All of God's word

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him… And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. – Exodus 19.7,9

Even though the people in the Old Testament didn’t have the Bible they still had prophets and men of God who proclaimed His word to the people. It has always been important that the word of God be faithfully preached to the people.

We read here that Moses laid before the people ALL the words which the Lord had commanded him. Moses was probably the first example of preaching the full counsel of God’s word and was able to ‘preach the word, be instant in season and out of season and to reprove and rebuke’ with God’s word.

Preachers and teachers today have the same task. We cannot pick and choose what to teach. We can’t overlook what we see as the hard parts. If we don’t get it we admit it and trust God with the bits we can’t grasp. We can’t just leave out portions of God’s word because they are ‘hard.’

We are to preach the word and proclaim the counsel of God – all of it.