Basic presuppositions of expository preaching:
A) All Scripture is God's Word and is exactly as God intended it to be.
We must be convinced that the Bible is the inerrant and all sufficient Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16-17; Heb. 4:12).
Exalting the Bible is not bibliolatry (Psalm 138:2)! On the Emmaus Road, Jesus wanted his disciples to be confident in the integrity of the Bible (note Luke 24:36-49).
Do you ever secretly think, "I need to add a little in order to help this message/Bible study come alive?" Perhaps when you find yourself in Leviticus 11. We should never tamper with or try and improve the inspired text. It is pure and perfect in all of it's mysteries.
B) Our own spiritual condition impacts the man of God's handling of Scripture; (1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 2:15).
We are proclaimers of the King's message (2 Tim. 4:1-2).
We are witnesses of heaven's truth and of God's Son; (note John the Baptist's example).
We are servants of the Word of God (Mt. 28:18-20).
We are witnesses of heaven's truth and of God's Son; (note John the Baptist's example).
We are servants of the Word of God (Mt. 28:18-20).
