Basic Bible Teaching: Not Suitable for Exhortation!

Friday, 6 December 2024

Not Suitable for Exhortation! - 2 Studies (Gary Steel)

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Synopsis It is a common practice for Sunday lunch to include a discussion on the relevance of the Sunday morning exhortation. During this discussion various levels of enthusiasm for the morning talk might be expressed. There may even have been some discussion at the meeting that morning on the same subject, including a discussion perhaps with the speaker himself. However, in recent years a new expression has crept into post-meeting discussions. The expression is now heard occasionally that the subject addressed that morning was really ‘not suitable for an exhortation’. This two-part series discusses this expression and its ramifications. We hope to show that based on sound Bible instruction, it is the speaker’s responsibility to address issues of sin and bad behaviour that may be creeping into the ecclesia or at least warn against the potential of sinful practices that threaten the ecclesia. The apostle Paul gives a very clear example of such an exhortation, which we will examine in our second session. The ecclesia on a Sunday morning should be presented with what the ecclesia needs to hear, not what the congregation wants to hear.

STUDY #1 - A @Christadelphians Video: Session one under the title “Prophesy smooth things” a quotation from Isaiah 30:10, looks at the attitude of the children of Israel and offers the opportunity for us to examine our own expectations of speaking brethren. The children of Israel are criticized by God for wanting to hear prophecies that suited their expectation rather than what God wanted the people through the prophet to hear. The people are presented as those wanting to control the message and would be happy with something illusionary rather than the facts of their actual circumstances. We will examine what scriptural directions there are for the preparation and presentation of exhortations and think about the responsibility of the speaker in relation to the circumstances of the audience.

STUDY #2 - A @Christadelphians Video: Suggested edited description: We live in a very visual age with all kinds of screens. This entertainment often contain bad language, extreme violence and pornography. The Bible warns us not to indulge in these sins. We need to “set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved, therefore my heart is glad.” Replace bad habits with good habits and change our behaviour to honour God.

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