1 Kings 22:1-18 – Pastors feel pressure from many sides to preach what others want them to say. If you’re gonna speak, keep it to what the LORD wants them to hear.
Sermon from the SCBC Pastors Conference 2024
(Audio was recorded from phone, so please excuse the low quality)
Interpretation
- Plenty of people who sound spiritual aren’t actually Spirit-led (22:1-6).
- People will hate who you are if they can’t change what you preach (22:7-12).
- Pure preachers can’t be moved by political pressure or popular positions (22:13).
- This world needs men who will say whatever the LORD says and stay quiet on the rest (22:14).
- People want to hear from God as long as He agrees with them (22:15-16).
- The flock doesn’t know where to go if all the shepherds have wandered astray (22:17-18).
Application
- Don’t try to teach people about a God that you aren’t daily studying yourself.
- Rid yourself of soapbox-based talks vainly attaching a verse out of context to say what you want to say.
- Your church needs what God says more than what you think.
- We’ve lost the right to speak on behalf of God if we’ve been somebody’s puppet preacher.
- If you’re gonna speak, keep it to what the LORD wants them to hear.
Travis Agnew serves as the Lead Pastor of Rocky Creek Church in Greenville, SC. His most recent book is Just (About) Married.
