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Why Should We Listen to Preaching?

Discover the significance of preaching, the message it conveys, and how God works through it for our salvation and growth. Learn why and what we preach, how God uses preaching, and how we should respond to it based on biblical teachings and examples. Explore the transformative impact of God's Word in shaping our faith and guiding our actions.

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Why Should We Listen to Preaching?

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  1. Why Should We Listen to Preaching? And What Should We Do With it?

  2. Why Should We Listen to Preaching? • Why Do We Preach? • What Do We Preach? • What Does God Do With It? • What Do We Do With It?

  3. Why / What Do We Preach? • 1 Cor. 1:21-24 • Rom. 10:1-15

  4. Why / What Do We Preach? • Why? God ordained preaching as a means of proclaiming His Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ

  5. Why / What Do We Preach? • What? The Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ

  6. Why / What Do We Preach? • 2 Tim. 3:10-4:5 • Why? To equip • How? Teaching, reproving, correcting, training

  7. Why / What Do We Preach? • 2 Tim. 3:10-4:5 • What? The Word, sound doctrine

  8. What Does God Do With It? • He wrote it! • 2 Pet. 1:21 – “but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” (See Acts 1:16; 4:25)

  9. What Does God Do With It? • He uses it to save us • 1 Pet. 1:23 – we are born again through the Word

  10. What Does God Do With It? • He helps us understand it • 1 Cor. 2:11-13 • Illumination

  11. What Does God Do With It? • He causes the growth • 1 Cor. 3:1-9

  12. So, What Do We Do With It? • We Weigh It • We Obey It

  13. So, What Do We Do With It? • 2 Tim. 3:16-17

  14. So, What Do We Do With It? • 2 Tim. 3:16-17 -- teaching, reproving, correcting, training • What is the assumption?

  15. So, What Do We Do With It? • 2 Tim. 3:16-17 -- teaching, reproving, correcting, training • Humbly submit to the truth • Accept instruction/training

  16. So, What Do We Do With It? • Examples: • 1 Cor. 10:1-13 (6, 11) • 2 Cor. 6:14–7:1

  17. So, What Do We Do With It? • 2 Tim. 3:16-17 -- teaching, reproving, correcting, training • Prov. 9:7-12

  18. So, What Do We Do With It? • James 1:19-25 • Like a mirror, the Word reveals who we are and what needs to change

  19. So, What Do We Do With It? • James 1:19-25 • Some recognize it but dismiss it and never change

  20. So, What Do We Do With It? • James 1:19-25 • Some recognize it and do something about it, and are blessed

  21. So, What Do We Do With It? • “God, what are You showing me?” • “God, what do You want me to do with what I see?” • “Will I do it?”

  22. Why Do We Preach? • The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to change the people of God to be like the Son of God, to the glory of God!

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