The Role of a Preacher (Jeremiah 5:12)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 9 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Jeremiah 5:12, David Platt explains how pastors should approach preaching in the church.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platte is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.0	Jeremiah chapter 5, verse 12, they have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said he will do nothing.
0:10.5	No disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
0:14.8	Jeremiah chapter 5 is a picture of God denouncing the prophets who are not proclaiming his word.
0:22.4	Specifically, they're not proclaiming his coming judgment.
0:26.2	They're telling people everything is fine.
0:28.8	Listen to Jeremiah 512, they've spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said he will do nothing.
0:34.1	No disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
0:38.4	I'll later on in Jeremiah 5, verses 30 and 31, it says,
0:41.9	an appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land.
0:44.3	The prophets prophesy falsely.
0:46.6	The priests rule it their direction, and my people love to have it so.
0:51.6	What a picture.
0:52.6	The prophets were telling people what they wanted to hear,
0:55.7	but it wasn't true, judgment was coming.
0:59.1	Sword and famine were coming, and they needed to be warned.
1:02.7	The prophets needed to sound the alarm, but they weren't doing it.
1:06.3	They were making people happy by proclaiming what the people wanted to hear,
1:11.2	instead of what God was saying.
1:14.2	Oh, we desperately need to hear what God is saying.
1:19.4	We do, and the church is why pastors, elders, overseers in the church
1:25.0	must be able to teach the word and to teach it faithfully,
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