Experiential Preparation for the Ministry

The work of the seminary that we take up again this morning is preliminary and basic to the call to the ministry of the gospel. You young men who study for the ministry are not yet called. You believe yourselves to have the inward aspect of the call. But God has not yet called you by His church, so that you are commissioned officially to bring His Word to His people. God has not yet said to you what He said to Isaiah the prophet in verse 9: "Go, and tell this people." A certain preparation is...