The first question is, WHAT IS IT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL?
There are a variety of opinions concerning this question, and possibly among my own audience-though I believe we are very uniform in our doctrinal sentiments-there might be found two or three very quick answers to this question: What is it to preach the gospel? I will attempt to answer it myself according to my own judgment, if God will help me; and if it does not happen to be the correct answer, you are at liberty to supply a better one yourselves at home. 1. The first answer I will give to the question is this: To preach the gospel is to state every doctrine contained in God’s Word, and to give every truth its proper prominence. Men may preach a part of the gospel; they may preach only one single doctrine of it; and I would not say that a man did not preach the gospel at all if he only preached the doctrine of justification by faith-By grace you have saved through faith. I would put him down for a gospel minister, but not for one who preached the whole gospel. No man can be said to p
