13661-EN- J3 Morning – Conference: Give Yourself Fully – Bishop Dag HEWARD-MILLS in Paris

Give yourself fully: Become an expert of the glorious Gospel

God did not call you to preach what you want. No! No! No! You are not sent to stand behind a pulpit and share your opinion or your personal dreams. When God commissions you, He puts a very specific message in your mouth. He commands you what to speak. That’s the call. That’s consecration.

But then, what is that message? Why do so many pastors drift away from what God has entrusted them to preach? Why are so many churches filled with good intentions, messages about prosperity, love, healing—yet have completely abandoned the heart of God’s message?

Romans 1:1 says: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God.

Set apart! Separated! These are not light words! It’s not an option. It is a voluntary, irrevocable, exclusive separation to one glorious message: the Gospel. Yes, set apart for the Gospel. Not for politics. Not for medicine. Not for business. Not for social causes. Set apart for the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ.

And that same Paul declares in Romans 1:16: I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is THE power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.

But have you been consecrated to this glorious message? Or are you just excited about faith, with no real direction into ministry? Were you just saved to feel good about God, or will you burn for the call, for the message—for the salvation of souls?

Consecration means being irreversibly set apart

When God calls you and anoints you, He consecrates you. And to be consecrated is not just a spiritual word we like to repeat. No! To be consecrated means to be irreversibly set apart. You cannot go back. You cannot turn back from your call, from your direction. You don’t hop back and forth between the world and God. You are set apart! Separated for Him.

Aaron was set apart to sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever. (1 Chronicles 23:13) Forever! Jesus does not want half of you. He does not want to share your ministry with other priorities, just as a man does not want to share his wife with other men. God is jealous. He wants you for Himself alone.

And if you are set apart, then you are consecrated to one message, and one only: salvation—the glorious Gospel.

Why do so many pastors preach anything other than this message? They started preaching things that are acceptable—money, motivation, human wisdom, psychology—but they lost their consecration. When you lose the message, you lose the anointing.

Billy Graham only had one message: you must be saved

Billy Graham died at 99 years old. Every American president attended his funeral. A statue of him was installed in the Capitol. And today, long after his death, his organization raises over 650 million euros a year. Not around a prosperity message. Not around a technological revolution. Not with flashy lights. But around a simple message: you must be born again, you must repent and give your life to Jesus!

And you? You raise funds, you shout prosperity, but you have no money. You change your message every month. Look at the fruit of Billy’s message. Look at the power of a faithful message. What are you preaching? A political message? A moralistic message? Or God’s message: the salvation of souls?

Become an expert of salvation: there are 12 clear sections to master

Those who want to be faithful to the call must become salvation specialists. I’m not talking about understanding salvation. No. I’m talking about preaching it. Teaching it. Proclaiming it in all its dimensions. You must be able to preach salvation to a crowd, to an individual, to a school, to non-believers, to the elderly, to children, to the rich and to the poor. It’s an art, and it’s your mission!

There are 12 sections of the Gospel a minister of salvation must know how to preach:

  1. Salvation and the love of God
  2. Salvation and the blood of Jesus
  3. Judgment and hell
  4. Biblical characters
  5. The great invitation
  6. Life’s choices
  7. The new life
  8. Christ Himself
  9. The Kingdom of God
  10. The anointing
  11. The miracles of Jesus
  12. Salvation in the Old Testament

This is your battlefield. This is your school. This is your ministry!

Every pastor here receives homework. Can you preach for an hour on every miracle of Jesus? The woman with the issue of blood? Blind Bartimaeus? The paralyzed man? Jairus’ daughter? Lazarus raised from the dead? This is not only for evangelists! Even prophets tremble before this message. Even a true prophet knows this is the eternal message. This is what you must master.

Are you ashamed of this message? Then you will never see the power of God

Hebrews 2:3 says: How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?

You think you’re going to escape poverty? You think you’ll escape judgment without preaching salvation? You think your church will grow while neglecting the only message God said: “It is My power for salvation”? No. No. You will not escape. No pastor can grow spiritually if he abandons the message of salvation.

You who want to reach the nations, preach the Gospel. Preach the right message. Forget your titles—bishop, reverend, doctor. If you cannot preach Luke 16—the story of the rich man and Lazarus—then your ministry has not yet begun. If you cannot preach Zacchaeus, then you cannot call yourself a servant. The rich man of Luke 16? It was no parable. Jesus named him. He saw him. He saw hell. He saw the angels receive Lazarus into Heaven.

Be a true preacher. Preach what saves.

Even Jesus did not preach what He wanted. He said exactly what the Father sent Him to say. He never improvised a sermon. Even Jonah received a specific message. Even the angels in Revelation said: “Eat this book and prophesy.”

What are your messages? What are your favorite scriptures? John 3:16? For God so loved the world? Can you preach just that one verse for an hour? You should if you are consecrated.

If it’s too basic for you, then you haven’t encountered the power of God. Because it is this message—simple, deep, glorious—that God has anointed. This is where the anointing rests.

Let’s pray together

Father, today I acknowledge that You have set me apart for one thing: the Gospel. I choose not to change the message, not to seek the approval of men, but to obey You to the end. I commit to becoming a faithful preacher, a consecrated pastor, a man or woman fully devoted to the glorious Gospel. Anoint me for this mission. Fill me, Lord, with Your power to proclaim salvation wherever I go. In the name of Jesus, amen!

🙏 Do you want to receive this glorious salvation? Pray with faith:

Lord Jesus, I come to You just as I am. I believe that You died for me and that You rose again. Today I give You my heart. Take my life, make me a child of God. I promise to follow You. Fill me with Your Spirit. Save me! Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

  • Romans 1:1 — Set apart for the Gospel of God
  • Romans 1:16 — The Gospel is the power of God
  • Hebrews 2:3 — How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?
  • 1 Timothy 1:11-12 — The glorious Gospel that was entrusted to me
  • Romans 12:1 — The living sacrifice
  • Luke 9:23 — Take up your cross daily

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