The Word For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.
It depreciates by example the spiritual duty and priority of personal Bible study.
Is personal Bible study important? Of course. But what example does the preacher set when he neglects the Bible in his own preaching? Why would people think they need to study the Bible if the preacher doesn’t do serious study himself in the preparation of his sermons? There is now a movement among some of the gurus of “seeker-sensitive” ministry to trim, as much as possible, all explicit references to the Bible from the sermon–and above all, don’t ever ask your people to turn to a specific Bible passage–because that kind of thing makes “seekers” uncomfortable. (Some “seeker-sensitive” churches actively discourage their people from bringing Bibles to church lest the sight of so many Bibles intimidate the “seekers.”) As if it were dangerous to give your people the impression that the Bible might be important!
The Work of God “If you want to be of use to God, get rightly related to Jesus Christ and He will make you of use unconsciously every minute you live.”
Psalms The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry.
The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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