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Monday:
Quiz T-R
Exam F
Paper 30 days after class
Read whole Azurdia book by this time
10-15 pages of annotated outline (not a word for word, or a message, but integration of course content)
*Two Fundamental Perspectives (QE):*
*A. **The goal of all ministry is transformation…*
Transform peoples perception of Rom 8:28
*B. **Don’t ever stand in front of a group of people with a Bible in your hand and not expect change…*
Expect people to change their perception
*I.
A Life That Can Preach*
*Principle: Your effectiveness as a preacher will explode from the holiness of your personal life…*
*A. **Conquering Sin*
*1. **Overcoming Temptation*
*2. **Overcoming Sin (1 John 1)*
*B. **Developing Intimacy with God (Isa.
6:1-8)*
*Steps to intimacy*
*a. **Bask in his worthiness*
*b. **Be confronted with your worthlessness*
*c. **Experience his work—cleansing and clarity*
*d. **Surrender our wills*
*C. **Maintaining A Triumphant Perspective (2 Cor 2:14-17)*
*Our authority has to do with “integrity”*
* peddlers—dilute the wine, integrity of the wine is messed with*
*Our authority has to do with “sincerity”*
* Orators of the day had no belief in what they were saying, but actors*
* Preach truth, but with sincerity*
*Our authority has to do with “authenticity”*
* What we say carries with it the force of the original*
Prayer and spiritual preparation before the sermon
*II.
The Call to Preach*
*A. **Preaching is both a gift and a calling…*
*B. **NT Preaching = The NT gift of Prophecy, i.e. “A message from God for the people at a moment in history.”*
*KNOW THIS: Preaching is a word from God for the people at a moment in history.*
This sermon is for the people who are struggling to see the reason why a particular event happened
*1. **Three Critical Elements:*
* a.
** “Message” = Content*
* b.
**“People” = Audience*
* c.
**“Moment” = Timeless relevance*
*2. **Three implications*
* a.
**We must be faithful in our preaching…Gal 1:6-8*
* b.
**We must be fearless in our preaching…Gal 1:10*
* c.
**We must be fervent in our preaching…Gal 1:23-24*
*C. **The Five Biblical Tests of Your Calling: (Olford)*
*1. **Do I meet the qualifications of a preacher as set forth in the Word of God?...*
*2. **Do I have the witness of the Spirit in my heart that God has called me?*
*3. **Has the gift of the preacher become evident in my life and service?*
*4. **Has my church recognized and confirmed my preaching gifts?*
*5. **Has God used my preaching gift to the salvation of souls and the building up of the saints?*
*I.
The Path to Effectiveness*
*Three Phases:*
*A. **How did I do?*
*B. **Was I true to the text?*
*C. **Did the Holy Spirit use me?*
*II.
Preaching and the Ministry of the Holy Spirit (see Spirit-Empowered Preaching)*
* Eleven Assertions:*
*A. **An Important Contrast:*
*1. **When you preach in the energy of the flesh you feel exalted and lifted up…*
*2. **When you preach in the power of the Holy Spirit you are filled with holy passion…*
*B. **Spirit-Empowered Preaching is a divine mandate (1 Cor 2:1-4)*
*C. **The necessity of being filled with the Holy Spirit (Jn 7:37-39; Eph 5:18)*
*D. **The Spirit of God produces legitimate passion in your preaching…*
*E. **The Spirit of God produces a sense of divine relevance in your preaching and protects you from hyper-intellectualism…*
*F. **The greatest deficiency in most exposition is powerlessness…(Don’t confuse eloquence, clarity, and~/or enthusiasm for power)~*~*~**
*G. **As a preacher you must make a life-long commitment to two things:*
*1. **Diligent, serious exegesis of the Scriptures…*
*2. **Moment by moment dependence on the Holy Spirit…*
*H. **Effective ministry always advances from human weakness, not human strength…*
*I. **The greatest hindrance to the advance of the Gospel is doing the work of God apart from the truth and the power of the Holy Spirit…*
*Three Counterfeit Sources of Power:*
*1. **Too much reliance on “behavioral sciences.”*
*2. **Relying on strategy and resources to produce results…*
*3. **Confusing political prominence and influence with real power…*
*J. **The Holy Spirit is the communicator of divine truth (Jn 14:16-17; 15:26; 16:13)*
*K. **Warning: Most seminary grads have to be careful of an approach to ministry that is solely directed to the mind…*
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*III.
Communicators vs. Preachers*
*A. **Communicators:*
*1. **Audience centered*
*2. **Concerned with being appropriate*
*3. **Want the message to be “embraced”*
*B. **Preachers:*
*1. **God-centered*
Focused on God’s message that he wants heard, not what the people want to hear
*2. **An urgent message to be delivered*
For a time of urgent need
*3. **Calls for decision*
Calls for people to change their view of Rom 8:28
*IV.
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