1 Timothy 4:16 TPT “Give careful attention to your spiritual life and every cherished truth you teach, for living what you preach will release salvation inside you and to all those who listen to you.”
Your Salvation is to be an experience with the Holy Spirit throughout your life. This is called relationship. But why are many Christians not experiencing salvation inside them?
Here in verse 16 we see that the scripture says that you must live or walk out what you preach and then salvation will be released inside of you and will bring salvation to those who you preach to.
Too many people lie, including my own church people. People from lay believers and all the way up to elders will lie to my face. When they decide to grow up and no longer lie, then perhaps they will experience salvation at higher levels and receive anointing. Of course, I am just using the sin of lying as an example. But it can be jealousy, envy, competition, bitterness, division, self centered, delusion, and the likes.
As you have been coming to this church for many years, and as your family members or friends are watching, you are indirectly preaching and evangelizing to them. You are evangelizing to them just by going to church every week and centering your life around Jesus. But if they see no change or no fruit, then you are not walking or living in what you preach.
Pastor Steve Kim