GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE PREACHING

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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE PREACHING
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Acts 207 Now on the first day of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread, Paul,
ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and
continued his message until midnight. 8 There
were many lamps in the upper room where they were
gathered together. 9 And in a window sat a
certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking
into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep and
as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the
third story and was taken up dead. 10 But Paul
went down, fell on him, and embracing him said,
"Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in
him." 11 Now when he had come up, had broken
bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even
till daybreak, he departed.
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Romans 1012 For there is no distinction between
Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich
to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls
on the name of the LORD shall be saved." 14 How
then shall they call on Him in whom they have not
believed? And how shall they believe in Him of
whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear
without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach
unless they are sent? As it is written "How
beautiful are the feet of those who preach the
gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good
things!" 16 But they have not all obeyed the
gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed
our report?" 17 So then faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
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2 Timothy 41 I charge you therefore before God
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at His appearing and His
kingdom 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season
and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with
all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time
will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but according to their own desires,
because they have itching ears, they will heap up
for themselves teachers 4 and they will turn
their ears away from the truth, and be turned
aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all
things, endure afflictions, do the work of an
evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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1 Timothy 46 If you instruct the brethren in
these things, you will be a good minister of
Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and
of the good doctrine which you have carefully
followed. 7 But reject profane and old wives'
fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.
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Matthew 1313 "Therefore I speak to them in
parables, because seeing they do not see, and
hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 "And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is
fulfilled, which says 'Hearing you will hear and
shall not understand, And seeing you will see and
not perceive 15 For the hearts of this people
have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should
see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and
turn, So that I should heal them.' 16 "But
blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears
for they hear
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Ezekiel 3330 " As for you, son of man, the
children of your people are talking about you
beside the walls and in the doors of the houses
and they speak to one another, everyone saying to
his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word
is that comes from the LORD.' 31 "So they come
to you as people do, they sit before you as My
people, and they hear your words, but they do not
do them for with their mouth they show much
love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. 32
"Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of
one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on
an instrument for they hear your words, but they
do not do them.
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James 122 But be doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he
is like a man observing his natural face in a
mirror 24 for he observes himself, goes away,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of
liberty and continues in it, and is not a
forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one
will be blessed in what he does.
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• You need to make listening part of your worship
  to God.
• 2. Make an effort to determine what the sermon is
  about.

Acts 1710 Then the brethren immediately sent
Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they
arrived, they went into the synagogue of the
Jews. 11 These were more fair-minded than those
in Thessalonica, in that they received the word
with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures
daily to find out whether these things were so.
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3. Pay attention by looking at the preacher. 4.
When the preacher reads from the Bible, read
along with him. 5. When we listen to someone
preach, we dont need focus on the mispronounced
words or try to make it our aim to find something
we can disagree with. 6. We need to listen with
a mind to take action from what we hear. 7. We
need to prepare ourselves to listen to the Word
of God.
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