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What is the difference between preaching and teaching? I have heard people say that they are more of a preacher. Meaning they motivate, inspire, and maybe raise their voice and have some veins sticking out of their neck. Then the teachers are seen as the more line upon line kind of people.
In scripture, I see the preaching or proclaiming to the lost, and the teaching to the body and those that are seeking.
My point. We need more proclaiming and sharing with the lost. I appreciate motivational and fiery messages to the church as much as anyone, but I feel real preaching is the proclaiming of the gospel to lost humanity.
10:14 But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
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| December 13, 2007 |
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Jeff:
The way I have come to understand the difference is as follows:
A preacher reveals the heart of God
A teacher reveals the mind of God |
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| December 13, 2007 |
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You made me do it. I had to know.
To preach:
diagello
1. to carry a message through, announce everywhere, through places, through assemblies of men etc. 2 to publish abroad, declare
Translated preach-1, signify-1, declare-1
diagellomai to think different things with one's self, mingle thought with thought to ponder, revolve in mind to converse, discourse with one, argue, discuss
Translated dispute 6, reason with 2, reason 2, preach unto 1, preach 1, speak 1euaggelizo to bring good news, to announce glad tidings used in the OT of any kind of good news of the joyful tidings of God's kindness, in particular, of the Messianic blessings in the NT used especially of the glad tidings of the coming kingdom of God, and of the salvation to be obtained in it through Christ, and of what relates to this salvation glad tidings are brought to one, one has glad tidings proclaimed to him to proclaim glad tidings instruct (men) concerning the things that pertain to Christian salvation
Translated preach 23, preach the Gospel 22, bring good tidings 2, show glad tidings 2, bring glad tidings 1, declare 1, declare glad tidings 1, miscellaneous 3katagello to announce, declare, promulgate, make known to proclaim publicly, publish to denounce, report, betray
Translated preach 10, show 3, declare 2, teach 1, speak 1
kerusso
to be a herald, to officiate as a herald to proclaim after the manner of a herald always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers
Translated preach 51, publish 5, proclaim 2, preached + 2, preacher 1laleo
to utter a voice or emit a sound to speak to use the tongue or the faculty of speech to utter articulate sounds to talk to utter, tell to use words in order to declare one's mind and disclose one's thoughts to speak
Translated speak 244, say 15, tell 12, talk 11, preach 6, utter 4, miscellaneous 3, speak 1parrhesiazomai to use freedom in speaking, be free spoken to speak freely to grow confident, have boldness, show assurance, assume a bold bearing
Translated speak boldly 4, preach boldly 1, be bold 1, wax bold 1, boldly 1, freely 1proeuaggelizomai
to announce or promise glad tidings beforehand
Translated preach before the gospel 1prokerusso to announce or proclaim be herald beforehand to announce beforehand (of the herald himself)
Translated preach before 1, preach first 1
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| December 13, 2007 |
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We are all preachers, not necessarily from a pulpit, but preachers of the Word of God and teachers help us to learn the word of God to share with a lost world. |
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| December 13, 2007 |
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Don-
You invited Mr. Strong's over for dinner huh! Can we get an interpretation of those tongues please? |
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| December 13, 2007 |
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| Jeff--Sorry about the length of the last. I won't add the part for 'to teach' except to say that it is all about instruction and discipling and sound doctrine. I'm afraid that somewhere we've gotten off track in that teaching is not broadly received today, and in its place, a form of preaching occurs, directed at the church rather than the lost. |
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| December 13, 2007 |
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Cheryl-
That's right. We all can proclaim the word of God. However, he has given some the job of preaching and teaching full time.
5:17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;
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| December 13, 2007 |
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| I just wanted to find out for me if my opinion was born out by biblical usage. I would have to agree with your opening statements re what preaching is, and it seems that the New Testament does as well (whew) |
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| December 13, 2007 |
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As a pastor, I kind of feel that the two should walk together...a preacher who doesn't teach you makes you feel excited to do something but not quite sure what that is. A teacher seems to force you to realize a decision must be made but provides no external umphh to get it going...
My two cents...excellent post |
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| December 14, 2007 |
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| When I look at the scriptures of Jesus preaching, I have to come preach to other villiages, the spirit of the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, Go into all the world and preach, how can they believe unless we preach, and Acts 8:4, they went out and preached wherever they were, I see that all the preaching is to the lost? |
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| December 14, 2007 |
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| Jeff--The only wrinkle I see in your logic is that when Jesus came, for all intents and purposes, everybody was 'lost'. I'm not sure the preaching-lost/teaching-believers paradigm is entirely that clean. If Jesus' message was to preach the good news of the Kingdom, aren't there a lot of believers today who still don't get it? There's been so little real preaching/teaching on the Kingdom of God that I find a lot of folks who are saved, who are authentically trying to live Spirit led godly lives, but really don't have a much clue as to what they signed up for when it comes to the Kingdom. Something needs to shake loose. Now would that be about preaching or teaching or both? |
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| December 14, 2007 |
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28:19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 28:20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. I think the problem is we are trying to separate two things which aren't completely separate. it is here in this passage that we find both preaching and teaching. I believe the going and making disciples is indeed the aspect related to preaching, but isn't it also related to teaching. Even today Christians don't understand just how lost we were or how heinous sin is to God. Nevertheless Jesus connects it to teaching. So aren't we forced to acknowledge at least, that there is a point where the two cross over into each other. |
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| December 14, 2007 |
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Don and Tom-
I can see how teaching seems to cross over but even in the verse above, win them and then teach them everything I've taught you. Do you see any scripture where preaching is to anyone but the lost? Don, I understand Jesus was preaching to everyone about the kingdom but my main point is that many people talk about style which is fine as compared to audience! |
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| December 17, 2007 |
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PREACH THE GOSPEL & TEACH THE SAINTS
Thank you to the person who outlaid the Greek on this. That is correct. Biblically, preaching is a public proclamation and teaching is for the church. However, often in common use today the two are confused. Some think that a sermon is for preaching and a Bible study is for teaching, but that was not the original meaning. That is OUR modern practice, but not what the Bible means by preach and teach.
Some people think that exciting and dramatic teaching which is just for the church is preaching, and that dull and lifeless spreading of the gospel is teaching. None of the message of God ought to be dull and lifeless, but on the other hand, sometimes excitement is a cover up for a lack of depth and content.
Originally, it was simply preach the gospel (in public, outside of the church) and teach the saints (after baptism, inside of the church). It originally had absolutely nothing to do with the modern practice of "preaching" a sermon. |
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| December 17, 2007 |
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Grant-
That is what I have seen in scripture myself. thanks for reading my blog and adding your thoughts. |
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