What's so bad about preaching Jesus from the Scriptures?

“We Really Better Preach the Word”

(2 Timothy 4:1-2)

1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; ...

1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus,

With these words to Timothy, the Apostle was solemnly testifying to His younger colleague about a matter of the utmost importance. He reminds Timothy that what he writes to him he writes in the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, the King and Head of the church. It is a wonderful thing to consider that we can say anything in the presence of Almighty God. Whatever we call upon Him to witness, we must be able to say with the utmost sincerity.

who is to judge the living and the dead,

The Christ Jesus, before whom Paul says something to Timothy, not only atoned for our sins through His death on the cross. He not only was the Firstborn among many brethren as the Resurrection Man. He not only sits at the right hand of the Father, ruling and reigning with all power and authority. He is coming. When He comes, He comes as the One appointed as the Leader over all eternal judgment.

and by his appearing and his kingdom:

Still wanting to impress Timothy further with the importance of what He instructs him to do, Paul mentions the appearing of Christ in glory and the fullness of His Kingdom which will come down from heaven upon the earth. What else is left to add solemnity to the words that follow?

2 preach the word; ...

What then is his solemn charge to the young pastor. “Preach the word.” A preacher is supposed to be a herald of a divine message. Like the prophet, he is an authorized messenger bringing an approved message that he has received from God.

How can anyone be sure that He is preaching the message that God has for His children? He can preach the Word of God. If we are unwilling to handle the Word of truth contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, we are running away from the Word of God. But many preach from the Bible without preaching the Word. They bring their own understanding of the Scriptures, or the common expositions that come from their religious tradition. The Pharisees did this, but Jesus spoke against it. He said in John 5:39-40, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.”

To preach the Word, we must not only preach from the written Word of God in the Bible. We must find in that written Word the great Word incarnate, Jesus Christ, and we must preach Him. This is the solemn need of every age, that the children of God would hear the voice of the Messiah through the sure revelation of the Scriptures. Consider the previous context, “All the Scriptures...,” and remember what Jesus said in Luke 24, and you will have to agree that pastors must preach the Scriptures, and preach Jesus Christ.