The Biblical Background for Expositional Preaching

The Biblical Primacy of Exposition

A Positive Example: Nehemiah 8:7-8

• ...the Levites explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place. They read from the book, from the Law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading(Nehemiah 8:7-8).
• The content of their preaching is God's revelation, not their own ideas. So their preaching is prophetic - they receive God's word and give it to the people.
• The method of their preaching is to explain the meaning and significance of a portion of God's Word to God's people. This is the heart of expositional preaching.
• The effect of their preaching is that the people understand and obey. This is the goal of expositional preaching - that the people hear and heed the Word of God.

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