WEBVTT 00:01.170 --> 00:02.050 That works good. 00:03.750 --> 00:05.230 All right, we're going to get started. 00:05.710 --> 00:06.750 You want to make your way in? 00:10.190 --> 00:11.590 I don't want to use the blow horn. 00:13.270 --> 00:14.270 That hurts my ears. 00:16.230 --> 00:18.730 All right, we're going to get started with the next lesson. 00:19.510 --> 00:21.530 I'll probably go for about 30, 40 minutes 00:21.530 --> 00:22.730 and then we're going to have another drill. 00:23.450 --> 00:25.530 Let's talk about being apt to teach. 00:26.510 --> 00:27.850 Being apt to teach. 00:27.850 --> 00:30.030 Of course, we know that this is a qualification 00:30.750 --> 00:32.890 in the Bible for a pastor. 00:33.110 --> 00:35.610 The Bible says in 1 Timothy 3, verse 2, 00:35.790 --> 00:37.130 a bishop that must be blameless, 00:37.690 --> 00:39.650 the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, 00:40.270 --> 00:41.170 of good behavior, 00:41.710 --> 00:44.590 given to hospitality apt to teach. 00:45.450 --> 00:47.370 And the word apt simply means to be suitable, 00:48.130 --> 00:50.870 ready, or inclined to do something. 00:51.010 --> 00:52.630 Of course, we know that a pastor 00:52.630 --> 00:55.470 should not only be capable of preaching God's word, 00:55.470 --> 00:57.290 which would include delivery, 00:57.770 --> 00:58.550 being dynamic, 00:59.170 --> 01:00.910 being able to expound the word of God 01:01.330 --> 01:03.490 and preach with passion 01:03.490 --> 01:05.490 and have the information 01:05.490 --> 01:07.650 and the sermon needed to exhort the people 01:07.650 --> 01:09.310 to either repent of their sins 01:09.310 --> 01:11.790 or even just to do better 01:11.790 --> 01:12.490 in the Christian life, 01:12.570 --> 01:14.490 to add to their faith, virtue, and so forth. 01:15.790 --> 01:17.230 Preachers also have to learn 01:17.230 --> 01:19.010 how to teach the Bible as well. 01:20.530 --> 01:21.910 Being an effective preacher 01:21.910 --> 01:23.390 involves more than just passion, 01:23.390 --> 01:24.390 fervor, and power. 01:25.110 --> 01:26.590 It also includes the ability 01:26.590 --> 01:28.650 to communicate biblical information 01:29.290 --> 01:31.090 clearly and intelligently. 01:31.250 --> 01:33.010 Let's talk about the distinction 01:33.010 --> 01:35.490 between preaching and teaching. 01:36.390 --> 01:37.270 These terms are all 01:37.270 --> 01:39.290 used synonymously 01:39.890 --> 01:40.870 throughout the Bible 01:40.870 --> 01:42.390 and even in our everyday talk, 01:42.730 --> 01:43.850 but there are certain distinctions 01:43.850 --> 01:46.070 that we're going to make 01:46.070 --> 01:47.090 for the purpose of this lesson. 01:47.670 --> 01:49.350 If we were to talk about what preaching is, 01:49.350 --> 01:51.490 we would say that preaching inspires 01:51.490 --> 01:53.490 people to live according to God's word. 01:54.890 --> 01:55.950 When we preach against sin, 01:56.150 --> 01:58.290 we preach to serve God, 01:58.550 --> 01:59.530 to go soul-warning, 01:59.950 --> 02:01.170 to get right with the Lord, 02:01.430 --> 02:02.250 to live a godly life, 02:02.390 --> 02:03.650 turn from sin and wickedness, 02:03.890 --> 02:05.290 to pursue righteousness, 02:06.370 --> 02:08.550 to remain faithful and stay in the fight, 02:08.670 --> 02:09.850 to not quit on the Lord. 02:10.330 --> 02:12.250 A lot of this is done through the preaching 02:12.250 --> 02:13.830 of his word. 02:13.830 --> 02:15.090 Teaching, on the other hand, 02:15.530 --> 02:17.490 can be described as informing people 02:17.490 --> 02:19.630 so they understand God's word. 02:20.410 --> 02:21.490 So preaching is 02:21.490 --> 02:23.590 to inspire people to live according to God's word. 02:24.130 --> 02:25.390 Teaching informs them 02:25.390 --> 02:26.850 to help them to understand 02:26.850 --> 02:28.230 the word of God. 02:28.910 --> 02:30.410 Teaching is the communication of God's word 02:30.410 --> 02:32.490 that increases biblical knowledge. 02:32.790 --> 02:34.850 You're given the information of the Bible 02:34.850 --> 02:36.690 helping people to understand 02:36.690 --> 02:38.350 the deep truths of the word of God. 02:39.050 --> 02:40.710 More specifically, teaching is the ability 02:40.710 --> 02:42.970 to really take a complex subject 02:43.830 --> 02:45.390 and make it simple enough 02:45.390 --> 02:47.090 for the common man to understand. 02:48.330 --> 02:50.450 And we don't always want to preach 02:50.450 --> 02:51.550 simple sermons. 02:52.010 --> 02:53.250 Obviously, those are important. 02:53.710 --> 02:55.310 The basics of the Christian life. 02:55.950 --> 02:57.610 Brother Milstead was talking about 02:58.490 --> 03:00.510 laying again the first principles 03:00.510 --> 03:01.730 of the doctrines of Christ. 03:01.850 --> 03:03.370 These are foundational doctrines 03:03.370 --> 03:05.070 that have to be hammered, 03:05.190 --> 03:06.570 they have to be talked about, 03:06.570 --> 03:09.930 kept alive within a local church. 03:10.390 --> 03:12.590 But we also have to move on to perfection 03:12.590 --> 03:14.150 and a lot of that entails 03:14.150 --> 03:15.530 talking about Milchizedek, 03:15.870 --> 03:17.610 which in the context of Hebrews 5, 03:18.230 --> 03:19.450 that's really what it's referring to. 03:19.530 --> 03:22.550 It's referring to the deep doctrines of the faith. 03:22.690 --> 03:24.290 And this requires a lot of information 03:24.290 --> 03:26.230 and communication of that information. 03:26.390 --> 03:27.150 The Bible tells us, 03:27.410 --> 03:29.890 but grow in grace and in the knowledge 03:29.890 --> 03:31.470 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 03:31.930 --> 03:33.730 So it's our responsibility as preachers 03:33.730 --> 03:35.710 to inspire people to serve God 03:35.710 --> 03:37.630 but also to teach them the deep 03:37.630 --> 03:39.290 subjects of the Word of God so that 03:39.290 --> 03:41.970 they grow in their knowledge of the Word. 03:42.330 --> 03:43.770 You've got to take these complex subjects 03:43.770 --> 03:45.070 about end times prophecy, 03:45.590 --> 03:47.370 about Milchizedek, about 03:47.370 --> 03:48.790 the Old Testament laws, 03:49.230 --> 03:50.330 and you have to break them down 03:50.330 --> 03:52.190 and put the cookie on the bottom shelf 03:52.190 --> 03:54.850 for the common person in the congregation 03:54.850 --> 03:55.830 to be able to understand. 03:56.910 --> 03:58.330 Now let me also say this is obviously 03:58.330 --> 04:00.770 preaching and teaching should complement each other. 04:00.770 --> 04:01.350 Okay? 04:02.450 --> 04:04.610 Preaching emphasizes exhortation, 04:05.290 --> 04:06.650 motivation, application, 04:07.310 --> 04:09.170 whereas teaching really emphasizes 04:09.170 --> 04:10.950 knowledge, understanding, 04:11.250 --> 04:12.430 and instruction. 04:12.750 --> 04:14.550 Both are necessary for 04:14.550 --> 04:16.150 the congregation to grow spiritually. 04:16.270 --> 04:16.890 You've got to have both. 04:17.470 --> 04:19.070 And maybe some of you in here 04:19.070 --> 04:21.570 are more inclined to the preaching 04:21.570 --> 04:24.090 aspect of, you know, preaching. 04:24.510 --> 04:26.310 But, and then some of you are saying, 04:26.410 --> 04:28.390 well, you know, I kind of prefer just the teaching. 04:28.390 --> 04:30.250 I like to get up there and just teach 04:30.250 --> 04:31.790 what the Bible says about 04:32.210 --> 04:33.970 this specific word, you know, 04:33.990 --> 04:36.230 systematic theology and so forth. 04:36.450 --> 04:37.770 But you actually, you have to have both 04:37.770 --> 04:39.070 to be a well-rounded preacher. 04:40.050 --> 04:41.990 A good teacher must be able to feed 04:41.990 --> 04:43.090 the entire congregation. 04:44.010 --> 04:44.170 Okay? 04:46.130 --> 04:46.930 Every congregation, 04:47.950 --> 04:48.990 you've got to think about it, you know, 04:49.010 --> 04:51.650 consists of just different levels of spiritual maturity. 04:52.170 --> 04:53.610 You're not going to have, you know, 04:53.710 --> 04:56.250 everyone here who wants to hear about end times prophecy, 04:56.250 --> 04:57.810 you know, you might be preaching 04:58.850 --> 04:59.950 Daniel 70th week, 05:00.370 --> 05:01.710 but then there's someone in the congregation 05:02.050 --> 05:03.870 who's just like, I'm just trying to get past through the week. 05:03.970 --> 05:06.210 This week. Not Daniel 70th week. 05:06.770 --> 05:08.290 I need to get over this week, right? 05:09.170 --> 05:10.250 So you have to be able to 05:10.250 --> 05:11.870 provide a spiritual meal 05:12.590 --> 05:13.470 that is 05:14.230 --> 05:16.150 able to feed everyone in the 05:16.150 --> 05:18.250 congregation in whatever area 05:18.250 --> 05:19.650 of life they're in 05:20.150 --> 05:22.230 and to feed them and exhort them and so forth. 05:23.430 --> 05:24.530 Some Christians have an appetite 05:24.530 --> 05:26.090 for the deep things of God and enjoy 05:26.090 --> 05:27.730 intellectual subjects. I do. 05:28.470 --> 05:30.070 I know many do, but sometimes 05:30.070 --> 05:32.050 people don't really care about that stuff. They should. 05:32.830 --> 05:34.070 But we just have to understand 05:34.070 --> 05:36.110 that this is the kind of congregation we're working with. 05:36.210 --> 05:37.510 Everyone is at a different level 05:37.510 --> 05:39.790 and so we have to provide a meal 05:40.470 --> 05:42.230 for them. Others are more 05:42.230 --> 05:44.310 interested in the practical aspects of the Christian life. 05:44.470 --> 05:46.190 They're not really necessarily interested 05:46.190 --> 05:48.150 in the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 05:48.410 --> 05:50.530 They rather hear on how to overcome depression, 05:51.130 --> 05:52.550 how to have a better marriage, 05:52.550 --> 05:54.490 how to, you know, be 05:54.490 --> 05:55.910 a better soul winner. They like 05:56.350 --> 05:58.250 applicable sermons rather 05:58.250 --> 05:59.810 than sermons that teach information, 06:00.090 --> 06:01.750 but they need both. 06:02.190 --> 06:04.550 The objective is to make complex Biblical truths 06:04.550 --> 06:06.170 understandable without 06:06.170 --> 06:08.450 compromising the depth of the information 06:08.450 --> 06:09.490 that you are communicating. 06:10.230 --> 06:12.250 And keep in mind that when you teach a subject 06:12.250 --> 06:13.850 the objective is not 06:13.850 --> 06:15.430 to impress your audience. 06:16.730 --> 06:18.170 It's not to impress people 06:18.170 --> 06:19.930 with your intelligence or how much you know 06:19.930 --> 06:21.850 about the particular topic. The goal 06:21.850 --> 06:23.830 is always for you to be able to 06:23.830 --> 06:25.810 communicate that in such a way that the person 06:25.810 --> 06:27.890 says, you know what, that was a really hard 06:27.890 --> 06:29.010 subject, but I get it. 06:29.650 --> 06:31.590 Now I understand. I never really understood 06:32.530 --> 06:33.970 that subject or how that 06:33.970 --> 06:35.990 worked, but you broke it down in such a way 06:35.990 --> 06:37.130 that I get it now. 06:37.710 --> 06:39.490 So, you know, we don't want to be Calvinists here. 06:39.530 --> 06:42.110 Not that they're intelligent, but, you know, they speak intelligently. 06:42.570 --> 06:43.330 You know, you don't want to be 06:43.770 --> 06:45.470 this scholar. You want to be able to 06:45.470 --> 06:47.210 communicate in such a way that everyone 06:47.210 --> 06:49.330 understands what you're teaching. 06:49.490 --> 06:50.770 1 Corinthians chapter 2 06:50.770 --> 06:52.770 and verse number 4 says this, 06:52.950 --> 06:54.950 my speech and my preaching was 06:54.950 --> 06:57.250 not with enticing words of man's wisdom 06:57.250 --> 06:58.830 but in demonstration 06:58.830 --> 07:01.330 of the spirit and of power 07:01.330 --> 07:03.450 that your faith should not stand 07:03.450 --> 07:05.130 in the wisdom of men but 07:05.130 --> 07:06.710 in the power of God. 07:07.150 --> 07:09.250 And obviously this is something that we apply even when 07:09.250 --> 07:11.110 we go preach the gospel. We don't make it 07:11.110 --> 07:12.550 complex when we're preaching the gospel. 07:12.710 --> 07:15.470 We preach very plainly. We speak plainly. 07:15.470 --> 07:17.490 We put the cookie on the bottom shelf for people to 07:17.490 --> 07:19.350 understand. That's what we need to take 07:19.350 --> 07:21.430 into the arena of preaching in a church 07:21.430 --> 07:23.750 is taking complex subjects, breaking them 07:23.750 --> 07:24.930 down so that people can understand 07:24.930 --> 07:27.750 that their faith should stand in the power 07:27.750 --> 07:29.470 of God, not in our own 07:29.470 --> 07:30.250 personal wisdom. 07:31.730 --> 07:33.510 You know, a lot of times preachers emphasize 07:33.510 --> 07:35.910 scholarly language and intellectualism 07:35.910 --> 07:37.690 in their sermons and sometimes 07:37.690 --> 07:39.570 we need things like that, but 07:39.570 --> 07:41.330 at the end of the day we need to make sure 07:41.330 --> 07:43.610 that we feed everyone at the level that they're at. 07:43.610 --> 07:46.190 So understand this, and this goes along 07:46.190 --> 07:47.390 with this main point here, 07:47.790 --> 07:49.870 is that you do have to recognize the limitation 07:49.870 --> 07:51.030 of your audience. 07:52.570 --> 07:54.090 Not everyone will understand 07:54.090 --> 07:55.690 every subject you teach. 07:56.250 --> 07:57.530 Some subjects are just 07:57.530 --> 07:58.850 inherently complex. 07:59.630 --> 08:01.590 And you can't really do anything about it. You know, there's instances 08:01.590 --> 08:03.450 when I'm preaching at my church 08:03.450 --> 08:05.690 and I know that I just have to teach on this 08:05.690 --> 08:07.530 particular subject. Let's just say 08:07.530 --> 08:08.490 End Times Prophecy. 08:09.070 --> 08:11.190 And it is a complex subject and quite frankly 08:11.190 --> 08:12.570 some of it can be kind of boring. 08:13.090 --> 08:14.270 Not to me, but maybe to the 08:14.270 --> 08:16.690 your regular Joe Schmoe who comes in the church 08:16.690 --> 08:18.990 it's not really that interesting. Well, they're just 08:18.990 --> 08:19.870 going to have to hack it. 08:20.150 --> 08:23.390 Because sometimes you just have to teach through certain things 08:23.390 --> 08:24.730 people have to learn. 08:24.930 --> 08:26.410 They have to discipline themselves to listen 08:26.410 --> 08:29.010 and to learn, but we want to make that 08:29.010 --> 08:30.850 palatable as possible 08:30.850 --> 08:32.610 so that people can understand it. 08:33.410 --> 08:35.050 The congregations' attentiveness 08:35.050 --> 08:37.550 can also vary depending on the time of day 08:37.550 --> 08:39.670 fatigue and other circumstances. 08:39.670 --> 08:41.710 Think about this. You're probably having a hard time 08:41.710 --> 08:43.510 paying attention right now because you've got a bunch 08:43.510 --> 08:44.430 of tacos in your stomach. 08:45.530 --> 08:47.510 So all the blood is going to the stomach 08:47.510 --> 08:48.390 and it's leaving the head. 08:51.470 --> 08:53.270 If you think about it on a Sunday 08:53.270 --> 08:55.350 I don't know if this is the same thing 08:55.350 --> 08:57.490 with you Pastor Shelley, but at our church 08:58.130 --> 08:59.190 we obviously have 08:59.630 --> 09:00.030 souling 09:01.550 --> 09:02.350 between services 09:02.890 --> 09:03.730 and it's great. 09:05.190 --> 09:06.770 Majority of people at the church are there 09:06.770 --> 09:07.670 preaching the gospel. 09:08.130 --> 09:09.910 The only negative aspect to that 09:09.910 --> 09:11.950 is preaching on Sunday night. 09:13.010 --> 09:14.550 Because when everyone comes back 09:14.550 --> 09:15.910 they're just dead tired. 09:16.270 --> 09:17.730 I'm sure that's just my church though. 09:18.570 --> 09:19.970 Everyone is dead tired. 09:21.110 --> 09:22.710 I try to refrain 09:22.710 --> 09:25.130 from preaching complex subjects on Sunday night. 09:25.830 --> 09:26.750 I kind of reserve those 09:26.750 --> 09:28.110 for Sunday morning because Sunday night 09:28.110 --> 09:29.410 people are just kind of struggling. 09:30.230 --> 09:31.690 Either they just got finished eating 09:31.690 --> 09:33.170 or they've been souling 09:33.170 --> 09:34.850 or they're out fellowshiping 09:34.850 --> 09:35.690 and then when they come to church 09:35.690 --> 09:37.710 they're just barely hanging on. 09:39.370 --> 09:40.690 You just got to take that into account. 09:41.070 --> 09:42.470 So a congregation's attentiveness 09:42.470 --> 09:44.850 can vary depending on the time of day 09:44.850 --> 09:46.550 Sunday, the fatigue 09:46.550 --> 09:48.130 or even you have your midweek service 09:48.130 --> 09:49.150 people are coming from work. 09:50.210 --> 09:52.270 They're tired, they're exhausted, 09:52.490 --> 09:54.150 they're fatigued, they know they have to be in church 09:54.150 --> 09:56.110 they'll come and so you have to keep that 09:56.110 --> 09:56.950 in mind as well. 09:59.290 --> 10:01.390 We obviously know that a complex teaching 10:02.090 --> 10:03.930 may be easier for people to follow 10:03.930 --> 10:05.330 when they're alert and refreshed 10:05.330 --> 10:07.170 which is why sometimes I reserve that 10:07.170 --> 10:09.770 for like a Sunday morning when everyone is awake 10:09.770 --> 10:11.790 alive, awake and enthusiastic. 10:12.190 --> 10:13.590 But nevertheless the preacher 10:13.590 --> 10:15.310 we need to make sure 10:15.310 --> 10:16.990 that we do everything possible 10:16.990 --> 10:18.570 to communicate the information clearly 10:18.570 --> 10:19.650 so that everyone gets it. 10:20.270 --> 10:21.810 So let's talk about this for a minute. 10:21.910 --> 10:23.190 Someone asked this question earlier. 10:23.790 --> 10:26.530 Let's talk about utilizing visual aids and props. 10:27.190 --> 10:29.350 These are very useful tools 10:29.350 --> 10:31.150 in the toolbox 10:31.150 --> 10:32.150 of a preacher. 10:32.830 --> 10:34.930 Why? Because visual aids help simplify 10:34.930 --> 10:36.650 a complex biblical subject 10:37.110 --> 10:39.750 and it keeps people's attention too. 10:40.710 --> 10:41.210 And 10:41.210 --> 10:42.570 you don't have to overdo it. 10:42.750 --> 10:44.470 I obviously don't recommend for people 10:44.470 --> 10:44.910 to 10:47.110 --> 10:49.150 use props and visual aids 10:49.150 --> 10:51.270 excessively because you can just kind of 10:51.270 --> 10:52.950 burn your congregation 10:52.950 --> 10:53.590 out 10:54.410 --> 10:56.430 or you're just kind of predictable 10:56.430 --> 10:57.770 like what is he going to do this week? 10:58.090 --> 10:59.230 What is he going to do this time? 10:59.890 --> 11:02.250 And so you want to make sure you use it sparingly 11:02.250 --> 11:03.470 be appropriate 11:03.470 --> 11:06.130 and make sure that you're not just using a prop 11:06.130 --> 11:07.730 for the sake of getting a reaction 11:08.310 --> 11:10.090 from people but that it ties 11:10.090 --> 11:12.810 into the biblical truth that you're actually trying to teach. 11:13.670 --> 11:14.370 Now obviously 11:14.370 --> 11:15.710 sometimes a visual prop 11:15.710 --> 11:17.590 can be just 11:18.210 --> 11:19.890 extreme, it can be 11:19.890 --> 11:22.110 very loud, it can be 11:22.110 --> 11:24.390 messy but it does a great 11:24.390 --> 11:24.950 job 11:25.410 --> 11:27.070 driving home the truth, right? 11:27.610 --> 11:29.850 And so you want to take advantage of that 11:29.850 --> 11:30.650 and use 11:32.950 --> 11:34.470 props in those instances 11:34.470 --> 11:36.250 and I do agree with Pastor Shelly 11:36.250 --> 11:38.030 I'm obviously talking to you 11:38.030 --> 11:40.530 as though one day you're going to be preaching in church 11:40.530 --> 11:42.330 but you need to make sure you get 11:42.330 --> 11:44.170 the permission from your pastor first 11:45.110 --> 11:46.210 and not be 11:46.210 --> 11:48.370 someone who's just trying to be a sensationalist 11:48.370 --> 11:50.310 where you're grabbing some prop just because 11:50.310 --> 11:52.870 you want people to get a kick out of it 11:52.870 --> 11:54.570 you want people to laugh and just 11:54.570 --> 11:56.690 be memorable and it needs to tie 11:56.690 --> 11:58.710 into your sermon. You don't want to be a goofball 11:58.710 --> 12:00.730 and just a clown to just bring up props 12:00.730 --> 12:02.770 for the sake of it and it has nothing to do with 12:02.770 --> 12:04.650 the sermon but people saw it 12:04.650 --> 12:06.630 they'll never forget it and then they just forget 12:06.630 --> 12:08.450 what the sermon was about, okay? 12:09.930 --> 12:10.590 Years ago 12:10.590 --> 12:12.490 one of my favorite props 12:12.490 --> 12:14.390 that I ever used preaching 12:15.530 --> 12:16.790 was not the head believe it 12:16.790 --> 12:19.070 or not, the head was great. I really like the head. 12:19.890 --> 12:21.130 The one that I like the most 12:21.130 --> 12:23.150 was actually a person who I had 12:23.150 --> 12:25.310 lay down on the platform 12:25.310 --> 12:26.810 for the entire sermon. 12:27.830 --> 12:28.950 I was preaching about 12:29.630 --> 12:31.030 you know just how 12:31.030 --> 12:32.990 old IEP churches cover sin 12:32.990 --> 12:35.230 they kind of sweep it under the rug 12:35.230 --> 12:37.310 and I just put a sheet over Alex Berea 12:37.310 --> 12:39.510 and I just left them there 12:39.510 --> 12:40.830 and you know 12:40.830 --> 12:43.770 I made sure to just use every punch line 12:43.770 --> 12:45.430 when I did it and everyone's laughing 12:45.430 --> 12:47.410 and having a great time but then we got serious 12:47.410 --> 12:48.810 and he was like yeah you know it's funny 12:48.810 --> 12:50.630 but you know churches do this all the time though 12:51.290 --> 12:52.310 you just have this 12:52.310 --> 12:54.410 rotting carcass of sin in the church 12:54.870 --> 12:56.550 and they expect you to just 12:56.970 --> 12:58.490 not look at it. Just put a little 12:58.490 --> 13:00.590 sheet over it and you know 13:00.590 --> 13:01.970 just nothing to see here 13:01.970 --> 13:04.290 and so you know it got serious really quick 13:04.290 --> 13:06.810 but they made a connection. Now the only person 13:06.810 --> 13:08.730 who just couldn't get over it was Pastor Anderson 13:09.170 --> 13:10.750 so everyone got serious and he was 13:10.750 --> 13:12.830 sitting in the front and he's just laughing his head off 13:12.830 --> 13:14.210 he just could not contain himself 13:14.670 --> 13:16.330 and he's just holding his face 13:16.330 --> 13:17.710 and he's just trying not to laugh 13:18.790 --> 13:20.330 and you know the guy 13:20.330 --> 13:21.790 I kept trying to get up I'm like what are you doing 13:21.790 --> 13:24.190 you're dead. I'll get back down 13:25.890 --> 13:28.330 so it can definitely be 13:28.330 --> 13:30.430 useful in taking a complex subject 13:30.430 --> 13:31.350 that you're trying to teach 13:31.870 --> 13:34.670 and make it palatable for the audience 13:34.670 --> 13:35.590 for the congregation 13:36.210 --> 13:37.770 because people are just visual learners 13:38.490 --> 13:40.190 I think one of the best ways 13:40.190 --> 13:42.270 to use props is it's very 13:42.270 --> 13:44.750 simple it's using people standing up 13:44.750 --> 13:46.050 holding pieces of paper 13:46.890 --> 13:48.210 it's kind of the equivalent of what 13:48.210 --> 13:49.670 Pastor Shelley does with the white board 13:49.670 --> 13:51.170 dispensational board he got 13:51.170 --> 13:54.610 he does the dispensational thing 13:54.610 --> 13:56.790 that helps a lot because we're visual learners 13:56.790 --> 13:58.170 so sometimes I'll have 13:58.170 --> 14:00.510 for example I preached that sermon on 14:00.510 --> 14:02.650 75 days, Daniel 70th week 14:03.290 --> 14:04.430 and I had 14:04.430 --> 14:06.530 a group of five men come up with different 14:06.530 --> 14:07.890 sheets of paper that were highlighting 14:07.890 --> 14:10.730 different events of Daniel 70th week 14:11.350 --> 14:12.770 and I had a lot of people 14:12.770 --> 14:14.570 come up to me afterwards and like that's a subject 14:14.570 --> 14:16.490 I've never quite understood and I get it now 14:16.490 --> 14:18.690 and it's not necessarily because 14:18.690 --> 14:20.850 I just taught it greatly but I think the visual 14:20.850 --> 14:21.990 aids helped a lot 14:22.610 --> 14:24.750 and so use it 14:24.750 --> 14:26.530 sparingly understand the power 14:26.530 --> 14:28.050 of the visual aids and the props 14:28.590 --> 14:30.630 don't overdo it keep your visuals 14:30.630 --> 14:32.490 simple and 14:32.490 --> 14:34.710 recognize that they do have their 14:34.710 --> 14:36.530 place but don't overdo it and obviously 14:36.530 --> 14:38.810 get permission from your pastor if you want 14:38.810 --> 14:40.150 to use one 14:41.270 --> 14:42.810 let me also say this is that don't 14:42.810 --> 14:44.190 complicate biblical truths with 14:44.190 --> 14:45.470 unnecessary terminology 14:46.070 --> 14:48.190 so when it comes to teaching the word of 14:48.190 --> 14:50.250 God obviously we're giving 14:50.250 --> 14:52.350 knowledge but you don't want to use 14:53.350 --> 14:54.230 unnecessary terminology 14:54.230 --> 14:55.550 that can confuse the people 14:56.130 --> 14:57.810 or cause people to think like wow this guy 14:57.810 --> 15:00.650 really is super smart he's very intelligent 15:00.650 --> 15:02.230 no that's not what you want 15:02.230 --> 15:04.290 them to think you want them to say oh I get it 15:04.690 --> 15:06.050 I understand what that means 15:06.950 --> 15:08.490 some preachers use theological 15:08.490 --> 15:10.470 terminology that the average Christian 15:10.470 --> 15:11.530 may not understand 15:12.890 --> 15:14.490 these terms can be 15:14.490 --> 15:16.550 useful but they should never be 15:16.550 --> 15:18.490 an obstacle to the person 15:18.490 --> 15:20.630 in the congregation from understanding 15:20.630 --> 15:22.570 the scripture and so 15:22.570 --> 15:24.550 don't use scholarly language merely 15:24.550 --> 15:25.930 to appear intellectual 15:26.450 --> 15:28.330 keep in mind that the goal here is not to 15:28.330 --> 15:30.530 look good the goal here is not to 15:30.530 --> 15:31.890 look intelligent 15:32.490 --> 15:34.550 seem extremely smart 15:34.550 --> 15:36.510 the objective is to 15:36.510 --> 15:38.330 cause the congregation to walk away 15:38.330 --> 15:39.750 with something that you've preached about 15:40.500 --> 15:42.450 whether obedience to God's word 15:42.450 --> 15:44.410 there needs to be some sort of call to 15:44.410 --> 15:46.290 action that you have in the sermon 15:46.290 --> 15:48.410 and they should not 15:48.410 --> 15:50.250 walk away thinking like man 15:50.250 --> 15:52.510 I didn't get it but that sounded really smart 15:53.870 --> 15:54.530 I didn't 15:54.530 --> 15:55.750 get it but you know 15:56.400 --> 15:57.850 he did a really good job though 15:57.850 --> 15:58.910 it's not the goal 16:00.430 --> 16:02.030 and so if you use 16:02.030 --> 16:03.550 theological terminology 16:03.550 --> 16:05.910 which I don't recommend that you do 16:07.030 --> 16:07.870 but if you do 16:07.870 --> 16:09.050 explain what it means 16:10.490 --> 16:12.470 make sure you give the definition 16:12.470 --> 16:13.270 I like 16:13.270 --> 16:15.770 I forgot what preacher was 16:15.770 --> 16:16.970 who was it 16:17.730 --> 16:19.610 he was preaching and then he was 16:19.610 --> 16:20.790 preaching from James chapter 1 16:21.530 --> 16:23.350 and as he was going through 16:23.350 --> 16:24.750 one of the words I think it was 16:24.750 --> 16:27.670 was it tried was it tried was that the word 16:29.290 --> 16:31.450 it was one of the words in James chapter 1 16:31.450 --> 16:33.210 and as he was reading it he began 16:33.210 --> 16:34.810 to give the synonyms of that word 16:34.810 --> 16:36.890 so he began to describe it explain it 16:37.230 --> 16:38.930 and I love that because 16:38.930 --> 16:41.370 it kind of expands our understanding 16:41.370 --> 16:43.110 and it really helps us to really grasp 16:43.110 --> 16:44.090 what the verse is saying 16:44.750 --> 16:47.050 and so if you use theological terms 16:47.050 --> 16:48.950 that are outside of the Bible 16:48.950 --> 16:51.030 that you know describe 16:51.030 --> 16:53.070 a particular doctrine just make sure 16:53.070 --> 16:55.030 you spend some time putting that 16:55.030 --> 16:57.050 cookie on the bottom shelf to help the people understand 16:57.050 --> 16:58.050 what it means 16:59.230 --> 17:00.650 some members of the congregation 17:00.650 --> 17:02.790 enjoy learning scholarly terminology 17:03.810 --> 17:04.390 however 17:04.390 --> 17:06.010 you got to always define the term 17:06.010 --> 17:08.530 in the language that the average person 17:08.530 --> 17:09.770 can understand 17:10.550 --> 17:12.670 the goal is for people to understand 17:12.670 --> 17:14.130 the biblical concept not merely to 17:14.130 --> 17:15.770 memorize a theological word 17:16.470 --> 17:18.030 and you know it's good to 17:18.030 --> 17:19.810 use theological words as a way 17:19.810 --> 17:21.030 to debunk them sometimes 17:21.030 --> 17:23.110 if there's a false prophet who's using it 17:23.110 --> 17:24.830 they like to use this particular word 17:24.830 --> 17:26.950 but all that is it's a fancy way 17:26.950 --> 17:27.790 of saying this 17:28.670 --> 17:30.690 so it's important to kind of help 17:30.690 --> 17:31.150 people 17:32.610 --> 17:34.810 break down what words and terms 17:34.810 --> 17:36.930 mean and recognize that we just 17:36.930 --> 17:39.190 need to be simple about our communication 17:39.190 --> 17:40.790 and the goal 17:40.790 --> 17:42.550 isn't of course self glorification 17:42.550 --> 17:44.630 is to teach the concept 17:45.310 --> 17:46.810 let me also say this is that 17:46.810 --> 17:48.930 you need to avoid unnecessarily appealing 17:48.930 --> 17:50.770 to Greek and Hebrew right Pastor Charlie 17:50.770 --> 17:50.910 okay 17:52.810 --> 17:54.790 refrain from making the original language 17:54.790 --> 17:56.830 is necessary to understand a particular biblical 17:56.830 --> 17:58.630 truth especially if you don't know it 17:58.630 --> 18:00.310 okay if you don't know Greek 18:00.310 --> 18:02.330 just don't even mess with it 18:02.330 --> 18:04.530 okay if you don't know what bestevils 18:04.530 --> 18:05.970 means don't use it 18:06.590 --> 18:08.250 if you don't know any Greek whatsoever 18:08.250 --> 18:10.770 then don't use it there's no the only time 18:10.770 --> 18:12.670 people do this stuff is because they want 18:12.670 --> 18:14.810 people to think that they're intelligent 18:14.810 --> 18:16.210 that they're smart they're well 18:16.630 --> 18:18.330 trained but you know 18:18.330 --> 18:20.330 if you don't do it right you're gonna look like a complete 18:20.330 --> 18:20.770 idiot 18:23.410 --> 18:24.430 just as jaw 18:24.430 --> 18:25.230 looked right 18:26.610 --> 18:27.970 and so and again 18:27.970 --> 18:30.130 maybe you are studying Hebrew maybe you are studying 18:30.130 --> 18:32.810 Greek and maybe you are well versed 18:32.810 --> 18:34.390 it's not bad to use it 18:34.390 --> 18:35.890 if you know what you're talking about 18:36.390 --> 18:38.470 but also you got to keep in mind that the majority 18:38.470 --> 18:40.410 of your congregation is probably not going to learn 18:40.410 --> 18:42.310 Greek not going to learn Hebrew 18:42.310 --> 18:44.510 they're not going to learn Greek and so 18:44.510 --> 18:46.030 you know it's not really worth it 18:46.030 --> 18:48.290 you want to speak in the language that they understand 18:48.730 --> 18:49.970 and along you know this 18:49.970 --> 18:52.150 kind of goes along with using 18:52.850 --> 18:53.650 theological terminology 18:53.650 --> 18:56.190 if you use it just explain to them 18:56.190 --> 18:58.370 this is just another way of saying this 18:58.370 --> 19:00.190 right it's just a Greek word 19:00.190 --> 19:02.050 that means this you don't really need the Greek 19:02.050 --> 19:03.750 because we have it in our King James Bible 19:03.750 --> 19:05.550 just in the way of saying it 19:06.110 --> 19:08.010 so occasionally referencing Greek or Hebrew 19:08.010 --> 19:10.050 may enrich parts of your 19:10.050 --> 19:11.730 sermon if you know what you're talking about 19:11.730 --> 19:13.910 but if you don't just stay completely away from it 19:14.410 --> 19:15.450 it's not worth it 19:16.850 --> 19:17.810 and you know a lot of times 19:17.810 --> 19:19.890 there's a lot of preachers who don't stay away from the Greek 19:19.890 --> 19:21.510 even though you know they 19:21.510 --> 19:23.790 don't know Greek and they 19:23.790 --> 19:25.430 always have some bastardized 19:25.430 --> 19:27.250 pronunciation of the Greek it sounds horrible 19:27.990 --> 19:29.450 and you know it doesn't really do much 19:29.450 --> 19:31.750 all it does is make people think like oh man this guy knows Greek 19:34.930 --> 19:35.650 prioritize understanding 19:35.650 --> 19:36.890 over intellectualism 19:37.530 --> 19:38.930 1 Corinthians 2 once says 19:38.930 --> 19:41.270 when I came to you came not with 19:41.270 --> 19:43.550 excellency of speech or of wisdom 19:43.550 --> 19:45.490 declaring unto you the testimony 19:45.490 --> 19:46.950 of God for I 19:46.950 --> 19:48.570 determined not to know anything among you 19:48.570 --> 19:50.850 save Jesus Christ and 19:50.850 --> 19:52.230 him crucified 19:52.230 --> 19:54.710 now here's the thing is that 19:55.270 --> 19:56.410 when we're preaching 19:56.410 --> 19:58.830 and we're teaching let's say we're teaching 19:58.830 --> 20:01.230 a specific topic it can 20:01.230 --> 20:02.730 become boring to people 20:03.270 --> 20:04.990 it can seem kind of slow 20:04.990 --> 20:07.290 like even now I'm teaching I'm not really preaching 20:07.290 --> 20:08.830 and you have to kind of like 20:08.830 --> 20:10.750 discipline yourself to pay attention 20:10.750 --> 20:12.730 so when you're actually 20:12.730 --> 20:14.790 preaching a sermon but the majority of it 20:14.790 --> 20:16.770 is teaching here's what 20:16.770 --> 20:18.190 you can do to kind of help with that 20:18.190 --> 20:20.410 teach the information 20:21.710 --> 20:22.630 preach the 20:22.630 --> 20:23.390 application 20:24.710 --> 20:26.770 so if you have a sermon 20:26.770 --> 20:28.910 that is very heavy 20:28.910 --> 20:30.870 on information knowledge 20:30.870 --> 20:32.350 you're given instruction 20:32.350 --> 20:35.170 teach that information put the cookie on the bottom shelf 20:35.170 --> 20:36.430 take the complex subject 20:36.430 --> 20:38.550 and make it simple for people to understand 20:38.550 --> 20:40.010 but also 20:40.010 --> 20:42.430 look for some form of application 20:42.430 --> 20:43.990 in your teaching 20:43.990 --> 20:46.310 and when you find that application 20:46.310 --> 20:47.390 preach that 20:48.610 --> 20:50.030 preach that application 20:50.030 --> 20:52.110 find application within 20:52.750 --> 20:54.570 the subject that you're teaching 20:54.570 --> 20:56.530 because that way you can 20:56.530 --> 20:58.570 feed the people who don't really 20:58.570 --> 20:59.910 care about the other stuff 21:00.430 --> 21:01.970 people are just like you know 21:01.970 --> 21:02.490 I don't really 21:04.010 --> 21:04.650 can't just 21:04.650 --> 21:06.250 have a you know wrath of God 21:06.250 --> 21:08.010 or you know millennial reign 21:08.010 --> 21:10.670 I got a crying baby right now 21:10.670 --> 21:11.590 I haven't slept 21:12.310 --> 21:14.310 you know I don't want to obey my husband 21:14.310 --> 21:16.510 right now and like how 21:16.510 --> 21:18.370 is the wrath of God going to help you 21:18.370 --> 21:18.810 with that 21:19.770 --> 21:22.490 well you know because if you don't obey 21:22.490 --> 21:24.290 your husband that you're going to get the wrath of God 21:24.290 --> 21:24.670 here 21:26.370 --> 21:27.630 find some application 21:27.630 --> 21:30.290 that you can preach through and I've seen 21:30.290 --> 21:32.570 this where I'm teaching a particular subject 21:33.790 --> 21:34.210 and 21:34.210 --> 21:36.010 the intellectuals in my church they're just like 21:36.010 --> 21:38.050 you know they're loving it 21:38.850 --> 21:40.450 and then you know the other people are just 21:40.450 --> 21:42.370 kind of like 21:43.690 --> 21:44.370 you know 21:44.370 --> 21:46.350 they're just kind of like bored with whatever 21:46.350 --> 21:48.110 I'm talking about and then I get into the application 21:48.110 --> 21:50.290 they're just like oh yeah yeah yeah oh that's interesting 21:50.290 --> 21:52.150 and then it kind of helps them to make connections 21:52.150 --> 21:53.970 to realize that hey the information 21:53.970 --> 21:56.070 of the Bible obviously God wants us to learn it 21:56.070 --> 21:57.610 but we could apply a law 21:57.610 --> 21:59.930 you just have to look for the application 21:59.930 --> 22:01.610 and so make sure you 22:01.610 --> 22:03.990 include preaching the application 22:03.990 --> 22:05.650 when you're teaching the information 22:05.650 --> 22:07.490 if your sermon is heavily 22:08.450 --> 22:09.170 you know 22:09.170 --> 22:10.870 there's a lot of information involved 22:11.410 --> 22:13.610 make sure you add some preaching by having 22:13.610 --> 22:14.930 the application as well 22:16.290 --> 22:17.290 don't be mundane 22:19.130 --> 22:20.310 some biblical subjects 22:20.310 --> 22:21.790 require extensive explanation 22:21.790 --> 22:22.750 and intricate details 22:24.730 --> 22:26.210 and although the information may be 22:26.210 --> 22:28.170 important it may not necessarily 22:28.170 --> 22:30.070 be interesting to everyone so we need to make 22:30.070 --> 22:32.550 sure that we talk about the application 22:32.550 --> 22:34.370 you know of that particular 22:34.370 --> 22:36.050 topic and here's the thing you know 22:36.050 --> 22:38.170 sometimes you'll have information within your 22:38.170 --> 22:40.070 sermon that you're trying to teach it's not 22:40.070 --> 22:42.210 really necessary I'm 22:42.210 --> 22:43.670 all for cutting the fat 22:44.370 --> 22:45.950 sometimes you just got to cut the fat 22:46.730 --> 22:47.150 and 22:47.750 --> 22:50.170 you may do a deep dive on a particular subject 22:50.610 --> 22:52.090 and you're really excited about 22:52.090 --> 22:54.230 the subject and you're trying 22:54.230 --> 22:56.590 to fit it on to one sermon but not everyone's 22:56.590 --> 22:58.450 going to get it and you have to understand 22:58.450 --> 23:00.170 that you have one moment 23:00.170 --> 23:01.470 to be able to like 23:02.370 --> 23:04.270 communicate this truth and you may 23:04.270 --> 23:06.250 need to only communicate one aspect 23:06.250 --> 23:08.350 of that teaching the rest of it 23:08.350 --> 23:09.250 needs to be shaved off 23:09.830 --> 23:11.790 you got to cut some of the fat off 23:11.790 --> 23:13.970 because my temptation 23:13.970 --> 23:16.030 I know for me personally sometimes 23:16.030 --> 23:17.690 if I'm studying a subject I just want to 23:17.690 --> 23:20.110 regurgitate everything I just want 23:20.110 --> 23:21.770 to throw it off I want 12 points 23:22.530 --> 23:24.170 I just want 15 points 23:24.170 --> 23:25.690 12 points I just want to 23:25.690 --> 23:27.430 get it all out but 23:28.490 --> 23:29.690 it's far more productive 23:29.690 --> 23:31.410 to just get that one point across 23:31.910 --> 23:33.670 two points across three points across 23:33.670 --> 23:35.610 and then shave off 23:35.610 --> 23:36.990 the fat and I'll give you another tip 23:36.990 --> 23:38.470 in just a bit in that regard 23:39.870 --> 23:41.530 so look for practical applications 23:41.530 --> 23:42.330 throughout the sermon 23:43.350 --> 23:45.190 make sure you're meditating upon that 23:45.190 --> 23:47.450 thinking upon that what is a good way to do this 23:47.450 --> 23:49.150 I'm thinking about you know there's instances 23:49.150 --> 23:50.930 where I preach through the book of Genesis 23:50.930 --> 23:52.830 and sometimes it's just a story 23:53.510 --> 23:55.470 just information or just names 23:56.110 --> 23:57.570 I'll preach through just names 23:57.570 --> 23:59.070 and it's just like what am I going to preach 23:59.070 --> 24:00.950 about just going through these names 24:00.950 --> 24:03.010 but then you know you pick a couple names there 24:03.010 --> 24:04.530 you extrapolate some of the stories 24:04.530 --> 24:06.570 that are associated with those names 24:06.990 --> 24:08.690 and then you preach application from that 24:08.690 --> 24:11.010 those are extreme examples but that does happen 24:15.530 --> 24:16.930 and I will say that not 24:16.930 --> 24:18.550 every time you teach 24:18.550 --> 24:19.890 will there be an application 24:19.890 --> 24:21.270 I sometimes tell my church 24:21.270 --> 24:22.930 like I'm just letting you know right now 24:22.930 --> 24:25.130 there is no application to what I'm telling you right now 24:25.130 --> 24:26.910 you just need to learn this 24:26.910 --> 24:29.610 this is just something that you have to learn 24:29.610 --> 24:31.570 you have to increase in knowledge 24:31.570 --> 24:33.650 and you have to understand these things 24:33.650 --> 24:35.790 come back next week for depression 24:35.790 --> 24:37.490 come back next week for 24:37.490 --> 24:39.870 some sort of CTA 24:39.870 --> 24:40.890 to live a godly life 24:40.890 --> 24:42.890 right now you just have to learn this information 24:42.890 --> 24:44.530 because this is what I'm giving you right now 24:44.530 --> 24:46.370 that shouldn't be every Sunday 24:46.950 --> 24:48.890 but it does happen from time to time 24:50.370 --> 24:52.270 next point here when it comes to teaching 24:52.750 --> 24:53.690 here's a big one 24:53.690 --> 24:56.470 if you want to be a good teacher 24:57.590 --> 24:58.930 if you want to teach well 25:00.490 --> 25:01.390 make sure 25:02.610 --> 25:04.650 you don't teach what you don't understand 25:06.450 --> 25:07.430 it's really simple 25:08.390 --> 25:11.230 don't teach what you don't understand 25:12.890 --> 25:14.830 if you're not well versed on a particular subject 25:14.830 --> 25:15.870 then don't teach it 25:16.990 --> 25:18.610 if you don't know much 25:18.610 --> 25:19.770 about this particular subject 25:20.630 --> 25:22.030 don't even talk about it 25:22.030 --> 25:24.410 why because it's better for you to just 25:24.410 --> 25:25.710 stay away from that subject 25:27.270 --> 25:29.470 than for you to pretend that you know about it 25:29.470 --> 25:30.590 you get up 25:30.590 --> 25:31.850 and then you make all kinds of mistakes 25:33.510 --> 25:34.690 now I'll give you an example 25:34.690 --> 25:36.870 you know when we first started the church 25:36.870 --> 25:38.010 it was faithful word Baptist Church 25:38.010 --> 25:38.850 in Elmani 25:38.850 --> 25:40.770 it was during 25:41.290 --> 25:43.150 the End Times Prophecy Conference 25:43.150 --> 25:44.310 it was just really big 25:44.850 --> 25:47.070 and I knew my position 25:47.070 --> 25:48.710 on End Times Prophecy as far as 25:48.710 --> 25:50.030 the timing of the rapture 25:50.030 --> 25:51.330 but I'll be honest with you 25:51.330 --> 25:53.530 I could not explain 25:53.530 --> 25:55.870 the intricacies of the book of Revelation 25:55.870 --> 25:57.230 I just couldn't 25:58.050 --> 25:59.610 and I wasn't ashamed of it 26:00.330 --> 26:01.430 because you know 26:02.010 --> 26:03.630 I was still kind of like learning 26:04.170 --> 26:06.290 and one of the reasons that I wasn't ashamed of it 26:06.290 --> 26:07.930 was because of the fact that I never taught it 26:08.490 --> 26:09.910 so there's nothing to be ashamed of 26:11.310 --> 26:12.230 so I remember 26:12.230 --> 26:13.490 preachers coming in 26:14.110 --> 26:15.450 talking about End Times Prophecy 26:15.450 --> 26:16.650 I remember even church members 26:16.650 --> 26:18.370 talking about End Times Prophecy 26:18.370 --> 26:21.390 I abstained from talking about End Times Prophecy 26:21.390 --> 26:22.870 because I just did not have 26:22.870 --> 26:24.570 a good understanding of it 26:24.570 --> 26:26.290 for a long time 26:26.290 --> 26:29.570 I would say maybe a year and a half 26:29.570 --> 26:30.110 two years 26:30.810 --> 26:32.730 and I would study it out 26:32.730 --> 26:35.270 but I would refrain from preaching any sermons on it 26:35.950 --> 26:36.910 you know from the book 26:36.910 --> 26:37.970 and people tell me like oh man 26:37.970 --> 26:38.910 you got to preach on this 26:38.910 --> 26:40.730 and I'm just like you know I would 26:40.730 --> 26:43.770 but I'm just not really well versed on that 26:43.770 --> 26:45.050 so I don't want to like talk about it 26:45.050 --> 26:46.550 because I don't really know anything about that 26:46.550 --> 26:48.570 and I don't want to make any mistakes 26:49.930 --> 26:51.750 and so obviously I studied a lot 26:51.750 --> 26:53.290 studied to show myself and prove them to God 26:53.750 --> 26:56.270 and later on when I felt confident enough 26:56.270 --> 26:57.850 then I was able to expand on those things 26:58.710 --> 26:59.510 with confidence 26:59.510 --> 27:00.570 with accuracy 27:01.130 --> 27:01.990 and so forth 27:02.490 --> 27:04.510 so the point that I'm making here is that 27:05.010 --> 27:07.750 you may be tempted to talk about a particular subject 27:07.750 --> 27:09.770 maybe because it's popular right now 27:09.770 --> 27:11.170 even within the new IFB 27:11.170 --> 27:12.810 but if you don't know that topic 27:13.330 --> 27:14.590 if you don't know what you're talking about 27:15.270 --> 27:16.450 just don't talk about it 27:17.230 --> 27:18.290 talk about soul winning 27:19.210 --> 27:20.250 no shame in that 27:21.130 --> 27:21.570 okay 27:22.990 --> 27:24.390 if you want to be a good teacher 27:24.850 --> 27:26.870 then don't talk about stuff you don't understand 27:26.870 --> 27:28.690 desiring to be teachers of the law 27:28.690 --> 27:30.790 understanding neither what they say nor where 27:30.790 --> 27:31.210 they affirm 27:33.090 --> 27:34.090 it's very important 27:35.490 --> 27:36.570 everyone with me still 27:39.010 --> 27:40.290 so make sure you have a firm 27:40.290 --> 27:42.350 a firm grasp of the information 27:43.150 --> 27:44.850 and there's nothing wrong with 27:44.850 --> 27:47.070 you know just kind of bouncing ideas 27:47.070 --> 27:48.610 off of your friends or even 27:48.610 --> 27:50.950 your pastor and saying hey 27:50.950 --> 27:52.670 I'm trying to understand this subject 27:53.170 --> 27:54.850 you know going up to Pastor Shelley 27:54.850 --> 27:56.010 Pastor Anderson and saying 27:56.510 --> 27:57.570 I want to understand this 27:57.570 --> 27:58.910 I've been studying this out 27:59.450 --> 28:01.610 and I want you to correct me 28:01.610 --> 28:03.890 I'm going to explain this position to you 28:04.330 --> 28:06.090 I'm going to explain this doctrinal position 28:06.090 --> 28:08.670 to you and you tell me where I'm lacking in it 28:08.670 --> 28:10.710 I need you to help me tighten up the screws 28:10.710 --> 28:11.310 in this regard 28:12.090 --> 28:13.750 and you're like well I don't really want to do that 28:13.750 --> 28:15.510 because I want him to hear from the pulpit first 28:15.510 --> 28:16.710 and be impressed with what I say 28:16.710 --> 28:18.270 then you're doing it for the wrong reasons 28:18.890 --> 28:21.010 the goal is to become accurate when you preach 28:21.010 --> 28:21.390 so 28:22.530 --> 28:24.610 I've done this where I've gone to my pastor friends 28:24.610 --> 28:26.190 and I've said look I want to preach this 28:26.190 --> 28:28.870 I want to get your thoughts on this 28:28.870 --> 28:30.370 I want to bounce some ideas off of you 28:30.870 --> 28:32.350 you know they'll play devil's advocate 28:32.350 --> 28:34.550 and try to deconstruct it and what not 28:34.550 --> 28:35.170 I think that's good 28:35.850 --> 28:37.250 so then when you actually get up to preach 28:37.250 --> 28:38.390 you know what you're talking about 28:40.130 --> 28:40.810 very important 28:43.990 --> 28:44.930 now why is it important 28:44.930 --> 28:46.970 because you cannot effectively simplify 28:46.970 --> 28:48.530 something you don't understand yourself 28:48.530 --> 28:50.370 so don't 28:50.370 --> 28:52.170 attempt to teach a doctrine simply because 28:52.170 --> 28:54.290 you have a surface level understanding of it 28:54.290 --> 28:55.850 it's not worth it 28:55.850 --> 28:57.370 gain some understanding first 28:57.370 --> 28:59.310 spend time understanding it 28:59.310 --> 29:00.950 studying it out memorizing the scriptures 29:00.950 --> 29:03.590 bouncing the ideas off of your pastor 29:04.420 --> 29:05.370 other church members 29:05.370 --> 29:07.610 and once you feel confident that you 29:07.610 --> 29:09.630 have a good grasp of that 29:09.630 --> 29:11.750 topic then preach on it 29:13.070 --> 29:14.470 now also distinguish 29:14.470 --> 29:16.950 between understanding a subject and memorizing its details 29:17.650 --> 29:18.910 there's a difference between knowing 29:18.910 --> 29:20.650 the information and being able to communicate it 29:21.690 --> 29:22.870 so you may be able 29:22.870 --> 29:24.890 how many times maybe you talk to someone 29:24.890 --> 29:27.230 and you know your position on a particular doctrine 29:27.950 --> 29:29.070 but you kind of fumble 29:29.070 --> 29:30.730 when you're talking about it with someone else 29:30.730 --> 29:33.170 you're like that's weird because I know what I believe 29:33.670 --> 29:35.150 I know that particular topic 29:35.150 --> 29:36.870 that's because those are two separate things 29:37.530 --> 29:38.790 one is understanding it 29:38.790 --> 29:41.110 the other one is taking the information out of here 29:41.110 --> 29:43.270 and being able to throw it out of here 29:43.270 --> 29:45.350 so that people actually get it 29:45.350 --> 29:46.610 that's why it's important for you 29:46.610 --> 29:49.310 to kind of regurgitate that information 29:49.310 --> 29:50.790 to your pastor 29:51.170 --> 29:52.630 to other members in the church 29:52.630 --> 29:54.950 to make sure that you're not only accurate 29:54.950 --> 29:56.630 but you're also clear 29:57.250 --> 29:59.030 about what you're talking about and people can understand 29:59.030 --> 29:59.650 what you're saying 30:06.400 --> 30:07.940 here's another example I remember 30:08.540 --> 30:10.640 obviously we know the book of Enoch is a 30:10.640 --> 30:12.660 false book, pseudo-pigreful writing 30:13.340 --> 30:14.660 and I believe that 30:14.660 --> 30:17.300 I wanted to preach on it but I didn't really have 30:17.300 --> 30:19.220 a thorough understanding of it 30:19.920 --> 30:21.520 and I studied 30:21.520 --> 30:22.920 for months 30:22.920 --> 30:23.980 on the book of Enoch 30:23.980 --> 30:26.240 and I remember I ended up preaching a sermon on it 30:26.240 --> 30:27.560 and I said some inaccurate things 30:27.560 --> 30:29.660 and I really regret preaching that sermon 30:29.660 --> 30:31.240 I ended up taking it down 30:31.240 --> 30:32.980 it wasn't like heretical 30:32.980 --> 30:35.100 it was just some inaccuracies within 30:35.860 --> 30:36.900 the sermon itself 30:36.900 --> 30:39.220 it really upset me that I did that 30:39.900 --> 30:41.900 and it made me think I need to make sure 30:41.900 --> 30:44.560 that I just have a full plenary understanding 30:44.560 --> 30:46.460 of the subject before I get out there 30:46.460 --> 30:48.500 and say something because what you don't want is to preach 30:48.500 --> 30:50.340 something it goes on the internet 30:50.340 --> 30:52.840 and then you kind of give ammo to the enemies 30:52.840 --> 30:53.940 to kind of tear you down 30:54.440 --> 30:56.460 understand and so it's important 30:56.460 --> 30:58.460 for us to understand 30:58.460 --> 31:00.180 the subject to memorize its details 31:00.180 --> 31:02.140 but also to communicate it well 31:04.300 --> 31:06.140 so going back to the point of 31:06.140 --> 31:08.720 when we're teaching a particular subject 31:08.720 --> 31:10.480 sometimes we have 31:12.420 --> 31:14.440 an overwhelming amount of information 31:14.440 --> 31:17.020 in our minds that we want to just kind of regurgitate that 31:17.020 --> 31:18.940 we just want to give the 15 points 31:18.940 --> 31:19.980 we want to give the 12 points 31:19.980 --> 31:20.940 we want to give the 8 points 31:22.180 --> 31:24.680 but here's the thing is that's not necessary 31:25.420 --> 31:26.440 give 3 points 31:26.440 --> 31:27.640 and you have to understand 31:28.180 --> 31:30.300 you have to know when to turn a sermon 31:30.300 --> 31:31.380 into a series 31:33.500 --> 31:34.440 because some people 31:34.440 --> 31:36.760 in the congregation can handle the 15 points 31:36.760 --> 31:38.800 but it's probably like 3 people though 31:39.320 --> 31:40.000 if that 31:41.120 --> 31:42.140 there's some people in the church 31:42.140 --> 31:42.640 that just 31:43.180 --> 31:44.460 they're wired differently 31:44.460 --> 31:46.340 I have people in my church that just 31:46.340 --> 31:47.200 they don't need coffee 31:47.800 --> 31:50.300 they don't need energy drinks 31:50.300 --> 31:52.340 apparently they're just filled with despair 31:52.340 --> 31:53.120 I don't know 31:53.120 --> 31:56.560 but they're just wired 100% of the time 31:57.540 --> 31:58.400 they don't false 31:58.400 --> 31:59.340 I don't even know if they sleep 31:59.340 --> 32:00.400 they're just like 32:04.140 --> 32:05.460 never find them just 32:05.950 --> 32:06.180 disinterested 32:06.860 --> 32:08.340 it's easy to preach to them 32:09.640 --> 32:10.000 but 32:10.000 --> 32:11.260 not everyone else is like that 32:12.200 --> 32:14.080 and so if you have a complex subject 32:14.080 --> 32:15.980 and you're like man I have so much information 32:15.980 --> 32:18.120 I don't think I'm going to try my best to get this all in 32:18.120 --> 32:19.180 in an hour and a half 32:20.300 --> 32:22.020 well maybe you can spend an hour 32:22.700 --> 32:24.420 and then just break it up into two parts 32:26.180 --> 32:27.840 and obviously I'm assuming that 32:27.840 --> 32:29.800 if your pastor allows you to do that 32:30.360 --> 32:31.800 that's already assuming that you've gotten permission 32:32.220 --> 32:33.560 but if you have a complex subject 32:33.560 --> 32:35.600 you just have to learn when to turn it into a series 32:35.600 --> 32:37.680 and I am preaching to myself because I have 32:37.680 --> 32:39.560 done this where I have a particular 32:39.560 --> 32:40.640 subject and I'm just like 32:41.140 --> 32:43.500 I don't want to preach this again because I just 32:43.500 --> 32:45.020 lose interest in a subject sometimes 32:45.520 --> 32:47.580 or I have something else that I want to preach on 32:47.580 --> 32:49.720 but there are instances where I think 32:49.720 --> 32:51.540 to myself this deserves two 32:51.540 --> 32:52.540 to three sermons 32:53.180 --> 32:55.620 because there's a lot of information that I want to give out 32:55.620 --> 32:56.740 and so 32:56.740 --> 32:59.420 we need to make sure that we teach complex subjects 32:59.420 --> 33:01.540 incrementally and we do that through 33:01.540 --> 33:02.780 a sermon series 33:04.260 --> 33:05.020 also this 33:05.020 --> 33:06.540 when you're teaching 33:06.540 --> 33:08.720 your congregation, when you're teaching the church 33:09.640 --> 33:11.240 don't structure your sermons 33:11.240 --> 33:12.680 around the most knowledgeable 33:12.680 --> 33:13.160 members 33:15.180 --> 33:16.940 it's kind of like what pastor Shelly said 33:16.940 --> 33:18.400 don't use insider 33:18.400 --> 33:21.180 information type of jokes or anything like that 33:21.180 --> 33:22.860 you have to kind of come 33:22.860 --> 33:23.540 to the pulpit 33:25.400 --> 33:26.900 assuming that there's people who have 33:26.900 --> 33:29.020 just absolutely no clue what you're talking about 33:30.840 --> 33:31.400 and 33:31.400 --> 33:32.940 you know I've had to learn this especially 33:32.940 --> 33:34.940 within the last year because within the last 33:34.940 --> 33:36.580 year we've just reached so many people through 33:36.580 --> 33:38.220 Instagram we've had 33:38.220 --> 33:40.740 a lot of people get saved and 33:40.740 --> 33:42.300 we've just had a lot 33:42.300 --> 33:44.960 the majority of people who have come to our church 33:44.960 --> 33:46.200 are from Calvary Chapel 33:46.780 --> 33:48.400 non-denom Calvary Chapel people 33:48.900 --> 33:49.600 super liberal 33:49.600 --> 33:52.520 you know just surfer 33:53.380 --> 33:54.880 liberal just the exact 33:54.880 --> 33:56.020 opposite of what we are 33:57.580 --> 33:58.160 like 33:58.160 --> 33:59.180 really opposite 34:00.000 --> 34:01.740 dudes with long hair 34:01.740 --> 34:03.620 women with pants just like 34:04.200 --> 34:05.040 CCM'd out 34:05.040 --> 34:08.040 just liberal as the day is long 34:08.040 --> 34:08.800 okay 34:10.120 --> 34:11.920 and my temptation because I've been 34:11.920 --> 34:14.000 preaching to new IFB is that everyone 34:14.000 --> 34:15.940 should know this but this is like a 34:15.940 --> 34:17.420 different denomination though 34:19.080 --> 34:19.660 okay 34:19.660 --> 34:21.740 it's a way different denomination 34:21.740 --> 34:23.700 they believe a lot differently in a lot of things 34:23.700 --> 34:24.760 they're not even Baptist 34:25.580 --> 34:28.120 it's different if like you're preaching to an old IFB 34:28.900 --> 34:29.340 church 34:29.340 --> 34:31.660 or a member who's coming to visit 34:31.660 --> 34:33.680 because you know you're kind of on the same page 34:33.680 --> 34:35.420 on certain things Calvary Chapel 34:35.420 --> 34:37.560 not on the same page on a lot of things 34:39.020 --> 34:39.460 but 34:39.460 --> 34:41.740 you know the common ground is the Jews 34:41.740 --> 34:42.920 so they're just like 34:44.120 --> 34:45.000 they get that 34:46.440 --> 34:47.820 so but I'm thankful though 34:47.820 --> 34:50.060 because now I have to structure my sermons 34:50.540 --> 34:50.980 and 34:50.980 --> 34:53.240 and understand and preach in such a way 34:53.240 --> 34:55.140 that I have to assume this person 34:55.140 --> 34:56.040 does not know 34:56.600 --> 34:58.460 the doctrines that we would take for granted 35:00.420 --> 35:00.860 so 35:00.860 --> 35:02.420 when I talk about reprobates 35:02.820 --> 35:04.860 I have to explain what a reprobate is 35:05.580 --> 35:06.600 and then you know 35:06.600 --> 35:08.700 have someone in the congregation like yeah we know this already 35:08.700 --> 35:10.180 yeah but not everyone does though 35:11.040 --> 35:12.420 and even then you know 35:12.980 --> 35:15.120 obviously Calvary Chapel is an extreme example 35:15.120 --> 35:17.240 but I'm telling you right now there's people in the new IFB 35:17.240 --> 35:18.800 who may not even have knowledge 35:18.800 --> 35:20.100 of some of these subjects too 35:20.560 --> 35:21.420 you'd be surprised 35:22.240 --> 35:23.940 some people who are new IFB 35:23.940 --> 35:25.120 and yeah they're post your pre-rep 35:25.120 --> 35:27.100 but they don't really know how to articulate that 35:27.100 --> 35:28.540 they might even say the wrong things 35:28.540 --> 35:29.820 when trying to explain it 35:29.820 --> 35:32.420 they might even tell you like a pre-trip rapture type thing 35:32.420 --> 35:34.120 just because they just don't really 35:34.120 --> 35:35.600 they're not interested in it 35:35.600 --> 35:37.580 or they just don't know how to articulate it 35:37.580 --> 35:39.660 you can't assume that people just know 35:39.660 --> 35:40.740 what you're talking about 35:40.740 --> 35:42.340 another thing is this is that 35:42.340 --> 35:44.100 people in your church 35:44.100 --> 35:46.560 will often forget the information 35:46.560 --> 35:48.300 that has been taught to them 35:48.300 --> 35:50.160 three years so you can't assume like 35:50.160 --> 35:51.240 oh everyone already knows this 35:51.240 --> 35:53.480 they may have known it at one time 35:53.480 --> 35:56.280 but they probably forgot it and they need to be reminded 35:56.280 --> 35:58.540 they need their pure minds to be stirred up again 35:59.040 --> 36:00.300 to be taught that information 36:01.960 --> 36:04.320 and so don't give inside 36:04.320 --> 36:06.700 jokes to the congregation 36:06.700 --> 36:08.260 inside information 36:08.260 --> 36:09.600 things that only 36:09.600 --> 36:10.820 you know 36:10.820 --> 36:12.820 a certain group of people understand 36:13.460 --> 36:15.200 or you know structure your sermons 36:15.200 --> 36:17.280 around the knowledgeable members of the church 36:17.280 --> 36:18.460 you need to make sure 36:18.460 --> 36:20.580 you give an even message 36:20.580 --> 36:23.480 an even meal that everyone can glean wisdom 36:23.480 --> 36:24.800 from and enjoy 36:24.800 --> 36:25.800 and learn from 36:26.480 --> 36:27.880 preparing that spiritual meal 36:28.860 --> 36:30.780 you got to understand the spiritual capacity 36:31.820 --> 36:32.980 of your members 36:32.980 --> 36:34.640 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 2 36:35.480 --> 36:37.160 talks about the apostle Paul talking about 36:37.160 --> 36:39.660 feeding them with milk and not with strong meat 36:40.420 --> 36:43.200 and so keep in mind that when you're giving milk here 36:43.200 --> 36:44.380 you got to give some meat here 36:44.380 --> 36:45.920 you're also giving milk here 36:45.920 --> 36:47.620 milk, milk, meat, meat 36:47.620 --> 36:50.200 you got to have to have everything 36:50.200 --> 36:52.600 available in your sermon for those people 36:52.980 --> 36:53.800 to actually 36:54.920 --> 36:55.980 get something from 36:56.600 --> 36:58.280 so what's the lesson today 36:58.280 --> 36:59.320 the lesson is simply this 36:59.320 --> 37:02.820 being a teacher obviously is centered around 37:02.820 --> 37:04.340 giving information 37:04.340 --> 37:06.400 but you also got to 37:06.400 --> 37:07.920 make sure you integrate preaching 37:07.920 --> 37:10.560 and the application in order to make it palatable 37:10.560 --> 37:11.060 for people 37:11.060 --> 37:13.320 we don't want to be these scholarly types 37:13.320 --> 37:15.720 Calvinist types where you just talk 37:15.720 --> 37:16.960 through your entire sermon 37:16.960 --> 37:18.840 you never raise your voice 37:18.840 --> 37:21.180 it's important to give the knowledge and the information 37:21.180 --> 37:22.420 but we're Baptist though 37:23.160 --> 37:24.800 and one thing that's different between 37:24.800 --> 37:27.500 Baptist and everyone else is we do preach 37:27.500 --> 37:28.380 when we teach 37:29.260 --> 37:31.780 and that needs to be something that's added to that 37:31.780 --> 37:33.800 so yeah we can preach deep sermons for sure 37:33.800 --> 37:35.700 we can preach the intellectual 37:35.700 --> 37:37.700 sermons for sure, complex topics 37:37.700 --> 37:40.120 of course but not at the exclusion of the preaching 37:40.120 --> 37:41.480 you need to make sure you integrate that 37:41.480 --> 37:43.240 into your teaching 37:44.200 --> 37:45.580 don't teach what you don't know 37:46.680 --> 37:48.380 and if you're like man that's a lot 37:48.380 --> 37:50.060 then better start learning 37:50.920 --> 37:52.240 better start starting to show yourself 37:52.240 --> 37:53.040 and prove them to God 37:53.640 --> 37:55.040 and rightly dividing the word of truth 37:55.680 --> 37:57.260 and so that's pretty much it