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I imagine that this is the way most people view it, child or adult.But I know that remember sitting in an OPC church as a kid and was told that the visiting Ruling Elder wasn't really preaching, he was just exhorting, and my 10 year old mind was sure thinking, "I don't care what you call it, it sure sounded like preaching to me."
Most Reformed church orders recognize a difference between authoritative proclamation and that public speech coming from someone who does not hold presbyterial or ministerial office. One person is ordained by Christ’s church to speak Christ’s word ministerially. The exhorter is typically licensed to exhort, but is not ordained to proclaim officially. The difference is one of office and how the speech is regarded more than in what is said. It’s a useful distinction. The real question is not whether there is biblical ground for this distinction since no church order could pass that test, but whether there is biblical ground for distinguishing between officers and laity and their respective offices (special v general).
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