2 types of preaching: Preaching to evangelize and bring in the harvest; and preaching about judgment to come.
Preaching itself should never be hurling facts at an audience just to prove a point. Jesus clearly had two styles of ministry; the first where He had personal interaction with individuals in a crowd to meet their physical needs and adddress their particular spiritual condition. This was in terms of repentance of a particular lifestyle or chronic pattern of sin; healing a certain ailment or casting out demons always addressed the spiritual issues which at times were the cause of a particular state a person was in; particularly those demon possessed.
Nonetheless; Jesus had a different approach to preach as He did on the Sermon on the Mount. These were general statements as to those who were blessed and warnings about hell as two predominant themes. It is interesting that as far as I can see that latter issue never was discussed with any individual except with the Pharisees when He had to address them for their thoughts or murmuring to themselves and direct nagging questions they often used to attempt to trap Him. This shows the unique level of danger of judgment to these hypocritical leaders as He would spend an entire chapter of scripture to call them out for their wickedness.
The point here I have made before; that is there is a declaration to a crowd which could even be said of His preaching to the spirits of disobedience (the lost entities from the time of Noah) in 1 Peter 3:19. That is more or less the context of His preaching to the masses. The Kingdom to come was a primary focus which again; I would argue is the style of preaching during the time of Jacob's trouble. With many signs and wonders it is pretty obvious God exists; or at least there is no room to be an atheist if we don't distinguish between good and evil in the supernatural realm. Fear of the Lord often uses general revelation ( Romans 1; Psalm 19); then personal after.
Preaching itself should never be hurling facts at an audience just to prove a point. Jesus clearly had two styles of ministry; the first where He had personal interaction with individuals in a crowd to meet their physical needs and adddress their particular spiritual condition. This was in terms of repentance of a particular lifestyle or chronic pattern of sin; healing a certain ailment or casting out demons always addressed the spiritual issues which at times were the cause of a particular state a person was in; particularly those demon possessed.
Nonetheless; Jesus had a different approach to preach as He did on the Sermon on the Mount. These were general statements as to those who were blessed and warnings about hell as two predominant themes. It is interesting that as far as I can see that latter issue never was discussed with any individual except with the Pharisees when He had to address them for their thoughts or murmuring to themselves and direct nagging questions they often used to attempt to trap Him. This shows the unique level of danger of judgment to these hypocritical leaders as He would spend an entire chapter of scripture to call them out for their wickedness.
The point here I have made before; that is there is a declaration to a crowd which could even be said of His preaching to the spirits of disobedience (the lost entities from the time of Noah) in 1 Peter 3:19. That is more or less the context of His preaching to the masses. The Kingdom to come was a primary focus which again; I would argue is the style of preaching during the time of Jacob's trouble. With many signs and wonders it is pretty obvious God exists; or at least there is no room to be an atheist if we don't distinguish between good and evil in the supernatural realm. Fear of the Lord often uses general revelation ( Romans 1; Psalm 19); then personal after.
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