Acts 13:13-25 / John 13:16-20
A person who is a good writer does not necessarily mean that the person is also a good presenter.
Likewise, a good presenter may not have the literary skills to be a good writer.
From the letters written by St. Paul in the New Testament, we know that he is a good writer.
In those letters, he teaches, admonishes, persuades, argues, and he always has something to impart to the early Christian communities.
But in the 1st reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we hear St. Paul preaching to the congregation in the synagogue.
It is difficult to say if St. Paul was a good presenter but it must be said that he is a good preacher because what he preached about was the saving work of God and about Jesus the Saviour.
It is here that St. Paul laid the foundations of good preaching. It is not about how well it is presented but about what was presented.
As Jesus said in the gospel - No servant is greater than his master, no messenger is greater than the man who sent him.
When we look at what was preached by the great preachers of the Bible, people is John the Baptist, St. Peter and St. Paul, then we will know why they are great preachers.
They preached about repentance and the forgiveness of sins and about Jesus the Saviour.
Let us pray for those who preach the Word of God that from them we will hear the message of repentance and forgiveness of sins and may we in turn be witnesses of the Good News of salvation.