Test Sermon notes

Date and Location Preached:

1 IMMEDIATE OBSERVATIONS

What is promised?

What are the problems?

What are the solutions?

What are the commands?

What error should I avoid?

What example is here?

What does it say about Christ?

Other comments, questions or needs further study:

2 THE NEED ELEMENT

Needs mentioned directly or indirectly the text:

Symptoms of someone facing these needs:

Assumptions of someone facing these needs:Consequences of someone facing these needs:

Feelings of someone facing these needs:

3 THEOLOGICAL THEME WORDS FROM THE TEXT:

What is the meaning of the text in one word?

What did the writer have in mind?

Where does the text fit into the sequence of the chapter or book?

What is the genre and structure of the passage?

Where does it fall in light of the cross?

Choose a pivotal verse. What is the one word to name the verse?

What is the text subject in one word? Subject:

What is the text subject complement? Complement:

4 W HAT ARE THE TEXT PRECEPTS

1 Theological = God is...

2 Doctrinal = God does...

3 Spiritual = ...Therefore, we should...

5 DEFINING THE DIVISIONS

Using the subject and complement, write a working title for the sermon:Using the subject and complement and the Biblical setting, write the textual idea:

Using the subject and complement and current setting, write the sermon idea:

Restate the sermon ideas as a question, write the interrogative:

Write the answers to the interrogative found in the text here:

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What is a key word that sets a pattern for the division statements? Key word:

Using the subject, complement and key word, write the transition sentence that answers the

interrogative:

Using the answers to the interrogative and the key word, write the division statements:

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6 PASS THE TESTS?

Are they complete thoughts supporting the sermon idea?

Do they follow the textual genre and structure?

Are they congruent to one another?

7 SUMMATION : RECAP , “ SO WHAT ”, AND APPEAL

8 INVITATION : WHAT DOES THE EXPOSITION CALL FOR US TO DO?

9 INTRODUCTION : WRITE OUT AND MEMORIZE AND MAKE IT POWERFUL