Too young to preach?

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StevieJ

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Paul told timithy not to let them bring him down because he was young. Go preach it man. Dont listen to anyone elase. And if God told you to preach. Dont even come here to ask anyone ever. I would love to see what you got if you want me to look at it.
 
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phil112

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dcontroversal said:
I know this thread is 4 years old and Lad is probably not around, but for all of the young preachers out there I say this....

Paul told Timothy as a young pastor of the church at Ephesus to not let anyone despise his youth......I have seen some young people who have a greater understanding of the scriptures than some of the older people who claim to have an understanding.....if you are young and desire to preach the word...give her beans captain and let the word fly!
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Ah....but he also told him; "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure." :)
 
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StevieJ

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atwhatcost said:
Actually,

This is why I don't think young folks should preach except if they've been thoroughly checked out on their beliefs and teaching abilities first.
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Why bother they will fit in perfectly somewhere with one of the 55.000 differing denominations.
 
JaumeJ

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When the Holy Spirit entered into me back in my last year of University studies, nothing could shut me up. I did not sstop reading the Word and sharing everythng I learned for about three years. Since that slow down, I have continued sharing whenever the Lord presented dan opportunity to me.

When a person meets God in Jesus Christ, they jusst will not shut up. I know.
 
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I gave my first lesson in a mobile homes club camping event, it was well received. Perhaps you could start in children's church, ask if you could preach there first. Do not despise the day of small things, I think that is how it goes.
 
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I believe it could happen, if it's God's will. I've had some preaching opportunities and currently one of the youth leaders of my church. God has called me to pastor since i've been a baby, and by God, I don't want to do that but if it is his will then I will follow. I take the times I have now to study and show myself approved so that when the time is right, i'll be in place for whatever is God has me to do. Truth be told, we should want more younger people preaching and fired up about God, there is a lot of broken people in school who will never have a chance to go to church and need someone they can relate too.

If it is God will then it will happen. Also to any younger person of my age or even older, don't feel like you have to preach to be part of God's kingdom or to make an impact. You can be a cake maker who glorifies the kingdom with cake. It doesn't have to be just preaching...being a preacher is overrated anyway:cool:
 
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JaumeJ said:
When the Holy Spirit entered into me back in my last year of University studies, nothing could shut me up. I did not sstop reading the Word and sharing everythng I learned for about three years. Since that slow down, I have continued sharing whenever the Lord presented dan opportunity to me.

When a person meets God in Jesus Christ, they jusst will not shut up. I know.
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oh yes, JaumeJ,

after conversion the real test of our life-time begins, and finding our Spirit-legs can take
a while, along with trying to handle those brand new road trips:) that we would only
go on at the Command and direction of our brand-new Love.

the zealousness we feel when we are band-new in Christ is so very precious!!!
it will never leave us, but our Father does find a way to rein us in at just the right moments.
 
breno785au

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To be told your too young to preach I don't agree with, but I think (and could be wrong) but I think its circumstantial. Timothy was an exceptional young man and I have met exceptional young guys who have even been called and gone to communist China. But I have also met young guys who are brash and just want to get up for various reasons about themselves. I would hope if a leader refused anyone to preach would be because of discernment, not merely you are too young. Don't let anyone despise your youth is not for every young person out there to use for themselves. You need to show yourself approved and trusted to a degree I think, for the young persons sake mostly. I know I'm a young person myself but I have no desire to speak to the congregation hehe
 
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purgedconscience

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StevieJ said:
Paul told timithy not to let them bring him down because he was young. Go preach it man. Dont listen to anyone elase. And if God told you to preach. Dont even come here to ask anyone ever. I would love to see what you got if you want me to look at it.
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Don't listen to anyone else? Apparently, since starting this thread 4 years ago, he's listened to a lot of the wrong people. Again, according to his latest update, this young man who was called to preach, according to his beliefs back then anyway, is now an atheist.
 
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StevieJ

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purgedconscience said:
Don't listen to anyone else? Apparently, since starting this thread 4 years ago, he's listened to a lot of the wrong people. Again, according to his latest update, this young man who was called to preach, according to his beliefs back then anyway, is now an atheist.
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So if God speaks to someone you recomend they go ask people?
Nothing wrong with what I said.

So how do you know hes an aitheist? Where is this latest update?
 
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StevieJ

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Paul did indeed but we are talking about someone who said he heard from God.
So my advise stays the same.
Thanks you agree with me.
Sorry he has turned for the moment.
 
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atwhatcost

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When i was 12 years old, i knew i was called to preach. i walked up to the preacher and asked him, what must i do to become a preacher. What he told me, i was not expecting. He said "You must go to college for four years" i immediately said, that is pretty sad if God calls upon a poor person to preach" and walked away.

There are a few who are actually called to be preachers.
There are many who choose to become preachers because it appeals to them.
i was called to be a preacher before i was even born. my Mom was going to be a Nun, then she met my Dad, and fell in Love with him, they married and had me, my Mom felt so guilty about turning away from her calling to be a Nun, that she prayed to God there her firstborn son would be dedicated to the Lord. So when i was in the womb of my Mother, she only read the Bible to me. i can't remember a time in my life that i did not know and believe in Jesus. i believed in Jesus before i even believed in Santa Clause.

my point is. God calls whom He will call. and God will educate a person in what they need to preach. Is it not the Holy Ghost that reveals Truths to a person? No not this generation Truth is revealed to a person through college now, through professors, through books and essays.

Your preacher felt you are far too young to preach, because you have not yet been to college for four years.

i will tell you the Truth the Holy Spirit of Truth can teach a person in five minutes what it will take a year in college to grasp and understand. The problem is the people that belong to the Churches, choose a preacher, and they base their choosing, if they had been to college or not.

As i said before, Few are actually called to preach, Many go to college to become preachers because being a preacher appeals to them.

Those who Truly desire to be Preachers of God, will seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost, not the guidance of professors.

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But a few hours ago you were "preaching" that all the saved wouldn't make it into heaven on Judgement Day. And now you say you were "born to preach" simply because your mom was going to be a nun and she prayed for you to be a preacher. You're really not. Sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, neither am I.

So the only thing you've proved is my point -- people who don't know the subject matter shouldn't be preaching.
 
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phil112

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StevieJ said:
Paul did indeed but we are talking about someone who said he heard from God.
So my advise stays the same.
Thanks you agree with me.
Sorry he has turned for the moment.
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Advice is the tense you want, but I shouldn't be so quick, after all, you're young. :)

Look, if God told him to preach he wouldn't be asking people. Clearly the kid had nothing from God and has no business trying to preach. He said the pastor he talked to looked at him like he was too young - that pastor knows more about him than we do.
I stand on what Paul told Timothy and I quoted a couple of posts ago - "lay hands suddenly on no man..........."
It is a rare thing for a young man to be able to pastor a congregation.
 
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StevieJ

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phil112 said:
Advice is the tense you want, but I shouldn't be so quick, after all, you're young. :)

Look, if God told him to preach he wouldn't be asking people. Clearly the kid had nothing from God and has no business trying to preach. He said the pastor he talked to looked at him like he was too young - that pastor knows more about him than we do.
I stand on what Paul told Timothy and I quoted a couple of posts ago - "lay hands suddenly on no man..........."
It is a rare thing for a young man to be able to pastor a congregation.
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Am I not standing on scripture when I said "If God told you to preach then listen to no man?"
Your talking from knowing the full thread. I never I read what he said in his first post and posted what is true.
He never asked for hands to be layed on him. Thats you really adding something that wasnt there.
So no need to try and attempt to correct me on what I was correct on anyway. But I shouldnt be so quick after all your old :)

Rare because of religion
 
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purgedconscience said:
Lad's last post on this forum was a little more than 1 year and 3 months ago and that is when he declared himself to be an atheist not because of legalistic preaching, but because, in his opinion, he believes that science and reality show the Christian beliefs to be false and logic tells him that the existence of a deity is highly improbable:

http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/85887-there-such-thing-atheist-117.html#post1505850

He did also say that if he could be convinced of God's existence through evidence, then he would believe and I find this somewhat puzzling in that he was initially telling people that he knew that it was God's will for him to be a preacher. Well, how did he know this if God hadn't, at least in his mind, told him so?

In any event, I hope that he finds the Lord. The post in which he identified himself as an atheist came two years after the post that you mentioned, so, again, I was merely seeking to inform people of the poster's last known belief system or, in this case, unbelief system.
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Still, legalistic preaching could have led him to throw in the towel on the Christian faith and instead look elsewhere e.g. rationalism, empirical science etc., for his eternal questions.
 
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purgedconscience

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Still, legalistic preaching could have led him to throw in the towel on the Christian faith and instead look elsewhere e.g. rationalism, empirical science etc., for his eternal questions.
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Personally, I've grown more than weary of hearing the word legalism thrown around all over the place and that's not limited to discussions on this forum. A lot of people simply don't want to obey God and then legalism becomes the buzzword. I have a sister who claims to be a Christian and she hates every commandment in the Bible. She once told me that she feels condemned whenever she reads the Bible and, quite frankly, she should because she lives in rebellion against God. I could give you examples of what I mean, but I won't because I'm simply trying to make a point.

Speaking of myself, I typed out a request to have my account here deleted earlier today and then I never sent it. I'll probably be gone shortly nonetheless and one of the reasons, although not the only reason by a longshot, is because I'm sick and tired of hearing so many people here rail against obedience.
 
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atwhatcost

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purgedconscience said:
The banned member is the one who jumpstarted this thread after 4 years:

http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/25518-too-young-preach-2.html#post2212972

This member only had one post, the one on this thread, and one blog entry about customizing homemade concrete flower pots, so I don't know what that was all about.

As far as being a teacher goes, we know from Ephesians chapter 4 that Christ gifts some to be teachers. Personally, I concentrate on trying to be a good student or a good disciple of the Master and then I generally just repeat to others what I believe that I've learned from Him. If I have any specific calling, then I really don't know what it is.
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Oh! We snooped on different people. Didn't catch that.

You do know I don't consider you too young to preach, right? Had you had the calling, you'd be preaching in your church by now. It requires the education and the degree(s.) (In my denomination, it also requires a few tests and a grueling session in front of the entire local presbytery leaders, mostly to check out if the candidate knows his stuff and really believes it.) And, not being a teacher/preacher myself, I'd be very dumb to look down at other not-teachers/not-preachers. lol

I really was talking about people too young to know how hard it is to become one, and yet think they can do it anyway. (Or some who think they're self-appointed preachers.)
 
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atwhatcost

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StevieJ said:
Paul told timithy not to let them bring him down because he was young. Go preach it man. Dont listen to anyone elase. And if God told you to preach. Dont even come here to ask anyone ever. I would love to see what you got if you want me to look at it.
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Timothy helped Paul start quite a few churches, went on several missions with him and listened. He wasn't some dewy-eyed school boy. He was seasoned. All props to anyone that seasoned, but it's rare someone that seasoned is also under 21.
 
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