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Expository Preaching, Lecture 3 (How, Part 2)
This document discusses the process of expository preaching. It explains that expository preaching involves unfolding the meaning of a Scripture passage that has been studied contextually while depending on the Holy Spirit. It provides steps for studying a passage, including reading it multiple times, noting its grammar, themes, and theology. Sermons based on the passage should have a proposition statement, explanation of the text, illustrations, and applications. Transitions are needed to move between points, and introductions should set up the subject and propositions while conclusions summarize these.
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- #3 Let’s talk more about getting at that meaning in the passage…
- #4 read passage, re-read contextually, etc.,
- #5 Every sermon must point to Christ! Show folks how Christ crucified empowers them to obey the commands in the text Tony Merida?—“Compelling people to trust Christ destroys pride and despair. A sermon without Christ leaves a self-righteous person proud and a rebellious person hopeless. A sermon with Christ offers hope to rebels and humility to self-righteous. When Christ is the hero of every sermon, the obedient are humbled because they know their obedience is a gift from Christ, and the disobedient are hopeful because Christ is their true righteousness. Christ-centered preaching promotes humility and hope rather than pride and despair.”
- #6 Ask Holy Spirit to work Commentaries may not be correct Don’t rob yourself of joy of discovery! Context is king!
- #7 Handout of Romans 1:1-4 (review from brief exposition preached first day) Three points from these verses— Consider the Proclaimer (Proclamation) of the Gospel Promise of the Gospel Person of the Gospel Also—Illustrate Psalm 1:1-6 and/or Ephesians 2:1-10
- #8 Now that we have the meaning, how do we put the sermon together?
- #9 Having studied the passage, one main theme will surface…
- #10 So the main them of Romans 1:1-4 is the Gospel. The one proclaiming it (1), the promise (2), the person (3-4)
- #14 Studying the text I note…prayer was important to Jesus (even after a long day of ministry), Jesus had a place for prayer, and Jesus was passionate about prayer—praying through the early morning hours— So I write out an outline with the proposition…
- #17 Once we have an outline we are ready to arrange the material in order to explain, illustrate, and apply the passage….(next)
- #19 Example: Ephesians 5:18
- #21 pictures…helpful; “God is like your shadow; He never leaves you.” illustrate by other passages stories; guys who drank water and died, wrong water; living guy thought was dead statistics news
- #22 Chapell: Air force colonel turned seminary professor “With a benign scowl the professor growled, ‘In your mind’s eye look at me whenever you have said your concluding word. My arms are folded, my face holds a frown, and this question hangs on my lips: So what? What do you want me to do? “If you cannot answer, you have not preached.”
- #24 My practice: Open your Bibles to… briefly set up passage to read Read the passage (stand in honor) pray Introduction (keep it short)
- #25 Write out the sermon—preferably a full outline or a full manuscript Helps you think more clearly and communicate more clearly Don’t read it in the pulpit! Get very familiar with it and try to preach without hardly looking at it Benefit—expository sermon will be what the text says, so if you lose your place just look at the text in the Bible!
- #26 If time, delivery material (Preaching II Lectures 4 and 5) Write out sermon in full outline or full manuscript