Assignment: Find text on Soul Winning. Do an Expositional sermon on it.
Topical Example Calvary. (1) Heaven's Greatest Testimony ... God's hatred of sin; God's love for man. (2) History's Greatest Tragedy ... Lies, false witnesses, travesty of justice. [The ONLY person that deserved to live was Christ.] (3) Humanities Greatest Trust ... We are entrusted to get that message out. Expositional Outline Example "(23)By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. (24)By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; (25)Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; (26)Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. (27)By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. (28)Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. (29)By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned." (Hebrews 11:23-29) A Faith to Refuse. (Moses) I. Faith to Disregard the Powers of Egypt (V. 23). ["not afraid of the king's commandment."] II. Faith to Decide Against the Polices of Egypt (V. 24-26). A. Refused Egyptian Celebrity (V. 24). B. Refused Egyptian Charms (V. 25). C. Refused Egyptian Cash (V. 26). III. Faith to Depart From the Place of Egypt. V. 27-29. A. Not afraid of King's Savagery (V. 27). B. Not afraid of King's Sovereignty (V. 28). C. Not afraid of King's Soldiery (V. 29). It takes the guts and the Ghost to serve God. Expositional Outline Example See Psalms 23. Optional Assignments: Ephesians 1:7. Do a textual outline sermon with 3 points. II Timothy 4:1-5. Do an expositional outline sermon. Do a topical outline sermon on Assurance with 3 points. Total assurance, witness of the Spirit. I. Preaching The Material. Collecting, Classifying and Conserving. First thing to preach ... NEED an Idea. Time is short for finding material. A. Strive to Provide Fresh Material. Prod the travelers on life's highway. 'Lapel quality' Ability of preacher to get people to listen. Competing with technically advance communication today ... multi-media. Be interesting. That intangible freshness that holds a man's attention [while] [the word is poured into his ear.] You can not help some one who is sleeping. We NEED to be speaking some thing people NEED to hear. B. We NEED to Speak with Authority. NOT make suggestions. [Proclaims 'thus saith the Lord'.] What does distinguish the preacher? ... The fact when he speaks from the Word of God ... [He is to speak with an authority by the power of the Spirit.] Sheep --> God given nature to follow the shepherd. Avoid opinion theology. "Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage." (Joshua 1:18) "only be strong and of a good courage." C. Rightly Using the Bible as a Source of Material Bible--Primary source. Advice: 1. Search for personal enlargement, personal discoveries. The Bible [needs to] speaks to us. 2. Search while your mind is fresh. Morning devotions--uncluttered mind. [One of the most important things you need to do is maintain personal devotions.] You Learn it, you Walk it, and then you Preach it. 3. Do word study. Words are containers for great truth. Study what is inside the word. 4. Soak up more than you will ever give out. [Giving] Tank and [Empty] Pipe illustration. [You ought to have more to preach than you can get through.] 5. Read the Bible. Will affect your vocabulary. It is more important to y h s c l s than cleverly to say nothing. People NEED to understand what you say in order to obey it.