Lesson 14

SERMON PRESENTATION2

The purpose of preaching is salvation and Peter said ‘10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved’. Acts 4:10-12

In sermon presentation no matter the topic; healing, deliverance, breakthrough, prosperity, prophetic etc. the aim is to present Christ and His work of redemption on the cross of Calvary. Any sermon that’s not presenting Christ is a failed sermon and every sermon no matter the topic should present Christ.

After preaching, people should be able to call upon the saving name of Christ Jesus if your sermon is effective.

Take note of the following steps in presenting a sermon:

1.    Study your source; The Holyspirit would place a strong desire in your heart and this desire comes from the message that ministered to you through another preacher or a portion of a scripture that The HolySpirit used to minister to you.

2.    Meditate on the message: when you dwell on the message, you’ll discover how to apply it first in your life and how to express it for others to apply it in their heart too.

3.    Apply the word to yourself first: the effect on any message on your audience will be the same effect it had on you. Don’t preach any message that didn’t cause you to repent, built your faith, heal your soul, gave you hope, deepen your conviction of God and inspired you in life. That sermon that made you look unto Jesus would help others do same too.

4.    Pray for your audience: never believe your eloquence and illustrations would convicts your audience, the HolySpirit is still the one who convicts as you preach. Without the HolySpirit, our sermon is absolutely nothing.

5.    Have a defined topic and progress this way: write down your topic, make bold the aim of your sermon and keep repeating as you preach, progress from the negative to the positive and climax on how Christ meet that need through His redemptive work on the cross.

6.    Encourage your audience to see how Christ met their needs on the cross of Calvary and appropriate the redemption works of Christ in their lives.

Just like you can’t have a fire without a heat (increase in temperature) likewise you can’t preach Christ without the miracle of transformation; whenever Christ is preached, people are made whole.

God bless you