Mahalialee4 said:
I agree that God works with the personality and not everyone has to be a carbon copy...but what I do question is when the person's personality has more of a pull than the Word that he is preaching. If the Word is what you are seeking and not entertainment .
I said this. (Maybe it wasn't in this thread). But I said people shouldn't be chasing a man, and there are people who are performing, but it does not mean b/c someone is energetic that they are not hearing from God and it is all for show. To many people chase after what is hot at the moment and not God. THat is a problem. But not that particular Preachers problem. People need to get excited by God's word, not the way a preacher delivers it. But there is nothing wrong with illustrating your point with a visual. Some people actually learn better that way.
I used my Pastor as an example only because I know he gets excited but it isn't a show for him. He is the same way when we are one on one. I don't want people to think you have only one option of receiving God's word. I look at it the same way as someone discovering something and wanting to share it. Or something just happened to them. Chances are you are going to be excited as you tell your story. You might even do hand gestures, and movements to add to it. Not b/c you want our attention but to paint a picture of what you are saying. Person B will be just as excited and won't do the gestures b/c they can verbalize it without the visual. Some people are more dramatic than others.
But I have seen Preachers who prance around for show and well, it is usually a hot mess, or it is so off that it doesn't flow. Sorta kinda like those people that "catch" the Holy Ghost when that first church chord is struck.
(how you catch something that is already in you, but that is another topic). So yes you can have flashy Preachers, but you can also have those who will run around the whole stage but they are not "making a scene" to keep someone's attention.
This isn't going to sound right, but I don't think it is fair to say people need to deliver the word the way Jesus did. I'm not saying we shouldn't be like him, or preach what he said. I'm saying that God didn't take our personalities away from us when we got saved. I'm not going to talk the way he did. I'd be willing to bet that Moses didn't deliver the word of God the same way Jesus did. No I don't have scripture to back it up, I make that assumption b/c they are two different people. They are not oging to sound alike, but they'll have the same message. I'm pretty sure he made
some kind of scene after seeing the burning bush and parting the red sea.
I didn't read the rest b/c it was just one big paragraph. Spacing helps. But I did see where you mentioned stepping on religious toes, you didn't step on mine. We just disagree. I'm also not religious.
