Test of a Preacher by John Wesley

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 14, 1857

Test of a Preacher.

By John Wesley

“How shall we try those who think they are moved by the Holy Ghost to preach?” Ans. Inquire,

1. Do they know God as a pardoning God? Have they the love of God abiding in them? Do they desire and seek nothing but God? And are they holy in all manner of conversation?

2. Have they gifts as well as grace for the work? Have they, in some tolerable degree, a clear, sound understanding? Have they a right judgment in the things of God? Have they a just conception of salvation by faith? And has God given them any degree of utterance? Do they speak justly, readily, clearly?

3. Have they fruit? Are any truly convinced of sin, and converted to God by their preaching?—Wesley.