There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

was that he really believed what he was saying! Anyone who boasts pridefully is slashing out and cutting down other believers who are also doing the same work of the kingdom, perhaps in a different manner. These prideful ministers need to know that they don’t know what manner of spirit they are of (Luke 9:51–55). THE PROPER WAY TO USE THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT Paul wrote his last letter to Timothy and said: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. —2 TIMOTHY 4:2 We think of the word preach as a minister standing behind a pulpit giving a sermon or message to the congregation. Among the ancient Greeks this Greek word, kerusso , pictured the herald of the emperor standing before the masses in a city giving an important, even a life-and-death message to the people. The herald was the voice for the emperor and spoke with the same authority of the emperor. The minister is to “rebuke” when needed, meaning to rebuke sin in the lives of the people to bring them to repentance. Paul warned Timothy of two men who were spiritually dangerous in the church: Hymenaeus and Philetus. These false teachers had taught the resurrection was past and had