Part of the psychological control done by professional church talkers is to mislabel, mix up, and misrepresent selected ideologies in the minds of their congregations. Do not misunderstand this. In their hearts they think they are doing the right thing. They are just doing what they have been trained to do, and what they are expected to do.

An example is to call a church service a "worship" event, when in fact it is not part of any worship act to sit and listen to a sermon. Unless, of course, the congregation is worshipping the preacher and his words, as happens with the more renowned preachers of today.

Naturally, creative minds will try to say that a "spirit of worship" includes listening to the Word of God being spoken by a pastor. But, are all of a pastor's spoken words in his sermon the actual Word of God? Or, has he mixed into the Word of God his opinions, observations, desires, expectations, feelings, hopes, and speculations, calling the resultant mixture "The Word of God?" Did not Satan do that very same thing with the Word of God in the Garden of Eden, and in Jesus' Temptation in the Wilderness?

Shelli.

Your title implies correctly... simply listening to a preacher alone is not worshiping God. A true Christian will most likely understand this pretty easily.

Sounds like you've been exposed to quite a dose of the denomination world of worship.

So... you have given us what we could probably label as a common problem with many so called church worship services of today. Now give us the solution. Don't leave us hangin'... What do the "inspired Scriptures" tell us about worship, assuming you will allow yourself to give us your opinion of what the Scriptures say, similar to what a preacher (or maybe even Satan) would do.

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Preachers are to get off of their high horses of substituting talk for action.

I Corinthians 4:20, "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

A person presuming to "teach" is to demonstrate in his own life, with observable action, all he speaks for others to do. This is what Jesus and the Apostles did.

If a preacher does not demonstrate all he verbally promotes, he then is a hypocrite, having a seperate standard for himself from a standard for others. That is why preachers are not to babble for 30-50 minutes at a stretch, because no man can demonstrate all he would preach from a pulpit for that amount of time.

Look at it this way. A pastor who has attended seminary or Bible school to become a pastor has had to undergo much more academic processing to learn than just sitting and liteneing to words from a professor. He has had to:

1. Perform original study from references in a library.
2. Complete reviewed and graded assignments.
3. Submit to personal counseling with an advisor regarding his course of study.
4. Demonstrate personal work in his own writings, papers, and a possibly a thesis.
5. Take and pass examinations.
6. Complete some kind of field work as an intern.
7. Rise to a predetermined standard of achievement in order to graduate.
8. Show personal conduct at school consistent with true faith in Christ.

The point is, he had to do far more than just show up and sit in a pew to learn. How can he expect his congregation to actually learn anything by just listening to him talk words a few times a week? Such is not the true teaching/learning process, and Jesus did not do it that way. Only a clever twisting of Scripture and reality, replete with excuses, will give an arguement to the contrary.

Teaching is for believers, preaching is for unbelievers.

Shelli.

Shelli, you are not even aware of the difference between a pastor and a preacher. You are throwing a lot of opinion at us with no Scriptural support for it.

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ELDV: Where does "exhortation" fit into this paradigm?

Plenty of examples abound from Acts 15 to 1 Corinthians 14 to many other passages about Christians exhorting Christians in the assembly.

It sure sounds a lot like preaching.

I would be wary of making hard and fast lines between concepts not so delineated in the Scriptures.

ELDV

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Shellie : Eph.4:11; He gave some as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.
Our apostles today are found in the NT - the writings of Mt, Jn, Paul, etc.
Our Prophets are found in the OT as well you can say writings of Mk. Lk. Jude, Jam.
We do not have living apostles or prophets but we have what they taught the early church.

The offices of the church today are
1. Evangelist - traveling teacher, to establish and strengthen congregations supported or not.
2. Pastor - elder, bishop, plurality of of these men to have the office in a church. Qualifications 1Tim.3:1ff
3. Teacher - to teach others.

Preacher is not an office of the church, we may call men a preacher but that is not a position. In fact to preach in church is really redundant when you understand the word. Preach means to proclaim to the lost and it wasn't until 1867 that the term was used for speaking in a worship setting. Today all our preaching is done in worship, to the saved not the lost. The church needs women preachers - a preacher is one who proclaims the truth to the lost and it is not done in worship but to be done in the public. Everyone who is a Christian is a preacher, men and women, and when we think the one man up front is the preacher, we don't do our job, he is not a preacher, he is a teacher.

Eph.3:12 for the equipping of the saints, for the work of service, to the building up of the body.
The teacher is to teach the saints, building them up, so they can go and proclaim the Truth from God's word that the teacher shared with them.
Ro.10:14,15 How will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? We need an army of preachers - the church members and they are sent every Sunday morning with a fresh message to share with their co-workers. Teachers need to simplify the word and give it relevancy for today. "Do you know what we learned in worship yesterday?"

There is no difference between worship and classes for the first century Christians. In fact 1Cor.14 shows that the services were very interactive, so much that men had to take turns and only three could talk in any certain field, such as speaking in tongues, prophecying, etc.

Yes today we fashion ourselves more after the middle ages type worship than the first century. 1st century was more of a class like setting, with everyone contributing and there was a teacher teaching but he did not have superiority. He was not called a pastor nor preacher. Everyone had their responsibilities and everyone was a contributing factor to the body of Christ. They were excited about what they learned from the OT scriptures, giving God thanks for the insight He blessed them with Ja.1:5 and worshiped Him collectively, with songs, prayers, Lord's Table and exhortation. Didn't Paul teach well past midnight. Paul claims He was an apostle, teacher and preacher. Apostle gave him the authority, teacher to the church and preacher to the lost.

We belong to the restoration movement, but we cannot restore everything instantly, like being baptized, you don't understand the word completely but it takes years of growth, maturing into what you need to be and you grow along with your brothers and sisters. We all contribute to one another's progress or digress. We are not where we want to be, that's good in the fact it gives us the daily challenge to strive to be where we need to be, never giving up because of failures but pressing on because we know God will strengthen us to be victors.

RJ Mac

Just curious... what do you call what Paul did in Acts 20:7? He was delivering a message. That doesn't sound like an interactive classroom session. Was this part of worship or not?

Who was in the midst of the church when Paul spoke in Acts? Think about it...there are many that we have in the midst in our worship services...but here is the thing that I stress to all fellow brothers and sisters....start teaching them BEFORE you bring them to service!!

Too many times we will invite someone and tell them NOTHING about the church that Christ died for! We can all (who have been added tot he church) teach or should be able to teach someone.

So, as to prove John 4:24, I await the original poster to truly define what worship is...

Also, to this that was stated...

"If a preacher does not demonstrate all he verbally promotes, he then is a hypocrite, having a seperate standard for himself from a standard for others. That is why preachers are not to babble for 30-50 minutes at a stretch, because no man can demonstrate all he would preach from a pulpit for that amount of time."

(In bold) Realize that this also applies to every Christian, too!

(In italics) Really?? I have done so...and I know other that have done so. I am not saying that anyone is perfect, but Christians can and DO demostrate through their lives what thus saith the Lord.

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I agree. Besides, how in the world does one "demonstrate all he would preach from a pulpit" when he is preaching on a subject such as calvinism, instrumental music, or the Lord's supper. Not all message topics are focused on the fruit of the Spirit or the works of the flesh! Further, if the brother is doing anything other than scratching the surface, it's gonna take well over 30 minutes to get into all the gory details. The Bible is a rich treasure chest: the more you dig, the more you find! And for that I am thankful, because even after a lifetime of Bible teaching, I am still learning more day by day.

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O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
Jeremiah 10:23 (NKJV)

First by living what he preaches and by NOT following the calvinism and adding instrumental music to the worship but being ready to anser when questioned about the matter and by partaking of the Lord's Supper each frst day of the week. Simple answers...

We are to follow 1 Tim. 2:15 and no one can say that they knwo everything God has revealed because to do so would be to say that they know it all...and I won't say that myself. I for one wil keep digging in my treasure.

Preaching for 30 minutes is not an instant knowledge for anyone but it will promote thought and from that it can proceed. Take the parable of the sower...the seed was planted but did a plant spring up automatically? No...it took some time and the same can be said of God's Word. When we plant and water....God will give the increase...we just have to be patient and keep preacing and teaching.

But don't forget the point about what I said...EVERY Christian is to teach...so you can't leave yoursef out of the equation.

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Well yes. What I meant, however, was the deeper things that one might discuss in a sermon when going beyond just the surface. So for example, the Bible teaches that lying is a sin. Plain and simple, right? You can live your life in such a way that you don't tell lies. BUT, how about pulling in examples from the scripture where people lied and what happened to them? You cannot live the actual examples (and shouldn't!), so no, you cannot live literally every word preached. But you *can* live by the principles extrapolated for our use today. The original poster, to whom the comment was *really* directed, seemed to be saying that a preacher must live by every single word he says. But every single word is not something to live by; rather it supporting rationale for WHY to live that way. Similarly on the subject of Calvinism, one who preaches against it should not live by it. But when he digs to below the surface to show how through scripture it is wrong, he cannot actually live the logic and scripture. Is this making any sense?

I certainly hope I didn't give the impression in any way that I was leaving myself out of the command to teach!!! I believe the great commission, while given directly to the apostles, applies to ALL Christians, both male and female. The role each plays and how they are to teach is a different matter.

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O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
Jeremiah 10:23 (NKJV)

I understand why many people don't like preaching, or question the need for it. After preaching for the last 15 years and after listening to others for another 30, I understand the frustration.

We should remember, however, that God thinks a lot of preaching. Paul, in 1 Corinthians 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."

The reason for preaching is that it communicates the power of God, which is the gospel (Romans 1:16). This is what we are commanded to do (Matt 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16). Note in these verses we are not only commanded to preach the gospel to every creature, but we are also to be "teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you..."

Of course, God could have imparted salvation to man in several other ways, but he chose preaching.

Why did he choose that particular way? (Another thinkin' question.)

I have found that just the delivery of a sermon is not the kind of preaching people need. The lessons that serve best are simple ones that make application. From what I've read in these posts, that's what's lacking. Lessons should be from a man who applies them to his life and points how they should be applied to our lives.---------John

Shelli,
You need to read what the scriptures say about preaching. If you believe the preaching is shallow or empty, you may be right. I have heard many a preacher that was haughty, puffed up, lacked all knowledge, lacked any scripture or Truth. It does not mean the preaching or the preacher must be deleted. It just means the person must change and only apt teachers and preachers should be teaching and preaching. It is the congregation and elders responsibility to be sure the person is apt.

The preaching, which is a form of proclamation, from which we are to learn from, must be sincere, Truth and applicable. To dismiss preaching, which is part of worship because when the Word is shared in the assembly, those that listen are to be engaged in contemplation, consideration, searching their hearts, comparing their state of life to the Word and Spirit of God.

We need to be careful and think twice before we take the holy things of God and try to delete them, placeing one part of what God wants, ie. teaching and only to delete other things God said to do, preach. That is called transgression and is a sin.

We also need to realize if our attention span is short, it is our own bodies and attidudes that monitor that clock.

Acts 20:7
Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.


I did a quick search of the word preach and came up with the following. Be prepared, it is a lot. It proves the point though, that preaching should always remain until Jesus comes and God's people are to preach.

Matthew 3:1
[ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ] In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 3:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 3 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:16-18 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 4:23
[ Jesus Heals a Great Multitude ] And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 4:22-24 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 9:35
[ The Compassion of Jesus ] Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matthew 9:34-36 (in Context) Matthew 9 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 10:7
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 10:6-8 (in Context) Matthew 10 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 10:27
[ Jesus Teaches the Fear of God ] “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
Matthew 10:26-28 (in Context) Matthew 10 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 11:1
[ John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus ] Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.
Matthew 11:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 11 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 11:5
The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Matthew 11:4-6 (in Context) Matthew 11 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:40-42 (in Context) Matthew 12 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:13-15 (in Context) Matthew 24 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 26:13
Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
Matthew 26:12-14 (in Context) Matthew 26 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:4
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:3-5 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
Mark 1:6-8 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:14
[ Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry ] Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Mark 1:13-15 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:35
[ Preaching in Galilee ] Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
Mark 1:34-36 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:38
But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.”
Mark 1:37-39 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 1:39
And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.
Mark 1:38-40 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 2:2
Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
Mark 2:1-3 (in Context) Mark 2 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 3:14
Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,
Mark 3:13-15 (in Context) Mark 3 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 6:12
So they went out and preached that people should repent.
Mark 6:11-13 (in Context) Mark 6 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 13:10
And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
Mark 13:9-11 (in Context) Mark 13 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 14:9
Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
Mark 14:8-10 (in Context) Mark 14 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:14-16 (in Context) Mark 16 (Whole Chapter)

Mark 16:20
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
Mark 16:19-20 (in Context) Mark 16 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 3:3
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
Luke 3:2-4 (in Context) Luke 3 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 3:7
[ John Preaches to the People ] Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Luke 3:6-8 (in Context) Luke 3 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 3:18
And with many other exhortations he preached to the people.
Luke 3:17-19 (in Context) Luke 3 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 4:18
“ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed MeTo preach the gospel to the poor;He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captivesAnd recovery of sight to the blind,To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
Luke 4:17-19 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 4:42
[ Jesus Preaches in Galilee ] Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;
Luke 4:41-43 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 4:43
but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”
Luke 4:42-44 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 4:44
And He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 4:43-44 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 7:22
Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Luke 7:21-23 (in Context) Luke 7 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 8:1
[ Many Women Minister to Jesus ] Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him,
Luke 8:1-3 (in Context) Luke 8 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 9:2
He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Luke 9:1-3 (in Context) Luke 9 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 9:6
So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
Luke 9:5-7 (in Context) Luke 9 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:59-61 (in Context) Luke 9 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 11:31-33 (in Context) Luke 11 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 16:16
“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
Luke 16:15-17 (in Context) Luke 16 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 20:1
[ Jesus’ Authority Questioned ] Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him
Luke 20:1-3 (in Context) Luke 20 (Whole Chapter)

Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:46-48 (in Context) Luke 24 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 3:11
[ Preaching in Solomon’s Portico ] Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed.
Acts 3:10-12 (in Context) Acts 3 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 3:20
and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
Acts 3:19-21 (in Context) Acts 3 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 4:2
being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 4:1-3 (in Context) Acts 4 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 5:42
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Acts 5:41-42 (in Context) Acts 5 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:4
[ Christ Is Preached in Samaria ] Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
Acts 8:3-5 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:5
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
Acts 8:4-6 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
Acts 8:11-13 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:25
So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:24-26 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:26
[ Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian ] Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.
Acts 8:25-27 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:35
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
Acts 8:34-36 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:40
But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.
Acts 8:39-40 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 9:20
[ Saul Preaches Christ ] Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
Acts 9:19-21 (in Context) Acts 9 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 9:27
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:26-28 (in Context) Acts 9 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 10:34
[ Preaching to Cornelius’ Household ] Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
Acts 10:33-35 (in Context) Acts 10 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 10:36
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—
Acts 10:35-37 (in Context) Acts 10 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 10:37
that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
Acts 10:36-38 (in Context) Acts 10 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 10:42
And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:41-43 (in Context) Acts 10 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 11:19
[ Barnabas and Saul at Antioch ] Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.
Acts 11:18-20 (in Context) Acts 11 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 11:20
But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:19-21 (in Context) Acts 11 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 13:4
[ Preaching in Cyprus ] So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 13:3-5 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 13:5
And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.
Acts 13:4-6 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 13:24
after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 13:23-25 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 13:38
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
Acts 13:37-39 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 13:42
[ Blessing and Conflict at Antioch ] So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
Acts 13:41-43 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 14:7
And they were preaching the gospel there.
Acts 14:6-8 (in Context) Acts 14 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 14:15
and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
Acts 14:14-16 (in Context) Acts 14 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 14:21
[ Strengthening the Converts ] And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Acts 14:20-22 (in Context) Acts 14 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 14:25
Now when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
Acts 14:24-26 (in Context) Acts 14 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 15:21
For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
Acts 15:20-22 (in Context) Acts 15 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 15:35
Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
Acts 15:34-36 (in Context) Acts 15 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 15:36
[ Division over John Mark ] Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.”
Acts 15:35-37 (in Context) Acts 15 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 16:6
[ The Macedonian Call ] Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.
Acts 16:5-7 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 16:10
Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Acts 16:9-11 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 17:1
[ Preaching Christ at Thessalonica ] Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:1-3 (in Context) Acts 17 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 17:3
explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.”
Acts 17:2-4 (in Context) Acts 17 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.
Acts 17:12-14 (in Context) Acts 17 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 17:18
Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:17-19 (in Context) Acts 17 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 19:13
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Acts 19:12-14 (in Context) Acts 19 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 20:25
“And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
Acts 20:24-26 (in Context) Acts 20 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 28:31
preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
Acts 28:30-31 (in Context) Acts 28 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 1:15
So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
Romans 1:14-16 (in Context) Romans 1 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 2:21
You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
Romans 2:20-22 (in Context) Romans 2 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 10:8
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
Romans 10:7-9 (in Context) Romans 10 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 10:14
[ Israel Rejects the Gospel ] How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:13-15 (in Context) Romans 10 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 10:15
And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “ How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
Romans 10:14-16 (in Context) Romans 10 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 15:19
in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Romans 15:18-20 (in Context) Romans 15 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 15:20
And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,
Romans 15:19-21 (in Context) Romans 15 (Whole Chapter)

Romans 16:25
[ Benediction ] Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began
Romans 16:24-26 (in Context) Romans 16 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
1 Corinthians 1:16-18 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:20-22 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 1:23
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
1 Corinthians 1:22-24 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Corinthians 2:3-5 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 2 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 9:14
Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:13-15 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:15-17 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:17-19 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 9:27
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 15:1
[ The Risen Christ, Faith’s Reality ] Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
1 Corinthians 15:1-3 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 15 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 15:2
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:1-3 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 15 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 15:11
Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
1 Corinthians 15:10-12 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 15 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 15:12
[ The Risen Christ, Our Hope ] Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:11-13 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 15 (Whole Chapter)

1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
1 Corinthians 15:13-15 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 15 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.
2 Corinthians 1:18-20 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 2:12
[ Triumph in Christ ] Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
2 Corinthians 2:11-13 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 2 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:4-6 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 4 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 10:16
to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment.
2 Corinthians 10:15-17 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 10 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 11:4
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
2 Corinthians 11:3-5 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 11 (Whole Chapter)

2 Corinthians 11:7
Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
2 Corinthians 11:6-8 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 11 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 1:8
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:7-9 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 1:9
As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:8-10 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 1:11
[ Call to Apostleship ] But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
Galatians 1:10-12 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 1:16
to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
Galatians 1:15-17 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 1:23
But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
Galatians 1:22-24 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
Galatians 2:1-3 (in Context) Galatians 2 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.”
Galatians 3:7-9 (in Context) Galatians 3 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 4:13
You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.
Galatians 4:12-14 (in Context) Galatians 4 (Whole Chapter)

Galatians 5:11
And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? Then the offense of the cross has ceased.
Galatians 5:10-12 (in Context) Galatians 5 (Whole Chapter)

Ephesians 2:17
And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.
Ephesians 2:16-18 (in Context) Ephesians 2 (Whole Chapter)

Ephesians 3:8
[ Purpose of the Mystery ] To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 3:7-9 (in Context) Ephesians 3 (Whole Chapter)

Philippians 1:12
[ Christ Is Preached ] But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel,
Philippians 1:11-13 (in Context) Philippians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Philippians 1:15
Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:
Philippians 1:14-16 (in Context) Philippians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Philippians 1:16
The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains;
Philippians 1:15-17 (in Context) Philippians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Philippians 1:18
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
Philippians 1:17-19 (in Context) Philippians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Colossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Colossians 1:22-24 (in Context) Colossians 1 (Whole Chapter)

Colossians 1:28
Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:27-29 (in Context) Colossians 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:8-10 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 2 (Whole Chapter)

1 Timothy 2:7
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
1 Timothy 2:6-8 (in Context) 1 Timothy 2 (Whole Chapter)

1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
1 Timothy 3:15-16 (in Context) 1 Timothy 3 (Whole Chapter)

2 Timothy 1:11
to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2 Timothy 1:10-12 (in Context) 2 Timothy 1 (Whole Chapter)

2 Timothy 4:1
[ Preach the Word ] I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Timothy 4:1-3 (in Context) 2 Timothy 4 (Whole Chapter)

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
2 Timothy 4:1-3 (in Context) 2 Timothy 4 (Whole Chapter)

2 Timothy 4:17
[ The Lord Is Faithful ] But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Timothy 4:16-18 (in Context) 2 Timothy 4 (Whole Chapter)

Titus 1:3
but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
Titus 1:2-4 (in Context) Titus 1 (Whole Chapter)

Hebrews 4:2
For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Hebrews 4:1-3 (in Context) Hebrews 4 (Whole Chapter)

Hebrews 4:6
Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
Hebrews 4:5-7 (in Context) Hebrews 4 (Whole Chapter)

1 Peter 1:12
To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
1 Peter 1:11-13 (in Context) 1 Peter 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the LORD endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
1 Peter 1:24-25 (in Context) 1 Peter 1 (Whole Chapter)

1 Peter 3:19
by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
1 Peter 3:18-20 (in Context) 1 Peter 3 (Whole Chapter)

1 Peter 4:6
For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1 Peter 4:5-7 (in Context) 1 Peter 4 (Whole Chapter)

2 Peter 2:5
and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

2 Peter 2:4-6 (in Context) 2 Peter 2 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 14:6
[ The Proclamations of Three Angels ] Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—