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Pillar 3:Pillar 3:“Passionate Proclamation to God” “Passionate Proclamation to God”

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What a gift the Doctor What a gift the Doctor was. I think preachers was. I think preachers need to hear his kind need to hear his kind of preaching as a of preaching as a partial antidote to the partial antidote to the relentless trivializing relentless trivializing of preaching in our of preaching in our day.day.

1.1. DefinitionDefinition2.2. Biblical Mandate for itBiblical Mandate for it

Article 18 – The ChurchArticle 18 – The Church

““All our church activities, All our church activities, relationships, and meetings relationships, and meetings are governed, directed, led are governed, directed, led and controlled by scripture. and controlled by scripture. That is our aim. ConsecutiveThat is our aim. Consecutive

expository preaching ministry helps us expository preaching ministry helps us move in the right direction for that aim.”move in the right direction for that aim.”

DefinitionDefinition

Expositional preaching takes a particular Expositional preaching takes a particular passage of Scripture, explains that passage, passage of Scripture, explains that passage,

and then applies the meaning of the and then applies the meaning of the passage to the life of the congregation. passage to the life of the congregation.

A commitment to expositional preaching is A commitment to expositional preaching is a commitment to hear God’s Word.a commitment to hear God’s Word.

1.1. God sets the agenda, not the preacher. God sets the agenda, not the preacher. 2.2. Can’t avoid the hard things.Can’t avoid the hard things.3.3. Pastor and Congregation will grow.Pastor and Congregation will grow.

Why Expositional PreachingWhy Expositional Preaching

1616All Scripture is God-breathed and is All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, and training in righteousness, 1717so that so that the man of God may be thoroughly the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-172 Timothy 3:16-17

2020Above all, you must understand that no Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. prophet's own interpretation. 2121For For prophecy never had its origin in the will of prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 peter 1:20-212 peter 1:20-21

1.1. GOD HAS SPOKEN AND STILL GOD HAS SPOKEN AND STILL SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD!SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD!

2.2. The Bible is powerfully sufficient! The Bible is powerfully sufficient!

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Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 4:1212 12 For the word of God is living and active, For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. thoughts and intentions of the heart.

3 3 His divine power has granted to us all His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, to his own glory and excellence, 4 4 by which by which he has granted to us his precious and very he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. in the world because of sinful desire.

2 Peter 1:3-42 Peter 1:3-4

11In the presence of God and In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the judge the living and the dead, and in view of his dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: I give you this charge: 22Preach the Word; be Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great and encourage—with great patience and careful patience and careful instruction. instruction.

Proclamation is a matter Proclamation is a matter of life and death!of life and death!

33For the time will come when men will not For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. what their itching ears want to hear. 44They They will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. turn aside to myths.

““The Lord’s servant must not be The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.” a knowledge of the truth.”

2 Timothy 2:24-252 Timothy 2:24-25

1.1. GOD HAS SPOKEN AND STILL SPEAKS GOD HAS SPOKEN AND STILL SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD!THROUGH HIS WORD!

2.2. The Bible is powerfully sufficient!The Bible is powerfully sufficient!3.3. Preach and teach as a matter of life Preach and teach as a matter of life

and death.and death.4.4. Christ must be proclaimed.Christ must be proclaimed.

We’ll die doing it!We’ll die doing it!

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