How Important Is Expository Preaching?
Because expository preaching seeks to declare the word of God rather than the imaginations of men, it reasserts biblical authority and with it the authority of the preaching office.
Because expository preaching seeks to declare the word of God rather than the imaginations of men, it reasserts biblical authority and with it the authority of the preaching office.
“The impression given by the events in vv.1-4 is that they are an interlude, a sort of calm before the storm. For a brief moment we see a glimpse of humankind in the midst of their everyday affairs.”
I can imagine a man in the family of the Gershonites or the Merarites looking with envy at his Kohathite cousin carrying the ark or the golden altar of incense and wishing that he could carry something more significant than a curtain or a pole.
I am convinced that the benefit of gaining a fresh perspective on God’s word is worth the effort.
No one ever said that wisdom was easy. Godly wisdom involves maturity, self-control, and the fear of the Lord. If it was easy, everyone would be wise, but the world is full of rebels who daily oppose the Creator’s wisdom.