PREACHING DISPLAYS PASTORAL LOVE. Geoffrey R. Kirkland Christ Fellowship Bible Church (St Louis, MO) CFBCSTL.org WHY AND HOW? 1. it is the best way to feed God’s people. The minister of the gospel who faithfully expounds the Word of the living God week by week provides the best diet, the greatest nourishment, the healthiest intake of divine blessing for the people of God. No greater pastoral way of shepherding God’s precious people exists! Feeding the flock of God necessitates a healthy diet of hearing from God through His Word. The best way to nourish God’s people, to strengthen them for Christian living, to motivate them for holiness, and to gladden them in the Triune God is to relentlessly preach the Word of God! 2. it allows people to hear from God their Father. Every believer has been brought into the family of God. Amazingly and divinely, it consists fully in the work of God. He has brought dead sinners to life and has transferred them into His very own Kingdom. Further
