Sovereign Grace Church

…the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

(1 CORINTHIANS 1:18)

I have heard of a young man asking, when he was going to preach in a certain place, “What kind of church is it? What do the people believe? What is their doctrinal View?” I will tell you how to avoid the necessity of such a question as that; preach Jesus Christ to them, and if that does not suit their doctrinal views then preach Jesus Christ the next Sunday you go; and do the same thing the next [Lord’s Day], and the next, and the next, and never preach anything else. Those who do not like Jesus Christ must have Him preached to them till they do like Him; for they are the very people who need Him most. Recollect that all the tradesmen in the world say that they can sell their goods when there is a demand for them, but our goods create as well as supply the demand. We preach Jesus Christ to those who want Him, and we also preach Him to those who do not want Him, and we keep on preaching Christ until we make them feel that they do want Him, and cannot do without Him.