YOU Do Not HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF (Psalm 3) Nick Holden

PRESSURE: HOW do YOU HANDLE IT? (Psalm 3) Nick Holden

Prophetic Preaching

WE NEED TRUE PROPHETIC PREACHING

The truth reveals to us that the pastor is assigned by God to take

over the aim or vision of the church as His distinct undershepherd.

One role the pastor has is to have the superior aim or vision that

God desires to give to a local fellowship. This is why it is so crucial

to have the man God desires to lead a congregation. Please don’t

misuse or allow the office of the pastor, what God has ordained for

His own glory, to be mocked by ungodly men.

Jokes, humanistic schools, cultural educators, or educations have

never set a man free in Christ, and they won’t do it today either. The

preacher is to preach and teach the Word of God under the authority

of God and the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Preaching should never

appeal to the flesh, but it should actually call on the sinner to (1)

mortify his flesh by denying its cravings (2) turn from known sin (3)

trust and follow hard after Jesus. When truth is preached, it should

always produce hate for sin in those caught in sin. They will either

hate their sin or the servant who has warned them of the consequences

of it when truth is preached. Listen to what God instructed Jeremiah

to tell His people about the role of the prophetic preacher:

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken

to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My

counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then

they should have turned them from their evil way, and from

the evil of their doings.

Jeremiah 23:21-22

The prophet is to never fortify and aid the sinner in his rebellion.

God sends His prophets with the truth to free the rebellious from their

sins. Truth is given by the Lord through His prophets to tell the sinner

that God knows where he is and to warn him that there is a consequence

for his sin. Because of the grace of God, the prophet is also

sent to win the sinner unto repentance through the revelation of truth.

God wants to free the sinner from his sin and not aid him in his sin.

DANGEROUSLY STRONG FOR THE TRUTH

Likewise, the same applies for the priests. Malachi is a book that

deals with God’s disgust over the attitude and actions of the priests

in Malachi’s day.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should

seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord

of Hosts. But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused

many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant

of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:7-8

The priests were called on by God to be His messengers to turn

men from their iniquity. They were not called to popularity and

fame, but faithfulness to God and His ways.

We are in need of men who will be dangerously strong for the

truth on the earth today. Champions of truth are needed in the visible

church during this hour. We do not need those who peddle the Word.

“Everyone has a price preacher,” some might say. That is a fact. The

majority will have their price, and the minority accepts the price

that has already been paid on Calvary. We have been told things

will get worse and worse in the latter days. We are in the latter days.

Paul told the church at Corinth that even back then the majority of

the preachers were corrupting God’s Word for a price. They were

retailing the preached Word of God to the highest of bidders: “For we

are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity,

but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ” (2 Corinthians

2:17). The word corrupt is rooted in the idea of marketing or selling

the Word of God. The corruption happened when they distorted it

or changed the meaning of the word to fit their listeners’ lifestyles.

Why did they do it? They wanted to keep their position, make their

living, and appear successful. How do they do it today? The exact

same way they’ve done it for centuries.

TAKING IT SERIOUSLY

Are we guilty of converting the truth to fit our lifestyles?

Are we involved with a church that is aiming to be successful at

the cost of compromising truth?

How well do we and our churches relate to a functioning but

fallen society?

Is there much difference between us and them?

Should there be a difference between the disciples of Jesus and

a lost world?

*Taken from chapter 2 of Magnify the Lord: Ten Reasons to Discover, Declare, and Defend why Christ Came, Xulon Press 2007

A Reminder to Remember (2 Tim. 2:1-6) by Nick Holden

Message: A Reminder to Remember: It did not start with us and it must not stop with us!!!

Text: 2 Tim. 2:1-6

Preaching: Nick Holden of Truth Impacts Ministries

This message was preached during a preachers conference in Louisiana in August 2008. It will help you understand the agenda of grace in the teaching and preaching ministries. You can also listen to a message on GodTube or at www.truthimpacts.blogspot.com by Nick Holden that deals with praying before you correct: Four Things to Pray for Before Correcting Someone with the Truth. Visit us at www.truthimpacts.org

2 Tim. 2:1-6 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. [2] And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. [3] Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [4] No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. [5] And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. [6] The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

Preacher!! Spend Time In the Kitchen!

Preachers and Their Kitchens

"No true cook labors in his kitchen without purpose. He prepares his entree with passion, delighted and determined to give his very best, to set his finest work, and all that he knows about this one dish, before critics and connoisseurs."

"To properly feed a family there must be some

quality time spent in the kitchen."

"Preachers must spend quality time in their kitchen (study) if they're going to be used of the Lord to serve His people a healthy spread of God's heavenly feast."

Preacher,

• Make sure Jesus is your main course.
• Let your life experiences serve as your spices.
• Use only the Bible as your cooking guide.
• Ensure you seek your Heavenly Father and give Him all the credit for everything.
• Allow the flames of the Holy Spirit to do its perfect work as it tastefully permeates the spices into the main course.
• Serve it with delight and joy on the priceless dishes of redemptive grace, and with the silverware of eternal mercy.
• See to it that your table is of rough wood and filled with splinters. A table that reminds them of Calvary. One that only the empty, the hungry, the humble, the needy, the brokenhearted, the hopeless, and all the helpless sinners of this world, would be drawn to, as they come face to face with the reality of their sin and death, and His righteousness and life, as they feast upon what YOU have prepared in YOUR KITCHEN!
• Feed the sheep!!!
• Free the sinners!!!
• Do not cook for their applause or money but for the GLORY of God!!!!

2 Cor. 5:14-21 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: [15] And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again. [16] Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more. [17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; [19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

Preachers have fun in the kitchen.

This is an excerpt from my newly released book Magnify The Lord: Ten Reasons to Discover, Declare, and Defend why Christ Came, (Xulon Press ; ISBN 9781602669314).

*WE NEED TRUE PROPHETIC PREACHING

The truth reveals to us that the pastor is assigned by God to take
over the aim or vision of the church as His distinct undershepherd.
One role the pastor has is to have the superior aim or vision that
God desires to give to a local fellowship. This is why it is so crucial
to have the man God desires to lead a congregation. Please don’t
misuse or allow the office of the pastor, what God has ordained for
His own glory, to be mocked by ungodly men. Jokes, humanistic schools,

cultural educators, or educations have never set a man free in Christ,

and they won’t do it today either. The preacher is to preach and

teach the Word of God under the authority of God and the

anointing of the Holy Spirit. Preaching should never appeal to the flesh,

but it should actually call on the sinner to (1) mortify his flesh by denying

its cravings (2) turn from known sin (3) trust and follow hard after Jesus.

When truth is preached, it should always produce hate for sin in those

caught in sin. They will either hate their sin or the servant

who has warned them of the consequences
of it when truth is preached. Listen to what God instructed Jeremiah
to tell His people about the role of the prophetic preacher:
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken
to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My
counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then
they should have turned them from their evil way, and from
the evil of their doings. Jeremiah 23:21-22
The prophet is to never fortify and aid the sinner in his rebellion.
God sends His prophets with the truth to free the rebellious from their
sins. Truth is given by the Lord through His prophets to tell the sinner
that God knows where he is and to warn him that there is a consequence
for his sin. Because of the grace of God, the prophet is also
sent to win the sinner unto repentance through the revelation of truth.
God wants to free the sinner from his sin and not aid him in his sin.

DANGEROUSLY STRONG FOR THE TRUTH

Likewise, the same applies for the priests. Malachi is a book that
deals with God’s disgust over the attitude and actions of the priests
in Malachi’s day. For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge,

and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord
of Hosts. But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused
many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant
of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 2:7-8
The priests were called on by God to be His messengers to turn
men from their iniquity. They were not called to popularity and
fame, but faithfulness to God and His ways.
We are in need of men who will be dangerously strong for the
truth on the earth today. Champions of truth are needed in the visible
church during this hour. We do not need those who peddle the Word.
“Everyone has a price preacher,” some might say. That is a fact. The
majority will have their price, and the minority accepts the price
that has already been paid on Calvary. We have been told things
will get worse and worse in the latter days. We are in the latter days.
Paul told the church at Corinth that even back then the majority of
the preachers were corrupting God’s Word for a price. They were
retailing the preached Word of God to the highest of bidders: “For we
are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity,
but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ” (2 Corinthians
2:17). The word corrupt is rooted in the idea of marketing or selling
the Word of God. The corruption happened when they distorted it
or changed the meaning of the word to fit their listeners’ lifestyles.
Why did they do it? They wanted to keep their position, make their
living, and appear successful. How do they do it today? The exact
same way they’ve done it for centuries.

*Taken from Magnify the Lord: Ten Reasons to Discover, Declare, and Defend why Christ Came, chapter 2 (He's Come to Define), pages 48 & 49.

"Get Under Anointed and God FEARING Preaching"

“Itch, Itch! Scratch, Scratch!”
2 Tim. 4:1-5
Scratch my itch and I‘ll itch your scratch,
I’m looking to find the perfect match.
I’m in need and want to fulfill my only lack,
One who'll pat on my compromising back.

My ear is ready and surely tuned in,
Listening for a preacher to win.
One who knows what I want to hear,
So he can scratch my itching ear.

I like to live my life just the way that I do,
Also a preacher who’s not sold out and true.
One who’ll take a payoff to cover his back,
Just as long as he plans to bless my lack.

Does it really matter if we don’t give up all?
In our day if you’re tolerant, you stand tall.
Look around, how many have abandoned this life?
Only those who live in heartache and strife.

Live your life any way and just how you want to,
Jesus preached that it's ALL ABOUT YOU!
Find you a preacher that will always affirm this,
Deep down you know it’s what you really wish.

There is a preacher who will help you with your itch.
He knows you’re stuck in a religious ditch.
Tell him with a payoff in hand where to scratch.
You’ll love it, when you find the perfect match.

Nick Holden

This is the spirit of our day.
People want it how they want it and they’ll seek it until they find it.
This is not the attitude or life of a disciple of Jesus who wants a man of God
to lead them to prepare for the soon return of the blessed hope
and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Don’t fall into their delusional trap of deception. Beg the Lord for a man of God

who will lead you to give up your life and carnal desires for Jesus.

(Mal. 2:3-9 ; Jer. 3:15 ; Jer. 23:16-22 ; Acts 26:17-18 ; Mat. 24:4,45)