2. Definition
• An expository sermon is a sermon whose
structure is determined by a Scriptural unit of
thought, whose substance is determined by
the thorough exegesis of the text and the
congregation, and whose success is
dependent on the Spirit of God empowering
the servant of God to explain, illustrate, and
apply the truth of God in such a way that the
voice of God is heard, the glory of God is
seen, and the will of God is obeyed.

3. Sermon
TEXT

4. Advantages
• Expositional preaching best achieves the biblical
intent of preaching: delivering God's message.
• Expositional preaching promotes scripturally
authoritative preaching.
• Expositional preaching magnifies God's Word.

5. Advantages
• Expositional preaching provides a storehouse of
preaching material.
• Expositional preaching develops the pastor as a
man of God's Word.
• Expositional preaching ensures the highest level
of Bible knowledge for the flock.

6. Advantages
• Expositional preaching leads to thinking and living
biblically.
• Expositional preaching encourages both depth
and comprehensiveness.
• Expositional preaching forces the treatment of
hard-to-interpret texts.

7. Advantages
• Expositional preaching allows for handling broad
theological themes.
• Expositional preaching keeps preachers away
from ruts and hobby horses.
• Expositional preaching prevents the insertion of
human ideas.

8. Advantages
• Expositional preaching guards against
misinterpretation of the biblical text.

12. Steps in Expository Sermon
Development
1. Pray 1 Thess 1:5
– for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also
in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction;
just as you know what kind of men we proved to be
among you for your sake.

13. Power of Creation
• Power of creation
• Neh 9:6
6 "You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens,
The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and
all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give
life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down
before You.

14. Power of Creation
– Bring something out of nothing
– Bring light into darkness
– Send for the life of the Lord Jesus

15. Power of the Exodus
• Deut 4:34
– 34 "Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation
from within another nation by trials, by signs and
wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an
outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your
God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

16. Power of the Exodus
– Set people free from bondages, addictions
– Set people free from slavery to sin, satan, and the flesh

17. Power of the resurrection
– Sin defeating power
– satan crushing power
– Bring life where there is death

18. Pray
1 Thess 1:5
– for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also
in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction;
just as you know what kind of men we proved to be
among you for your sake.

19. In the Holy Spirit
• Ask the Father to have the Holy Spirit attend to
every word of the sermon
– Draw people to Jesus
• John 6:44
– 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent
Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

20. In the Holy Spirit
– He would rebuke the devoured from snatching away the
seed of the word
– He would prepare people’s hearts for the seed of the
word
– He would comfort, reprove, exhort, encourage, and
rebuke

21. In the Holy Spirit
• He would convict of sin, righteousness and the
judgment to come.

22. In the Holy Spirit
• He would bring about the
perseverance and the
encouragement of the Scriptures
• Rom 15:4
– 4 For whatever was written in earlier
times was written for our instruction, so
that through perseverance and the
encouragement of the Scriptures we
might have hope.

23. In the Holy Spirit
– He would lead, guide, and teach God’s truth
– He would make hearts and minds attentive to the word
preached
– He would enable and excite His people to obey the
word preached

24. In the Holy Spirit
– He would use the imperishable seed of the word to
bring about the new birth
–1 Peter 1:23
– 23 for you have been born again not of seed which is
perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living
and enduring word of God.

25. In the Holy Spirit
– He would use the word to justify
– He would use the word to sanctify
• John 17:17
– 17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

26. In the Holy Spirit
– Use the word to glorify the Father and the Son
–John 16:14
– 14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will
disclose it to you.

27. Steps in Expository Sermon
Development
1 Thess 1:5
– for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also
in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction;
just as you know what kind of men we proved to be
among you for your sake.

28. Full Conviction
– They have heard from God not man

29. Claim God’s Promises
• Isa 55:11
– So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
– It will not return to Me empty,
– Without accomplishing what I desire,
– And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

30. Claim God’s Promises
• Heb 4:12
– 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper
than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the
division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow,
and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the
heart.

31. Claim God’s Promises
• 1 Thess 2:13
– 13 For this reason we also constantly thank God that
when you received the word of God which you heard
from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for
what it really is, the word of God, which also performs
its work in you who believe.

32. Warfare Pray
– Ask Jesus to rebuke all the rulers, the
powers, the world forces of this darkness,
and the spiritual forces of wickedness in
the heavenly places that seek to attack
you, your family or the church family and
the He would send them through waterless
places to the abyss, and He would hold
them there by the authority of His hand,
slain by the sword of His Word, and
rendered powerless through the blood of
the Lamb.

33. Warfare Pray
– Ask God to place His mighty warrior angels on every
square foot of the property to protect you from all the
attacks of the enemy and claim that no weapon formed
against you shall prosper and every tongue that speaks
against us will be condemned.

35. Steps in Expository Sermon
Development
1. Pray 1 Thess 1:5
2. Select the text (unit of thought)
– If preaching through a book—the next section
– What speaks to you
– What warms your heart