Adopted from John MacArthur series

1. THE FAILURE TO DO EXPOSITION OF PREACHING IS:
Charles e. Whisnant, Student of the Word, Teacher of the Word
From my early years back in Roanoke, Virginia when I was 16 years and was teaching the
youth/teenagers/young adults before I had any formal bible education I loved studying the Word
of God. I loved teaching a book at a time. That was my Dad's method, take a book like Galatians,
or Revelation, or Psalms and teach verse by verse by H.A. Ironside.
In 1982 after attending the Shepherd's Conferences at Grace Community Church, where John
MacArthur has preached now for 40 years I learn what it meant to be a pastor/preacher and
teacher and how to teach the Word of God.
Starting in 1982 I started teaching Matthew and 250 sermons later I finished.
Its only in the last year that I listen to John MacArthur give these reasons why by we should be
preaching expositional. What is neat, I have been doing teach this way for 30 years. Cool.
NUMBER #1
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YOU USURP THE AUTHORITY OF GOD OVER THE MIND AND SOUL IF YOU
FALL TO EXPLAIN THE WORD OF GOD
You usurp the authority of God over the mind and soul if you fall to explain the
word of God you have replaced the authority of God with whatever else you're
doing. It really is a question of authority.
NUMBER #2
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YOU USURP THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST OVER THE CHURCH
We see it all through the NT the authority of Christ over the Church.That God
has made the one who is Lord over everything to be the head of the church.
NUMBER #3
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IT HINDERS THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Spirit uses the Word to sanctify them, by the truth, The word is truth, the
only tool the Spirit has is the scripture and where the Scripture replaced by
anything else the work of the Spirit is hindered .
Isn't it unthinkable for a Christian not to submit to scripture. John says If you
love Christ you will obey him as well in I Peter 1 14 as Obedient Christians.
There is this among preachers who do not yield to scripture, it reveals an inferior
inadequate love for God and his glory and the honor and glory of God and an
inferior understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit

2. NUMBER #4
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DEMONSTRATE PRIDE, AND A LACK OF SUBMISSION
Isn't it unthinkable for a Christian not to submit to scripture. John says If you
love Christ you will obey him as well in I Peter 1 14 as Obedient Christians.
There is this among preachers who do not yield to scripture, it reveals an inferior
inadequate love for God and his glory and the honor and glory of God and an
inferior understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit
NUMBER # 5. THE CONSEQUENCE OF NON EXPOSITION PREACHING
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IT SEVERS THE PREACHER PERSONALLY FROM THE REGULAR
SANCTIFICATION OF SCRIPTURE.
What does that mean? If you are not an expositor you are not in the study of the
book. And you have just been cut off from the sanctifying power in your life.
Then you put yourself in a dangerous spot.
If there is one way to discredit everything, and the integrity of the gospel and the
church is the testimony of the pastor. What just kills me is the immoral pastor, the
pastor who does not live by the Word.
So what keeps you sanctified to the point that you will not go that way? The only
thing that will is what will sanctify anyone and that is the work of the word in
your heart.
NUMBER #6
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REMOVES SPIRITUAL DEPTH AND TRANSCENDENCE FROM THE
PEOPLE CRIPPLING WORSHIP.
That is to say it cripples worship. What do I mean by that, well let's take it from
the positive side when you come on Sunday or you go to Bible study or go to an
opportunity to be taught the word of God, you were taken down into other depths
that scripture inevitable to places you haven't been right?
NUMBER #7
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PREVENT THE PREACHER FROM FULLY DEVELOPING THE MIND OF
CHRIST CRITICAL TO HIS WORK. From fully speaking for Christ whom he
serves.
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 we are remind of a very important spiritual truth and read
it please. Mark it down, an unconverted natural person doesn't get it, doesn't
understand the things of God. People are just not favorable with the Scripture.
Lost people just do not get the truths of God. And that is to be expected as a

3. response.
NUMBER #8
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DEPRECIATED BY EXAMPLE The spiritual duty and benefit of studying If the
pastor doesn't do it.
If the pastor doesn't do it why should others in the church do it. I never ask a
young person to do something that I had not already done. Even in those early
years I would work my fingers off writing in learning the Word of God. If this
bible is not valuable to me why should it be to anyone else. I need first to be a
preacher of the word, not a preacher of the building. If the Bible is not the
consuming passion in the pulpit why should we believe it should be the
consuming passion of those who set the pew.
NUMBER #9
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PREVENTS THE PREACHER FROM BEING THE VOICE OF GOD ON EVERY
ISSUE OF HIS TIME
If you know your bible you can be the voice of God on every issue. Other wise
you are just one of many voices. Know the Word of God. That is what I did
when I was a youth pastor. Get them to know the Word.
NUMBER #10
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BREEDS A CONGREGATION AS WEAK AND INDIFFERENT TO THE GLORY
OF GOD
If you do not do expositional preaching if you don't give your people the eternal
powerful word of God you breed a congregation that is week and indifferent to
the glory of God, honor of God, the honor of Christ.
NUMBER #11
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IF YOU DO NOT DO EXPOSITIONAL PREACHING ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE
YOU ROB PEOPLE OF THEIR ONLY TRUE SOURCE OF HELP. THEIR ONLY
TRUE SOURCE OF HELP.
1 Timothy 3 we covered that in a series on Sunday in the Adult Bible Class.
There is no help apart from the Lord, and there is no help apart from understand
the Scriptures about God.
NUMBER #12
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THE FAILURE TO DO EXPOSITORAL PREACHING
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PREACHER TO CHANGE PEOPLE
PUTS
THE

4. Say that most preachers feel that responsibility. I would be in a mental institution
if I believe that people's eternal destiny depended on me. I am a Calvinist
because that is a defensive posture. I can not handle that responsibility. And I
don't have to either.
NUMBER #13
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FAILURE TO PREACH EXPOSITIONAL REDUCES THE PREACHERS
WORDS TO THE LEVEL OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORD
I just say my words then I am just like anyone else. The audience can pick and choose
what they hear. You may think you can come up with a clever way that you think you can
articulate your message, but if it's not the Word of God then you are reduced to the level
of everyone else who has an opinion, an ideal, a viewpoints, a theory, a religious insight,
a perspective
NUMBER #14
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FAILURE TO PREACH EXPOSITIONAL IS TO PORTRAY AN ATTITUDE OF
SELF-LOVE RATHER THAN LOVING THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
SOUL AND MIND AND STRENGTH.
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ANOTHER WAY: FAILURE TO PREACH EXPOSITIONAL REDUCES THE
PREACHERS WORDS TO THE LEVEL OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORD.
I don't want to walk into the pulpit and say "the other day I was thinking." (poor
typing the script of John and its said, "I don't want to walk in the pole dancing on
the other day.")
NUMBER #15
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A FAILURE TO DO EXPOSITORIONAL PREACHING CREATES A
DESTRUCTIVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN SOUND DOCTRINE AND LIFE: or
LIFE IMITATES THEOLOGY
Since I adopted John MacArthur's method of preaching I have like he has been
highly criticism and not been practical and preaching is not applicial . I never
make application, I am not relevant.
NUMBER 16
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IT ELIMINATES THE TRUTHS, THE TROUBLE AND OFFENSE AND
TERRIFIED THE LOST
A failure to do biblical exposition makes the congregation: if they fail to do
biblical exposition to teach the full counsel of God as revealed in holy Scripture
it eliminates the truths, the trouble and offended and terrified the lost and the

5. sinful.
Number #17
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WILL DISCONNECT GOD'S PEOPLE FROM THE LEGACY OF THE PAST
Some of my very favorite preachers and theologian and teachers are those who
have already died many years ago. When I was preaching Romans the first time
around, or Ephesians, or Revelation I read over 100 people on the subject. Most
of them were dead a long time ago.. Why do you read commentaries on any book
from dead men? Really dead people: Calvin, Luther, Spurgeon, etc. Pink,
Ironside, and Whitefield, and others older Baxter, Edwards,
NUMBER #18
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REMOVES THE PROTECTION FROM ERROR THAT IS DEADLY TO THE
CHURCH
Shepherds understand they have to protect sheep, because there are those who
dress up in sheep clothing and teach error. That is what Satan does, comes inside
the church and cause all kinds of trouble. We have to watch and warn.
Sometimes Christians can not tell truth from error. A very dangerous situation
and unless we clarify doctrine, unless we defended threatened truth, unless we
guard the truth of scripture, unless we expose error we are not faithful shepherd's.
NUMBER #19
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EXPOSITORY PREACHING ASSURES PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE HEARD
FROM HEAVEN
Too many preachers preach what has not come from Heaven. I believe people
should hear from God and people want to hear from God and the way you
guarantee that is by given them the word that God has spoken on the pages of
holy scripture. Far too many people believe that they have heard something so
profound they believe it came from God when indeed they have not.
When I started teaching the Bible back in Roanoke, Virginia in December 1963 Dad gave me the
young people's class since the teacher went to the Army. For the text 27 monlths (February 1966
I taught that class ever week, while I was still in high school. I was dating Saundra Richardson
from the tenth grade until I sent to Seminary in 1966. Love Saundra and love the Lord and love
teaching. My Dad died in February 1966 and that ended my teaching at Roanoke Baptist Temple.
I did go over to Fellowship Baptist Church with Gene Arnold and preached and taught in the
High School class until Mom and the family moved to Danville, Virginia.

6. Now those years teaching in Roanoke, without knowing really what I was really doing, I was
studying the Bible. Thank goodness Dad had a great library of great books and I really loved
reading them. I spend a lot of time reading the Bible and reading those who knew the Bible.
Then I went to seminary and there I learn that preaching was not teaching. I did learn a lot what
the Bible. Well what they said about the Bible, but they never gave me the tools to study the
Bible, because that was not the right way to study and preach.
Well for the next few churches I was in churches where the pastor did not preach expectional and
therefore I just taught what ever. From 1970 to 1982.
It was not until 1982 that I got back on tract with teaching the bible as I did when I was in high
school.

7. Now those years teaching in Roanoke, without knowing really what I was really doing, I was
studying the Bible. Thank goodness Dad had a great library of great books and I really loved
reading them. I spend a lot of time reading the Bible and reading those who knew the Bible.
Then I went to seminary and there I learn that preaching was not teaching. I did learn a lot what
the Bible. Well what they said about the Bible, but they never gave me the tools to study the
Bible, because that was not the right way to study and preach.
Well for the next few churches I was in churches where the pastor did not preach expectional and
therefore I just taught what ever. From 1970 to 1982.
It was not until 1982 that I got back on tract with teaching the bible as I did when I was in high
school.