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Marks of a Healthy Church #1:  "Expository Preaching"

8/15/2021

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Sermon Scripture:  ​2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 
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Sermon Notes:

​Expository Preaching: What Is It?
  • An expositional sermon takes the main point of a passage of ____________, makes it the main point of the ___________, and applies it to life today.
  • Expository sermons seek to “__________” people to what God says in His Word.
Where Is It In the Bible?
  • Levitical priests taught the law. (Deuteronomy 33:10)
  • Ezra and the Levites read from the law and gave the sense of it. (Nehemiah 8:8)
  • Peter & the apostles expounded Scripture, urging their hearers to repent and believe. (Acts 2)
  • God condemns prophets who speak “from their own imaginations, not from the mouth of the Lord.” (Jer. 23:16; 18, 21-22)
Why Is It Important?
  • If we get this one right, everything else will __________.
  • If we get this one wrong, everything else will _________.
I. God’s People Were Created by God’s Word
  • Genesis 1- God ___________ to create the world.
  • Genesis 3- After the Fall, God gives Adam and Eve a word of hope.
  • Genesis 12- God calls Abram to follow him through a ___________.
  • Exodus 3- God speaks to Moses through a burning bush.
  • Exodus 20- God gives his people his word through the ________.
  • 1 Kings 18- The “word of the Lord” came to Elijah to go speak to Ahab.
  • Ezekiel 37- God commanded Ezekiel to preach to dead bones to give them life.
  • Mark 7- Jesus speaks to a _________ man in order that his ears would be opened.
  • John 1- Jesus comes as the Incarnate Word of God in the flesh.
  • Romans 10:17- Faith comes by ___________ the word of Christ.
II. God’s People Are Sanctified by God’s Word
  • We need God’s word to save us, but we also need it to _________ us.
  • “A healthy church is a church that hears the Word of God and continues to hear the Word of God. It’s a church that is always being refashioned and reshaped by it, constantly being washed in the Word and sanctified by God’s truth.” -- Mark Dever
III. The Role of Pastors: Preach the Word
  • We preach because…
    • The Word ___________ us. (2 Timothy 3:15)
    • The Word ___________ us. (2 Timothy 3:16)
    • The Word convicts us. (2 Timothy 3:16)
    • The Word ___________ us. (2 Timothy 3:16)
    • The Word trains us. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
    • The Word equips us. (2 Timothy 3:17)
    • The Word ___________ us. (2 Timothy 3:17)
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