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The Holy Spirit in Preaching ٠ 51 preacher must pray that God will use the message to generate holiness in his audience through the process of sanctification. Just as the preacher is aware of the Holy Spirit as an agent of illumination in his preparation, he must be sensitive to the Holy Spirit as the agent of illumination of biblical truth among believers in the audience. Without the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the believers in the audience will not be able to fully comprehend the message and act upon it. In my preaching ministry, I have prayed for the illumination of the Holy Spirit among the people to whom I was attempting to communicate biblical truths. Just as the preacher depends on the Holy Spirit in his daily life, his prayer should be that the message results the cultivation of a greater dependence on the Holy Spirit in the lives of the believers. I have prayed that, as a result of the message, the believers will depend on the Holy Spirit for continual gratitude of what God had done for them at conversion and willful obedience to the four commandments in relation to the Holy Spirit: not to quench and not to grieve the Holy Spirit, and to be filled with and to walk with the Holy Spirit. Conclusion The Holy Spirit is essential to the task of preaching. When the preacher is aware of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, sealing, baptism, discernment with spiritual gifts, he should be motivated to obey the four commandments described in this article. As the preacher depends on the Holy Spirit in his life, he needs to rely on Him in preparation for proclamation. The preacher ought to remember that He serves as the agent of illumination of biblical truths, He provides direction to how the preacher can plan messages in advance, and He assists the preacher in responding to possible catastrophic events. Powerful delivery is not possible without the anointing of the Holy Spirit which takes place in the context of the proper goal, substance, and focus of preaching. When the preacher depends on the Holy Spirit in delivery, he is able to adjust to unpredictable factors surrounding the preaching event, and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in invitation. Examination of the role of the Holy Spirit in proclamation is not complete without understanding that the Holy Sprit is at work among the audience at the moment of delivery bringing the lost to new birth and the believers to greater holiness through the process of sanctification. Several years ago, I preached a series of messages on the Holy Spirit at the church where I served as pastor. In my preparation for the messages, I re-read Billy Graham’s book on the Holy Spirit and came across a quote that is now prominently copied in my Bible: “Resist not His incoming; grieve not His indwelling; quench not His outgoing. Open to Him as the Incomer; please Him as the Indweller; obey Him as the Outgoer in His testimony of things concerning Christ.” 19 The reason I wrote this quote in my Bible was to remind me of the reality of the Holy Spirit in my daily life and the necessity of my continual reliance on Him for preparation and delivery of God’s Word, and for the response among the people that He allows me to address. 19 Billy Graham, The Holy Spirit (Waco, TX: Word, 1978), 130.
Section 2 Aspects of the Proclamation “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching..” 1 Timothy 4:13 52
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