Do others feel they don't learn much/anything at all during Sunday Services?
I know we are there to worship God, and fellowship with believers, But I don't really learn anything during the message/sermon.
Just wondered if anyone else was in a similar situation?
If a pastor is a God called man who truly preaches the Gospel he will make theologians out of every person who hear him. I learned more sitting in the pew listening about Christ than I ever did or could in school. A God called man preaches the whole truth meaning justification in Christ, union to Him, faith in Him, rest in Him, sanctification in Him, adoption in Him, holiness in Him and all the other things that pertain to the Gospel of Christ. He preaches Christ crucified from all of the Scriptures. He comforts the downtrodden by pointing them to Christ. He brings down the strong by showing them their need of Christ. He strengthens the weak by showing them Christ. Christ is sufficient for every need and His Gospel properly taught and understood applies to every circumstance and situation.
When the apostle Paul taught doctrine he taught in the context of Christ and His Gospel. He didn't preach sermons on marriage he taught what marriage is in the context of Christ and His Bride the church. Paul didn't teach on giving he taught giving in the context of what Christ has done for us. He didn't do seminars on church discipline or having a vision of where the church was going or any of the nonsense that passes for preaching these days. He preached Christ and Him crucified.
Any man who calls himself a pastor is obligated to be a servant of those under his care and to teach them the things of Christ. Any who do not are not called they are man made. Education does not prepare you to be a pastor God does by the Spirit and the Word.
And as a side note preaching doctrine as some do without Christ in it is just as bad. Dead doctrine is useless. It would be like taking a dress my wife wears from out of the closet and loving it. The simple fact is that doctrine divorced from the person and work of Christ is useless to the souls of men. I have heard far to many sermons on election divorced from it being electing love in Christ Jesus the Lord to last me a lifetime. I have heard far to many sermons on justification in Christ without the Gospel in it to make me want to tear my ears off. I have heard far to many sermons claiming to be exposition of the Scriptures that don't even mention the Gospel of Christ but just the supposed subject of the passage to make me want get up and walk out weeping. The Bible is about Christ from the beginning to the end and it is incumbent on men who call themselves preachers to find Him in them and preach Him from all of them.
I honestly weep for the souls of men, women, boys and girls who have to listen to the pablum preached in pulpits today. My heart breaks for those souls who are sitting under the good advice that can just as easily be had from watching Dr. Phil. If I am taught to rest in Christ because he is enough for me and enough for God and why I need nothing else I am filled with comfort, faith, strength, hope and glory. I understand then why I can be weak and rest in His strength. I can rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory because I grasp what He did for me and why. We preach Christ crucified should be the motto of every church that claims to be His.
