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EXPOSITORY PREACHING

0. Pray for GOD to SPEAK to you first!

1. Note the Kind of Writing (The GENRE )

2. List the Units of Thought (The basic IDEAS )

3. Observe the STRUCTURE of the Passage

4. Analyse the CONTENT of the Passage

5. Decide the over-all SUBJECT of the Passage

6. Identify the TEACHING about the over-all Subject

7. Check the immediate CONTEXT of the Passage

8. Research the Historical BACKGROUND

9. Check for CONSISTENCY with the rest of Scripture(refer to Commentaries)

10. Expose the original HEART-BEAT of the Passage (thecore message)

11. Apply the Heart-Beat (The LESSON for us)

12. Exhort your LISTENERS to RESPOND to thismessage from God

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ANALYTICAL EXEGESIS

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WHAT?

Genre : What kind of writing are we studying?

Subject : What is the passage about?

Topics: What are the ideas in the passage?

Key Words: What stands out as important? WHO?

Persons: Who is mentioned here?

Action: Who is doing what? What is happening? WHY ?

Purpose : What was the writer / speaker trying toachieve?

Reasons : Are any reasons suggested?

WHERE?

Arena : Is there any indication where somethinghappens?

WHEN?

Events : or when something happened?

HOW ?

Method : or how something happens?

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