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Preachers have an important place to fill with respect to lost souls. God saw fit to use them in making his gospel known, which is the power of God to save men. Hence, Paul said in I Cor. 1:21: "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." Thus we are told that it is God's plan to save men by preaching.

This plan may seem foolish; so it is called "the foolishness of preaching." But it is God's plan. Remember, however, that is "the foolishness of preaching" that God chose, and not the preaching of foolishness. We might conclude that some have misunderstood God's plan and have used the preaching of foolishness instead of "the foolishness of preaching."

But in order for God's plan to be carried out preaching must be done, and preaching is done by preachers. So preachers have an important place to fill. In harmony with this idea Paul said in Rom. 10:14 "How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?" In view of such statements we should not minimize the work of the gospel preacher.

However, we must not lose sight of the fact that preachers are required to preach the gospel. Since the gospel is God's power to save men, the gospel must be preached by the preacher. If he preaches something else, he is going contrary to the will of God, and what he preaches will not result in the salvation of the hearers.

In fact, God pronounces condemnation of the preacher who preaches that which is contrary to divine truth revealed through the apostles. In Gal. 1:8 we read this statement from the pen of Paul: "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."

This places a great responsibility upon a preacher and condemns him if he preaches the theories and doctrines of men instead of the gospel of Christ as delivered by the apostles. Today we are going to continue our study in the series. As we all know preachers are looked upon as leaders of men; and that they should be. As preachers are spiritual leaders of men, they are expected to know more about the Bible than any other class of men.

This is but the natural thing to expect, for preachers should study the Bible that they may be qualified to preach the gospel to others. When you have some question that troubles your soul, something about the Bible that you wish to know, you often turn to the preacher for help. And if it is something that is found in the Bible, he should be willing to give his assistance; or if it is not found in the Bible, he should be able to tell you so.

This is the reason I have selected the title for these articles that I have -- ASK YOUR PREACHER.

So now, I have some questions that I want to present to you that you may present them to your preacher to find out just what the Bible says. These questions which I shall present are important questions; they are questions that you have often thought about; and your preacher should be willing to help you find an answer to them. Take your pencil and write them down as we go along. Are you ready? Well, here is the first:

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