Stop Praising Men and Begin Praising God

Please brothers and sisters stop praising men, your favorite preachers. If they say something good then praise God not the man.

John 12:43

"For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God."

Proverbs 29:25

"The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe."

Colossians 3:23

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,"

Acts 5:29

"But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."

John 5:44

"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?"

Romans 12:1-2

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Every one of us should be speaking about the Lord all the time. Every one of us has something to offer someone else within our sphere of influence.

Sadly, the modern one-man-pastor system has made people believe only the "pastors" can speak boldly about God. Most Christians today reject correction or scripture from another Christian who does not have the worldly credentials of man-made Bible colleges.

The Holy Spirit lives in people and many people who attend those man-made colleges are not born-again. They are "religious" to some degree, as 2 Timothy 3 says; "having a form of religion but denying the truth" but they have never received Christ.

Stop trusting in the "pastors" and the "leaders" of the institutionalized church and begin trusting fully in Christ.

John 16:12-14 "

…12 I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

Notice when the Holy Spirit is leading men will not be glorified, Christ will be glorified. When we see a preacher becoming popular and treated like a god it is time to remove him from the pulpit. The people are trusting in him rather than in Christ.