Romans 10:15, “And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

The role of the preacher is to be called, filled with the Holy Spirit, trained, and sent out. All disciples are to be gospel preachers, thus, all disciples are to be called, filled, trained, and sent out to win souls for Jesus!

First, the “general calling” for everyone to preach the gospel comes at the same time a person is called to be a disciple of Christ.  For example when Jesus first called Peter and his brother Andrew He said in Matthew 4:19, “Come, follow me… and I will send you out to fish for people.”  Furthermore, God also gives “specific callings” to His disciples that pertain to the exact place He wants them to go.

Certainly we are to preach “everywhere” we go, but we are also called to be public witnesses in specific places.  For example, in Acts 16:9 Paul received a vision to go and preach to a specific people in a certain area, “During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”  Thus, we should be open to where God is leading us to preach his Word.

Second, Jesus taught in Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  Therefore, every preacher is commanded to be filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in new tongues, Acts 2:4!

Third, the preacher needs to invest in being trained and prepared to effectively preach the gospel.  Just as a soldier wouldn’t go into battle without proper training and the guidance of experienced leaders, the same is true with evangelism training.  The disciple must undergo teaching, on hands training, and evaluation by godly leaders.  This kind of training is exemplified in the three years Jesus spent with His disciples both instructing, releasing, and correcting, Luke 10:1.

Lastly, the local church with their blessing and support should send out the gospel-preaching disciple.  Luke records in Acts 13:2-3, “2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.” As a result, there shouldn’t be any “rogue disciples” in the church, but rather submitted servants accountable to the doctrines and practices of the elders.

Let us all receive our calling, filling, training, and be sent out to be world changers, roof breakers, and history makers for Jesus!

Reflection

Have you been called, filled, trained, and sent out by your local church?

Action

  1. If you haven’t found a great church to be apart of pray for God to send you to one.
  2. Receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
  3. Go through the proper steps of your local church to be trained and sent out as a gospel preacher!