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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here<\/a> for more<\/a>HOW TO DISEMPOWER A SERMON<\/a>“For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost.”\u20141 Cor. 2:4, 5CHARLES CURTMAN<\/a>Dec 4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Someone one said to a preacher: \u201cYou often bring in something comical to create a smile, and this frequently destroys the force of your whole discourse.\u201d Many who regularly listen to preaching know that this is something that could<\/em>, and probably should<\/em>, be said to more than a few preachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A joke, or an attempt to be comedic at the beginning of a sermon to \u201cwarm up the congregation\u201d is probably more often than not, used by the devil to turn people off to whatever else a preacher has to say. A few comedic words said at the conclusion of a sermon is often used by Satan like a wet blanket to quench any fire kindled in hearts during the course of the sermon. Unsanctified humor in the pulpit is equivalent to the fowl that the wicked one sends to snatch away the seed of God\u2019s Word from people\u2019s hearts (Matt. 13:4, 19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is such a thing as sanctified humor that is complementary and relevant to the communicating of God\u2019s Truth through preaching. Such humor can be wielded by the Holy Spirit like a gardener\u2019s hoe at the beginning<\/em> of a sermon to prepare hearts for what is to come, and used like a tool at the end<\/em> of a sermon to tamp seed, already sown, more solidly and deeply into hearts. But all indications from Scripture are that this kind of humor is used sparingly by the Holy Spirit in the work of the ministry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wise and conscientious preachers who walk in the fear of the Lord will be careful not to calculatedly use humor as a mechanism to bring about outcomes. The Holy Spirit doesn\u2019t need an injection of fleshly humor to supplement or augment the power that He alone is intended to bring, and is intent on bringing, to preaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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