The Preacher's Message

Abstract

"WE speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen" (John iii, 11). If we cannot say that, we dare not attempt to preach the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the result of a divine encounter with my own soul; it is the expression of a living experience which is so vital that it must be proclaimed. But it is equally true that if we declare our own word only, then our preaching is in vain. It is mockery of the Gospel. This word which we preach must, we believe, have some authority which is greater than ourselves and even than our personal experience of the risen Christ of God. But what is it?"