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Conclusion
 
Some clues to remember in trying to recognize Expository Preaching are listed below.  If the following are true, the message most likely is NOT in expository form:
  1. The outline skips or does not follow the verse order in the passage.
  2. The outline does not come from the Text under study.
  3. More ancillary Texts are used than the actual Text under study.
  4. Huge sections of scripture are covered in one message.
  5. When you later go back to the text, you can't "see" the "message" that was taught or you are unable to recognize it easily on your own.
This is not to say the message is of little value but it does point out that the best, granted the most difficult, method of teaching Scripture is not being used.
 
Expository teaching respects the "whole counsel of God" and does not set agendas on the Text or use selected passages to ambush the hearers.  It sets out to principalize Scripture in such a way that the hearers leave with scripture in their mind rather than a topic.
 
Despite the method - a Passage bathed in Prayer is the best Prevention for Preaching Personal Pretense (as I have been reminded - this is no guarantee that message will be pure but Preaching without Prayer is definitely Powerless!)
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