We Must Write

Hebrews 11:4 KJV

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Abel's testimony was such that "he being dead, yet speak with." A man I think can aspire to nothing greater. 

• Some men do things that are remembered
• Some men build things in their memory

But to leave something behind that serves to speak far after you are dead; that is a true influence. 

Everything we know about ancient civilizations is from those of that time who wrote. We have no way of knowing if what they wrote is an accurate reflection of their day or not. We only know what they wrote. 

Many great preachers have served the Lord over the two thousand years of Christian history. We only know about those who were written about or those who wrote. Great ministries have very likely been lost to the earth (though not to eternity) because nothing was written from them or about them. Men like AW Pink, John Gill and a few others, have defined what was Baptist thinking in their day, not necessarily because theirs was typical Baptist thinking but because they wrote down what they were thinking. 

If therefore a Baptist preacher (or anyone else for that matter) would speak even after he is dead. He must write. And he must seek to publish what he has written.