The Fundamentals Of Expository Preaching The Fundamentals Of Expository Preaching

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Introduction
1.IsthereaScripturalMandatetoPreach?
•OT:Isaiah6:8-13;Ezekiel33:7-9cf.Ac.20:25-27
•NT:Jesus-Mt.4:17f.;Mt.10:7,11:1
•EarlyChurchAc.5:42;10:42.
•Epistles:Ro.10:15;Eph.4:11-16;2Tim4:2
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2.WhatisthePlaceoftheScriptureinPreaching?
JohnAlbertBengel(1687-1752)
“ScriptureisthefoundationoftheChurch:theChurchisthe
guardianofScripture.WhentheChurchisinstronghealth,thelight
ofScriptureshinebright;whentheChurchissick,Scriptureis
corrodedbyneglect;andthusithappens,thattheoutwardformof
ScriptureandthatoftheChurch,usuallyseemtoexhibit
simultaneouslyeitherhealthorelsesickness;andasaruletheway
inwhichScriptureisbeingtreatedisinexactcorrespondencewith
theconditionoftheChurch.”
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3.WhatisExpositoryPreaching?
WewillcalluponHaddonW.Robinson,adistinguishedhomiletician
andnotedexpositorypreachertogiveusabasicdefinitionofexpository
preaching:
“Expositorypreachingisthecommunicationofabiblicalconcept,
derivedfromandtransmittedthroughahistorical,grammatical,and
literarystudyofapassageinitscontext,whichtheHolySpiritfirst
appliestothepersonalityandexperienceofthepreacher,then
throughhimtohishearers.” BiblicalPreaching:TheDevelopmentand
DeliveryofExpositoryMessagesP.20
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4.WhathappenswhenExpositoryPreachingismissingintheChurch?
WalterC.KaiserJr.
“ItisnosecretthatChrist’Churchisnotatallingoodhealthinmany
placesoftheworld.Shehasbeenlanguishingbecauseshehasbeen
fed,asthecurrentlinehasit,‘junkfood’;allkindsofartificial
preservativesandallsortsofunnaturalsubstituteshavebeenserved
uptoher….aworldwidespiritualfamineresultingfromtheabsenceof
anygenuinepublicationoftheWordofGod(Amos8:11)continuesto
runwildandalmostunabatedinmostquartersoftheChurch.”
TowardAnExegeticalTheologyp.7f
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5. WhatistheHistoricalSignificanceofExpositoryPreaching?
Dr.MartynLloyd-Jones:
“WhatisitthatalwaysheraldsthedawnofaReformationoraRevival?Itis
renewedpreaching….Arevivaloftruepreachinghasalwaysheralded
thesegreatmovementinthehistoryoftheChurch.And,ofcourse,when
theReformationandRevivalcometheyhavealwaysledtogreatand
notableperiodsofthegreatestpreachingthattheChurchhaseverknown.
AsthatistrueinthebeginningasdescribedbythebookofActs,itwas
alsoaftertheProtestantReformation.Luther,Calvin,Knox,Latimer,Ridley
–allthesemenweregreatpreachers.Intheseventeenthcenturyyouhad
exactlythesamething–thegreatPuritanpreachersandothers.Andinthe
eighteenthcentury,JonathanEdwards,Whitefield,theWesleys,Rowlands
andHarriswereallgreatpreachers.Itwasaneraofgreatpreaching.
WheneveryougetReformationandRevivalthisisalwaysandinevitablythe
result.” - PreachingandPreachersp.24f
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6.TheRoleofPreachinginRevival
–PaperbyPastorBobPenhearow(H/Out)
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Title:AGoodMinisterofJesusChrist
Text:1Tim4:6ff.Godusesaman...
1.DisciplineinourPersonalLife
2.DiscretioninourSocialLivesv:12
• Anexampleinourconversation(speech)
• Anexampleinourconduct(private/public)
• Anexampleincompassion(love)
• Anexampleinconfidence(faith)
• AnexampleinChastise(purity)
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3.DevotioninourVocationLivesv:14
“Neglectnotthegift...”
 DevotioninyourReading(public/private)
 DevotioninPreachingv:13(challenge/callforverdict)
Test:Makedoctrinereal&relevant
4. DiligenceinourSpiritualLivesv:16
 Meditationontheword:GKGivespecialattention
 ApplicationoftheWordofGod:GkProgress(jungle)
Hymn:“Trust&Obey”
 PreservationbytheWordofGodv:16
“Takeheed...”Dangers:1Jn.2:16
CannotstandinourownfleshbutneedWord&prayer
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7.IsthereaneedforExpositoryPreachinginthe21Century?
Dr.MartynLloyd-Jones:
“Iwouldsaywithoutanyhesitationthatthemosturgent
needintheChristianchurchtodayistruepreaching,andas
itisthegreatestandmosturgentneedintheChurch,itis
obviouslythegreatestneedoftheworldalso.”
PreachingandPreachersp.9
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8. WhatisExegesis?
Sinceexegesisisthefoundationforexpositorypreachingletuscite
JohnD.Grassmick.InPrinciplesandPracticeofGreekExegesishe
throwsconsiderablelightonthemeaningof‘exegesis’,whichhe
definesas:
“…theskillfulapplicationofsoundhermeneuticalprinciplesto
thebiblicaltextintheoriginallanguagewithaviewto
understandinganddeclaringtheauthor’sintendedmeaning.”
PrinciplesandPracticeofGreekExegesis p.7
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9.GoodBooksonHomiletics
Best:BryanChapell,Christ-CenteredPreaching
1.JohnPiper,TheSupremacyofGodinPreaching
2.JohnMacArthurJr.,RediscoveringExpositoryPreaching
3.WalterC.Kaiser,Jr.,TowardAnExegeticalTheology
4.JohnStott,BetweenTwoWorlds
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5.SamuelT.Logan,Jr.,ThePreacherandPreaching
6.MichaelDuduit,ed.,HandbookofContemporaryPreaching&
CommunicateWithPower
7.MartynLloyd-Jones,Preaching&Preachers
8.CharlesH.Spurgeon,LecturestoMyStudents&AnAll-Round
Ministry
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10. MetaphorsconcerningPreaching
JohnStottBetweenTwoWorlds
1. TheHeraldκῆρυξ (1Ti2:7;2Tim1:11)
Gingrich:proclaimaloud,announce,mentionpublicly
2.TheSowerσπείρω (Lk 8:5,1Co.3:6f.,2Co.9:6)
SeeParableofthesower&variousheartresponses(Mt.13:18ff.)
3.TheAmbassadorπρεσβεύω (2Co.5:20;Eph6:20.)
Gingrich:beanambassador,travelorworkasanambassador
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4.TheStewardοἰκονόμος(1Co.4:1)
Gingrich:HouseSteward,manager
5.The Shepherdποιμαίνω (העָ רָ Ps.23;Eze.34:11ff.; cf.Jn.21:15f.)
Bauer-Figurativeidea:protects,rules,governs,leads,guides.
See1Pt.5:2ff.
6.TheWorkmanἐργάτης (2Tim.2:15)
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7.The Watchman הפֶֹ֥צ LXX:σκοπός
(Ezek.3:17,33:2ff. Cf.Ac.20:26f.)
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TheCallofGodtoPreach
TheCallofGod–Paul (OT:Isaiah6,Jer1,Ezek3)
• Acts9:15-16Call/Commissioning
Ex.3:9f.;Is.6;Jer1:5;Ezek3:1-5
• Acts11:26-30,12:25f. MinisteringGiftsatAntioch
ObservePersonalGraces
• Acts13:1-3 Godspeakstothechurch,
thechurchresponds,thechurchsetsthemaside
thechurchsendsthemout!
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ThreeTestsofa“Call”
(See:Lloyd-JonesPreaching&Preachersp.104f.)
DonWhitney:“TheCallofGodtoPreachtheGospel”
a) InwardConviction:Personal/internal
DeeppersonalconvictionthatGodhascalledyoutodevote
yourselftopreachingtheGospelandshepherdingHis
preciouspeople–Word/conviction.
b) ChurchConfirmation:Public/external
Thecongregationmustprayerfullyevaluateandaffirmthe
call,gifts(Eph.4:11f.)andgraces(1Tim3:1ff.)ofthe
believerwhofeelscalledtotheministry. Asthebodyof
Christ,thechurchmustconfirmthegiftstheheadofthe
churchhasgiventoit.
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c) PersonalCompulsion:NoChoice!
ThisisNOTsomethingyoulikebutsomethingyouhaveno
choicebuttodo!
Spurgeon -warnedthosewhosoughthiscounselnotto
preachiftheycouldhelpit."But,"Spurgeoncontinued,"ifhe
cannothelpit,andhemustpreachordie,thenheisthe
man."Thatsenseofurgentcommissionisoneofthecentral
marksofanauthenticcall.
“ThosecalledbyGodtopreachwillbegivenadesireto
preachaswellasthegiftsofpreaching.Beyondthis,the
God-calledpreacherwillfeelthesamecompulsionasthe
greatApostle,whosaid,"WoetomeifIdonotpreachthe
gospel!"(1Co.9:16)”–A.Mohler
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SeeDonWhitney–”TheCallofGodtoPreachtheGospel”
Conclusion:
Personal,social,vocational,homelife–Pray?Christcentred?
Godismoreinterestedinwhatyouarethanwhatyoudo.
“OGodmakemeasholyasasavedsinnercanbe”
-McCheynne
The Science& Artof Preaching
TheArt
TheScience
• GrippingIntroductions
 Hermeneutics • Meaningfulstructures
 Exegesis:Greek,Hebrew
• Illustrations(Life,Historical,Biblical)
 Historical,Culturaletc. • Action-packedConclusions
“Whatdoesthistextmeanto
“WhatdoesthistextmeantoME?
thepeopleTHEN?”
WhatactionshouldItake?”
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