In this series of 3 articles, Does Guy Davies provide basic instructions to anyone who wants to learn more about preaching?A beginner’s guide. It should be noted that we take the liberty of adapting the text with Brazilian resources.
The sermon is not a literary work. It is not designed to be read word for word, but to allow you to analyze and develop your message. A written sermon will be the basis of preaching, but preaching is more than a sermon aloud. The sermon will provide a basic structure, but the preacher should not be limited to it. There must be an element of unpredictability in preaching. The preacher will have to learn to improvise in the basic structure and conduct of the sermon while interacting with the congregation.
- If you use notes.
- Don’t stick your head in them from start to finish.
- Maintain eye contact with people so you can really communicate with them.
- If you don’t use notes.
- Don’t be tempted to skimp on preparation and leave everything for impulse.
- Have clear ideas.
- Pray earnestly.
- Just let him go.
Don’t try to pack too much. You don’t have to dump all the results of your preparation on people, be selective. Stick to the main point.
Don’t preach more than people can understand. Remember that your job is to simplify the complicated things, not the other way around. Explain bad words and unfamiliar concepts.
Don’t preach too much. Say enough. Wait
Our task is to make God’s people understand and feel the truth of Scripture so that they can practice it, so the preacher must pray, think, and feel in the text, so that preaching becomes a living representation of the message. This does not refer to the preacher of his sermon, but we must carefully apply it to ourselves before preaching it to others (1Tim 4:16). Preaching must be a living representation of the theater of redemption, where the Christocentric Word of God is proclaimed. their people in the power of the Spirit.
The Bible emphasizes the importance of the Work of the Spirit in relation to preaching. Paul testifies, “Our gospel has come to you not only in words, but above all in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction?5, also 1 Corinthians 2: 1-5).
With the Spirit at Pentecost, Peter preached and 3,000 people converted, baptized, and added to the church. Pentecost marked the beginning of a new era of the Spirit. As such, it was an irreplaceable event. But there was always a need for additional supplements to allow the preaching of the gospel (see Acts 4:8, 31).
The Holy Ghost gives preachers clarity of thought, oral audacity, and authority sent from heaven. The church in Jerusalem prayed, “Now, Lord?(Acts 4:29). Have your prayers been answered?” Were they all filled with the Holy Ghost and boldly proclaimed the word of God?(Acts 4:31).
The presence of the power of the Spirit allows preachers to proclaim the Lord Jesus with boldness, freedom, and transformative efficiency; his presence makes preaching an event in which the God of the gospel is in all the fulness of his grace and power. That’s what makes preaching a “theology of fire. “Preachers and people should seek God for this and not settle for anything less.
According to a lecture given at a preacher’s workshop at Zion Baptist Church, Trowbridge.
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