Background
In the third verse of the first chapter of the last book of the Holy Scripture, we have one of the many incomparable verses in all of scripture.
Scripture
The verse reads:-
Revelation 1:3 ( Link )
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near
Examination
- Blessed
- It states you are blessed in reading it
- Read Aloud
- It gives you ground to read it aloud
- Prophecy
- It states it is a prophecy
- inspired declaration of divine will and purpose
- a prediction of something to come
- It states it is a prophecy
- Blessed
- Blessed are those who hear what is written in it
- Blessed are those who obey what is written in it
- Time
- The time is near
In Dedication
In dedication to David Pawson.
His sermon on “Believers in Hell” is a must-hear.
You know a word is going to be good when a teacher humbly tells you:-
I am going to start in the bible. Because when I am reading the bible every word is true; not so when I am preaching.
It is the subtleties, the little things, that lets you know the Holy Spirit is governing and covering.
God bless the young man who is left to deal with some of these guys behind the pulpit these days.
Brothers be “I am going to get up there and say what I want to say“.
If it turns out to have a bit of untruth in it, I will just say what I said is not what I said.
Well, a holy God waits you out, and you do it enough times, the genial Holy Spirit no longer lives, he leaves, and you are left there with empty words on the world’s biggest stage.
Just like that, there goes your ministry.
Learning in the Open 