Called to Preach, Part 2

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In the sermon on Romans 10:14–17 titled “Called to Preach (2),” Dr. Lloyd-Jones elaborates on the qualities that make a good preacher. He dives into an equally important discussion: how does a person know if he’s called to preach? Reading from this passage, he answers this question by reiterating the biblical definition of a preacher. He says that a preacher is one of God’s ordained ways to spread the good news, for how can people believe without first hearing? But how does a person know if he’s being called? Dr. Lloyd-Jones says that person may feel a pressure they cannot shake, an inclination toward a certain notion. Second, he says that the person must feel a burden for the souls of men and women. It is not enough for a man to want to speak in front of the congregation. This person must also care deeply about the spirits of those to whom he ministers. Lastly, in accordance with the person’s burden for the souls of men and women, the man must be willing to preach the gospel. He must live for it, Dr. Lloyd-Jones says. He must be willing to preach the facts of the good news: Christ’s redemptive death on the cross and the incredible salvation that comes through faith.

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0:00.0	We are looking at the moment, as you'll remember, at the words found in Paul's epistle to the
0:05.1	Romans in chapter 10 from verse 14 to verse 17. How then shall they call on him in whom they have
0:13.0	not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they
0:18.1	hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
0:22.4	As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace
0:27.5	and bring glad tidings of good things?
0:31.1	But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
0:33.6	For Isaiah said Lord, who hath believed our report.
0:42.1	So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. I have suggested that these four verses can be divided up into two pairs of two.
0:50.4	Verses 14 and 15 show us how the general call of the gospel goes out.
0:57.1	And verses 16 and 17 show us how the call becomes efficacious in those who believe.
1:05.1	Now, we are looking at the moment at the first section, the general call of the gospel.
1:10.0	The answer to the question, if you like,
1:13.3	how shall they hear without a preacher, and how shall they preach except they be sent? In other
1:18.7	words, this is the great charter of the missionary enterprise, and it deals, as we've seen
1:25.1	incidentally, with some of the problems that arise as the result
1:29.6	of that enterprise. And we've also noticed how it strongly emphasizes the primacy of preaching.
1:38.2	Preaching is, after all, God's ordained method of making known the news of salvation. It's not the only one, but it is
1:45.9	the chief one, preeminently, the chief one, and the one that has been used of God throughout
1:52.1	the running centuries. And that, in turn, has raised another question, and that is the
1:57.9	calling of the preacher. How shall they preach except they be sent? And I think
2:04.7	we've been able to show and to establish that always in the New Testament, the preacher is one
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