THE MEANING BEHIND THE TERM; PULPIT



Well, the pulpit isn't to glorify the pastor or any other office that stands before the people in church; although, many would wrongly find pride and fame, given the privilege to be seated at the front of the church. The word actually stands for something so much greater, which actually benefits the people. The term; Pulpit, means to "pull people from the pit". What pit you may ask? ... The Holy Bible speaks of many pits in which people are liable to fall within; some of the pits are referenced to sins which are snares that pull people into a downward spiral away from God, truth, and life. Another term for these sins is Strongholds. Strongholds do just what its name implies; hold a person down with great strength, keeping them in bondage and enslavement to itself. Another type of pit in which the Bible speaks, is the pits that are found in Hell. The Bible speaks of pits that the unsaved fall into upon entering the gates of Hell, and it speaks of pits that a person will dwell in while in Hell that he or she has dug for their own selves based on the sins that did upon the earth. Each person that willfully sins against God, actually causes their personal pit in Hell that is awaiting them, to enlarge, and grow in depth. The "Pulpit" is a metaphor for preaching the truth of God, to help pull people out of their pits in life or the one that awaits them after their physical death. This is why it is SOOOOOO important that preachers preach the truth of God's Word; THEY WILL BE GRAVELY ACCOUNTABLE for their purpose in the Pulpit. The Pulpit isn't for those who just want to be glorified behind a title or position. The Pulpit isn't for those who lust after peoples money for their livelihood. The Pulpit isn't for those who just want to do people good by doing an act of Community Service. The Pulpit isn't for those who sugar coat God's Word so that they are liked by the people. The Pulpit isn't for those who want to sit before it for entertainment purposes as one would do a television or concert, or to be acknowledged from others that they attend church, or to feel secure in being saved. The Pulpit are for those who are BOLD, BRAVE, CONFIDENT, KNOWLEGABLE, CALLED BY GOD, AND FIND URGENCY IN SHARING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GOSPEL DESPITE ADVERSITY, AND AT ANY COST, TO SAVE LIVES, EVEN IF THAT MEANS LOSING THEIR OWN.

HOW DEEP IS YOUR PIT??? ARE YOU IN A PIT??? IS YOUR CHURCH LEADER PULLING YOU AND OTHERS OUT OF YOUR PIT/S???

Matthew 15:14

"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit".

Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Revelation 9:2
He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

Psalm 35:7-8
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalm 7:15
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into a hole which he made.

Psalm 94:13
That you may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Isaiah 24:17-18
Terror and pit and snare Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Job 33:18
He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.

Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

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