world uses they may use different music or wear robes or have big cathedrals or meet in living rooms, but every one of them have preaching 

Because preaching still works.

 

The Key: Submission vs Obedience Saturday, Dec 7 2024 

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The Key: Obedience vs Submission

Is there a difference between submitting and obeying?

Here are the definitions of each: Obedience: Obedience refers to the act of following instructions or orders from someone in a position of authority. It involves doing what you are told. Israel, obeyed, and grumbled while they were obeying. They definitely were not submitted.

Submission: Submission refers to the act of yielding your will and desires to the authority or control of someone else.

What is the spiritual meaning of submission? If your pastor is having problems with you, you have a problem with submission.

Submission is the spiritual discipline that frees us from the  burden of always needing to get our own way. If you always need to get your own way, life is frustrating and difficult and contentious. 

In submission we are learning to hold things lightly. 

We are also learning to diligently watch over the spirit in which we hold others— honoring them, preferring them, loving them even above ourselves.

Jesus provides the ultimate example of willing submission as He suffered intense agony in Gethsemane. Not my will but thine.

 Matt 26.39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Submission does not mean putting the will of the husband before the will of Christ. The Bible clearly teaches that the wife is a follower of Jesus before and above being a follower of her husband especially if he is going on the path of unbelief. She does not follow him in that, because she has been called to be a disciple of Jesus. 

Many years ago, I was at a conference and I heard a story. It was about a new convert and she was getting ready for church. When she walked out of her bedroom and stepped into the hall, her sinner husband was standing at the other end of the hall with a pistol pointed at her. He cocked the hammer back and said to her “you are not going to church tonight.”

She smiled and called him by name and said “if you pull that trigger, I’m going to heaven, and if you don’t pull that trigger, I’m going to church.”

That’s submission.

 

The Key: Submission Friday, Dec 6 2024 

Biblical history and Church news and Doctrine and Family and Marriage and Motivational and New Testament and Uncategorized , , , , kennethbow 11:36 am

Napoleon Hill said: You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts.

A key that opens many locks is worth buying. A lock that can be opened with many keys isn’t. 

If there truly was one single key that could open all of the blessings and benefits of God, what would it be? Would it be faith? Would it be prayer? Would it be giving? Would it be fasting?

I don’t know that one simple answer is the right key. But I do want to talk about at least one key that I think unlocks many things and possibly all things.

  • This key I am going to speak about unlocks your relationship with God. 
  • It unlocks your relationship with your pastor. 
  • It unlocks your relationship with your spouse. 
  • It unlocks your relationship with your parents and or with your kids. 
  • It unlocks your relationship with other people in the church 
  • It even unlocks your relationship with your boss and coworkers on the job and even neighbors.

I don’t remember ever hearing an entire sermon on the subject of submission. I’ve heard it alluded to and mentioned hundreds of times. But today I want to speak on this subject of submission. The key that unlocks every door. I hope the Lord will help me present it to you in all of its beauty and power. Too often it is seen as confining, or as an impediment to our will. Sometimes people see it limiting them or holding them back, which is not true.

What is the purpose of submission? Have we fallen into the thought processes that I am to submit to God but I don’t have to submit to my pastor, or I don’t have to submit to my spouse or I don’t have to submit to my parents.

By submitting we allow God complete control of our lives. As he works in us and through us, we will  see Him working around us. And where God works there is healing, life, and restoration. You see, our submission is to God so that He can use our lives to touch the lives of others.

Next blog:

Is there a difference between submitting and obeying?

 

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