“WHY DO YOU NOT PREACH CHRIST?”
By M. C. W.
SUCH is the question which is often put to those who are endeavoring to preach the truth for these times. But are they not preaching Christ, if they are preaching his truth? Can anyone ignore the truth and yet preach Christ in his fullness? Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” The ignoring of the truth which God has revealed in his word for the sanctification of his people, is ignoring Christ. Those who aim to spread God’s truth in all its fullness, in all its simplicity, as that which must be obeyed, who preach the only way, the truth of the word, and life through the resurrection, are those who preach Christ Jesus our Lord above all others. Many of those who are said to preach Christ to-day, preach self. A few flattering adulations are offered to the Most High, a flowery tribute is paid to Christ, and the preacher is praised. Preach God’s truth, heralds of the cross, in all its simplicity and its plainness, and you will preach Christ; you cannot do otherwise; for Christ is the great center of all truth. Through him the truth has been revealed, and his life was what it was because of the manifestation of the truth. Christ and the truth—the word of God—are inseparable. M. C. W.