TITLE: Preaching Christ

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 1:18-23 ¹⁸For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” ²⁰Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. ²²For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; ²³but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,

PROPOSITION: Preaching Christ means preaching the entire Bible.

QUESTION: Which?

KEY WORD: Parts

SCRIPTURE READING:

Introduction:

Preaching means many things to different people.

1. Entertainment – Compete with sitcom on TV

2. Foolish – Waste of time – Boring

3. “Make me feel good.”

4. “Help me with my problems.”

5. Reach the lost / Restore the erring

6. Comfort the afflicted / Afflict the comfortable

What does it mean to preach Christ?

1. It means preaching the Old Testament.

Christ from the beginning – in creation – in OT actions

Can’t preach NT without OT.

2. It means preaching the Life of Christ.

The Gospels need to be read, studied, learned.

Preaching will include the events, teachings, and example of Christ.

3. It means preaching about the church.

Without the church – the mission and purpose of Christ is lost.

The church is the means of preaching Christ.

Ephesians 3:10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,

Preaching the church includes – organization, worship, membership, work, discipline, fellowship, evangelism, relation to the world, and function.

4. It means preaching on personal problems.

Christ dealt with – marriage, divorce, death, illness, jealousy, anger, lonely, grief

Christ taught on – morals, work ethic, joy, honesty, fornication, obey the law

5. It means preaching on the great themes of the Bible.

God Creation Redemption

Salvation Resurrection Forgiveness

Eternal Life Eternal Damnation Crucifixion

Obedience God has a Plan of salvation