PREACHING-LAW
Not that I
think only the law should be preached. The Gospel is to be preached as well as
the law. The law is to be preached only to make way for the Gospel, and in
order that it may be preached more powerfully. The main work of a minister is
to preach the Gospel.
Jonathan
Edwards
Distinguishing
Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, 1741.
Modern language courtesy of Archie Parrish, The Spirit of
Revival, Crossway Books, 2000, p. 77.
The preaching
of the law does not make us more sinful, but reveals those sins unto us which
before we discerned not; as the sun shining upon some filthy place does not
make it so filthy, but only makes it manifest which was not seen in the dark.
A Puritan
Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by
permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 166.
It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the
spiritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall
have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages.
Walter Chantry
We must keep
the law of God before the people so that they may lay hold of the gospel… If
all you preach is the “good news,” and you never preach the “bad news,” the
“good news” becomes “no news,” and it is not significant to people.
R.C. Sproul
Feed My Sheep, ed. Don Kistler,
Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2002, p. 151-152.
When you see
that men have been wounded by the law, then it is time to pour in the gospel
oil.
Samuel
Bolton
I do not
believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. The Law
is the needle, and you cannot draw the silken thread of the gospel through a man’s
heart unless you first send the needle of the Law to make way for it.
C.H.
Spurgeon