All Pastors Are Given One Key Message To Preach

The Church has only one head called the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the great Apostle, true Shepherd and the only Archbishop, according to Scripture (Hebrews 3:1, John 10:1-5, 1 Peter 5:4).

Jesus Christ appoints some of His disciples and set them in His churches to serve as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. They are servant-leaders but not saviours or lords.

Just as teachers in educational institutions teach subjects prescribed for them, true Christian ministers proclaim and teach one key message given to them. So no one is permitted to preach and teach whatever he likes.

This one message is the gospel which points to the head Himself, Christ Jesus, regarding His birth, doctrines, death, burial and resurrection. Any other message is just additional.

Genuine churches of God, therefore, are persuaded that Jesus Christ is not a seasonal message to preached and taught about, but a daily message to be proclaimed, heard and lived.

This is why those who commit themselves to this message are called ministers of the gospel. The early apostles laid the foundation for us to follow.

As Christ gave them the keys (gifts, divine abilities, empowerment from on high through the Holy Spirit) of the Kingdom of Heaven, they opened and explained the mysteries of God.

The early ministers of the gospel knew their assignment or the message they were expected to preach and teach.

There were many things they could preach and teach about to address the plight of the people of their day.

But the foundational apostles ignored all of those and committed themselves to preaching only Jesus Christ.

“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15: 1- 4).

Now, are today’s pastors preaching this same message the early apostles preached to make Christ Jesus known for people to believe in Him for the salvation of their souls?

By James Quansah