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There are lessons here for preachers, of course.
First, it is as impossible to preach without being criticized as it is to publish a newspaper, and when some of your preaching is done via the Internet your critics are multiplied.
Second, we should listen to critics who base their exhortation upon the clear teaching of God’s Word and who correct clear errors, as this adds up to godly reproof rather than cheap criticism (Proverbs 10:17; 12:1; 13:18; 15:10, 31-32).
Third, we are not under obligation to heed every man’s opinion on every subject. Preaching is not a democratic process. Preachers don’t have to submit their preaching to a vote by the people. The hearers are to test it, but they are not to test it by their opinions and feelings and experiences; they are to test it by God’s Word, period (Acts 17:11). The sole concern is whether or not the preaching is scriptural. Beyond that the preacher is instructed by God to preach in season and out of season, whether the preaching is accepted or rejected, appreciated or hated, allowed or disallowed, legal or illegal.
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine...” (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
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