HOMILETICS 3 (THE PERSONALITY OF THE PREACHER)

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THE PERSONALITY OF THE PREACHER.

Effective preaching is largely the product of two factors, which includes (1) Divine and (2) Human. Both factors are necessary, for without man God will not, and without God, man cannot. However, we are going to deal with human aspect in this section.
The following points are same guidelines that will help every gospel preacher to communicate his message effectively to his audience.

A. IN MESSAGE DELIVERY BE YOURSELF.

Be relaxed, natural and unaffected when you are standing before people to preach no matter how small or large the congregation might be. Tension creates nervousness. When you are under tension your memory does not function properly which will in turn affect your speech. Moreover, your audience will discover it and they too will face tense, or rate you as an immature preacher.

The best way to feel relaxed while preaching is to commit your message to God. Do the best you can and leave the result to God. To kill fear or tension, stop looking at the people’s face at the beginning and see yourself above them. Begin you message with singing; for it will you in clearing the cloud of fear and inferiority complex.

B. DON’T TRY TO COPY OTHERS, BE ORIGINAL.

God chose you because he wants to use you, you have some special features peculiar to you a lone and God has a peculiar purpose for them.
A lot of ministers make the mistake of copying other ministers, and if you watch such ministers they never be effective to their God given ministry.

Therefore, don’t make that mistake of copying other ministers. No matter how effective that person may be, it will not enhance your ministry. For instance, when David wanted to use Saul’s weapons to fight Goliath, he discovered that it will not help him and so he drooped them and use his sling and stone that looks very insignificant (1Samuel 17:38-39). It is true that there are things you can learn from other ministers as you watch them preach But, my advise to you is, “Determine to be yourself, and be the best that you can be".

C. BE A CLEAN CHANNEL.

Pastors and preachers should understand that their hearers will not rise higher than them. If your life is polluted, you will pollute your hearers, if there is envy, bitterness and hatred in your spirit you will communicate it to your listeners, if you are critical or if you allow yourself to be controlled by negative attitudes the people will also become critical and negative, you will always produce after your kind.

Therefore you have a grave responsibility to be kind of person God want you to be in order to influence your hearers to live to the glory of God.

D. BE A MAN OF DEEP PIETY (DEEP DEVOTIONAL AND REVERENCE TO GOD).

The inner life of the preacher should minister to the people in addition to his sermon. Great preachers like: John Wesley, Spurgeon, moody and Finey had powerful ministries because they live piously every day of their lives. Paul in his later to Timothy reminded him of the need for piety and purity of life.

A preacher should know that his actions speak louder that what he says. Therefore if a preacher is not living up to expectation people will soon find it out.
The preacher reduces his power in the pulpit to nothing if he is not clean in his private life. He cannot face his congregation with confidence, because his hypocrisy is rebuked by the confidence of the people. As a preacher you must be truthful, Exaggeration is lying, and a lie in the pulpit is worse lie anywhere else.

E. BE A MAN OF GRAVITY.

You must know that you are a man of God and not a baby. You are therefore expected to live and act in accordance with the high calling that is placed upon you. Remember that you are an ambassador of the almighty God., and so you must be careful not to grieve the Holy Spirit by foolish talking and jesting.

F. BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER.

Leonard Ravenhill

In this contemporary time people are looking for preachers with power.
Motionless sermon is a dead sermon. Leonard Ravenhill admonishes preachers, “with all your getting, get anointing.” It is the anointing power that will fasten saving impression
on the heart of man when you preach to him.

Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost was able to arrest his audience to the point of asking what to do; because of the anointing power with which the message was preached. (See acts 2:37) and the result was 3000, people responding to his message.

Apart from that, your message must be Holy Ghost filled and directed message because, you are faced with countless angel of darkness that had transformed themselves to angel of light. And they are ready at all times to attack you the preacher. Therefore, you must be filled with power that can paralyze their efforts.

G. FORM THE HABIT OF READING THE BIBLE DAILY.

As a preacher buy a good Bible, with references and concordance, get other translations; invest on your working tools because it helps you to be more balance in your delivery. You will not lack word or material when preaching if you are consistent in reading studying and meditating in the word of God.

Read other good Christian books that will help in building your thought and vocabulary and enhance your preaching ability. As a preacher you must develop a solar spiritual philosophy of life.

H. BE A MAN OF PRAYERS AND FASTING.

You are expected to be a praying man; some body has said that a praying church is a powerful church. So also a preacher who prays is a powerful preacher. The preacher’s duty is both vertical and horizontal.

Therefore he should always talk to God for direction. In his constant prayer he is able to know the need of his congregation. And also take the same need to God through prayer for proper spiritual diet to guide them.

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