When Leslie and I were on our honeymoon in San
Antonio, we had an interesting encounter with a street preacher. One night while waiting to be seated outside
one of the local restaurants a car pulled up; and a Hispanic man stepped out
with a Bible in hand and began passionately and fervently preaching to us.
Though he was confident and did not seem to miss a
step, there was a serious problem with his message…it was in Spanish, and there
was not one Spanish speaking person in the crowd. Though there was a large crowd gathered,
there was not one person who understood this man’s message.
I still have no idea what that guy said to this very
day. He might of have delivered one the
greatest five minute sermons ever preached, but none of us would have ever
known it because we did not know one word that was said. There is a simple, and clear and key point to
this story, and it’s this, “What good is a message if you can’t understand
it?” “If a message is unintelligible…what
good is it?” That’s Paul’s point in 1
Corinthians 14:1-25.
To listen to the sermon click HERE. And listen to “COMMUNICATE TRUTH
INTELLIGIBLY.”
