That’s why Paul gave young pastor Timothy one of the most serious, exalted charges in all the Bible in 2 Timothy 4: 1-2: One of the purposes of preaching is to equip us for that and inspire us to love each other better.īut God has created the church so that she flourishes through preaching. A church is a body of people who minister to each other. And if all you have is preaching, you don’t have the church. Preaching is not the totality of the church. Preaching Isn't Church, but It Serves the Church That’s one of the differences between a sermon and a lecture. (The devil could do that for his own devious reasons.) My job is to see the glory of the truth and to savor it and exult over it as I explain it to you and apply it for you. My job is not simply to see truth and show it to you. The preacher worships-exults-over the word, trying his best to draw you into a worshipful response by the power of the Holy Spirit. Preaching does not come after worship in the order of the service. Rather, the preacher and the people exult over what is in the Bible as it is being explained and applied. This means that the preacher does not just explain what’s in the Bible, and the people do not simply try to understand what he explains. Make the eyes of your heart dazzled with the brightness of the glory of God,Īnd awaken the capacity of your soul for kinds of spiritual enjoyment you didn’t even know existed. Make your spiritual bones more like steel,ĭouble the capacity of your spiritual lungs, The aim of this exposition is to help you eat and digest biblical truth that will If you can’t see that they come from the Bible, your faith will end up resting on a man and not on God's word. The preacher should do that in a way that enables you to see that the points he is making actually come from the Bible. Every sermon should explain the Bible and then apply it to people's lives. The preacher’s job is to minimize his own opinions and deliver the truth of God.

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