but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10–11 Dr. Ockenga never knew what his preaching did in my life. And you can mark it down: God will hide from you much of your fruit. You will see enough to be assured of his blessing, but not so much as to think you could live without it. For God aims to exalt himself, not the preacher, in this affair of preaching. And that brings us to the theme: the supremacy of God in preaching. Its outline
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