Where are the MOTIVATORS

 SELF HELP AND SUCCESS IN THE PULPIT

I see many complaints about today’s preachers who preach success, prosperity in life.as if preaching these things dumbs down the gospel. I believe that MOTIVATIONAL preaching has its place.

ARE ALL APOSTLES? (1 COR 12;29-31)

I think preaching on success  and prosperity in life is as much the pastors responsibility as it is preaching salvation holiness.
The pastor has to be a motivator, and preach motivational, as much as he preaches doctrine and doctrinally.
If a man preaches all doctrine and standards then folks have no practical standards by which to hold onto and follow.
Teaching that is not practical and real cannot be embraced no matter how deep it is.
Don't mistake holiness  for Godliness. Oftentimes legalistic rules are of the flesh. Spiritual things can be of the flesh.
Motivational based sermons make adventurers, risk takers, mountain movers people with a can-do spirit.
Motivation based teaching can give us the drive and energy to to make things happen.
Are all apostles?
No
Do all speak revelation and doctrine?
No!
But there are varieties of administrations but the same Lord
(1 Cor 12).

Motivators teach the same thing but teach it differently! Motivators inspire others towards pure doctrine, through practical teaching.

Here are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Different kind of Gifts
Different kind of service
Different kinds of Working

The KJV gives us this truth like this.:-

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal

 

VARIETIES OF GIFTS
DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS
DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS

 

Not all who speak are teachers, not all who instruct are apostles. Not all who prophesy are motivators. There is enough room for a DIVERSITY of gifts.

 

There are VARIETIES of operations of the same gift, differences of ADMINISTRATIONS. Some are quieter than others, some have a gentler anointing, some give more illustration than instruction. Others instruct more through illustration and story telling.

 

Joel Osteen has one of the worlds biggest churches yet he is a great story teller.
Wasn’t Jesus?
Paul taught more doctrine than Jesus
Does that make Jesus a false teacher?
We have to deal with prejudices that hinder our style and way of doing things that are natural ways given by God to get the job done.

There is plenty of room for motivational teaching and far less room for stuck in the mud legalists. Who forever use the platform to convey their displeasure at those who don’t demand truth be preached like them.

The conclusion by Paul the great 'doctrinal' teacher.

And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? If we all were doctrine teachers where would be the Faith takers, the risk takers, the adventurers, the business builders, the entrepreneurs, the industrialists, the sporting icons, the everyday folks that impact society in media, government, business and everyday employment? (PT)

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

And if they were all one member, where were the body?

But now are they many members, yet but one body.

And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. (The apostolic preacher cannot say I don't need the motivational speaker the exhorter the teacher).

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are MUCH MORE necessary:

Paul.