1PointPreacher Ep. 2 - Preaching another Preacher's Sermon
March 29, 2021ā¢762 words
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Episode 2
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Once upon a time . . .
At the last minute, I was āaskedā to fill a slot in a pastorās conference.
Each preacher was preaching a segment from the same biblical book.
The pastor in charge gave me his notes to preach from.
Plagiarism, with permission.
I didnāt use them. I did my own study.
As I listened to the rest of the pastors, I recognized that they were all preaching that pastorās notes. Not their own sermons.
Apparently this is common in Calvary Chapel. People would use Chuck Smithās material all the time.
He would laugh.
Why is that wrong, on so many levels?
First, you (pastor) didnāt study. You should show yourself approved in rightly dividing Godās Word.
Doing your own study is an expression of diligence. It allows people to assess how they can learn from you.
Neglect of the gift that this man has been given in the pastoral office.
Secondly, itās lying. Itās deceitful.
Is this man able to preach at all? Itās hard to say.
For a pastor to hand out his sermons for other preachers to read from in the pulpit, we wonder if heās even qualified to be a pastor.
What other kind of compromise is there?
Mere regurgitating. Not preaching.
Why are you preaching that text if you didnāt study to preach it? Malpractice.
The man was thereāhe could have preached the whole conference. They were his notes.
But it appeared as if many men were preaching.
But they were just reading. It was not true preaching.
It also implies a lack of trust in the other pastors.
A lack of discipleship, laziness in training other preachers. Itās easier to hand them your notes.
It is fundamentally disingenuous and insincere to preach another preacherās sermon.
It was fake. Men pretending to have studiedāexegesis and application.
But they were just mouthpieces. The whole conference was scripted.
Weāre not saying you canāt learn from others: books, lectures, and sermons.
Pastors that read other menās sermons are not acting as a pastor.
Many men are so eager to preach before learning and studying.
The pastor who gives his notes to be read by other preachers is prideful. How?
āTrust me. I donāt think you can do the job, pastor.ā
Whereās your integrity? If you were even asked to preach another manās sermon, how can you agree to that?
The pastor and those who agreed, and any who plagiarize sermons, do not trust God.
And for the hearersāthey are made to only listen to that manās thoughts.
Itās sin. It should not happen.
Instead:
You should study.
You should pray for help.
Find someone to disciple you in that.
Itās hard work.
Back to the story: the sermon notes could have been wrong; wrong interpretation and wrong application.
Is it wrong to learn from other preachersā sermons? No. Itās like using a commentary.
Commentaries are written, and sermons are spoken. Thatās the only difference.
Plagiarism gets a lot of press when exposed. And thatās as it should be.
But the fact that some pastors even encourage and promote it adds more guilt.
Itās a manifold sin.
Elders should lead well. To encourage plagiarism is bad leading.
And thatās a snapshot of that pastorās life.
Preachers preaching other preachersā preaching notes is always sin.
Any pastor guilty of such should repent and seriously consider whether they are pastors, at all.
Either they donāt have the gift of teaching, and thatās why they preach other menās study.
Or they do have the gift of teaching and have been neglecting the gift God gave them by the laying on of hands.
Repentance either way. Take a break and give serious thought to whether you are taking this office and the pulpit ministry seriously.
And God forbid that you are a pastor telling other men to preach your sermons. First of all, they are pastors, and itās disrespectful to them. And it causes them to neglect their gift, or perpetuate the illusion that they are able to teach and qualified to be elders.
More importantly and more seriously, you are dishonoring God by faking preaching, and lying regarding your office and the integrity of the pulpit.
It is a grave sin and irresponsibility, an abuse of the pastoral office, an abuse of the pulpit, and an abuse of Godās Word.
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