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Beginner's Guide to Sermon Preparation

This document provides instructions on how to create sermon outlines in a simple way. It discusses the importance of reading the Bible and inspired books to gain knowledge, and of experience to overcome the lack of experience. It also provides a 7-step formula for creating sermon outlines, including choosing a biblical theme, selecting a relevant passage, and exploring keywords.

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Beginner's Guide to Sermon Preparation

This document provides instructions on how to create sermon outlines in a simple way. It discusses the importance of reading the Bible and inspired books to gain knowledge, and of experience to overcome the lack of experience. It also provides a 7-step formula for creating sermon outlines, including choosing a biblical theme, selecting a relevant passage, and exploring keywords.

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Hello !!

This mini booklet is not intended to help you become a great


preacher, but rather taking your first steps in the preparation of outlines of
sermons (preachings); which will greatly facilitate your life when it comes to conveying
a message about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I am bringing just a simple formula to start awakening in


you, the taste and interest in preaching the word of God. We know
One of the biggest demotivators of this activity is the lack of experience.
and it is known; and both can be solved.

The lack of knowledge is resolved with reading and meditation of the scriptures.
reading some good inspired books, and by authors with exemplary lives, and
also the acquisition of study bibles (Pentecostal, Thompson bible,
Pilgrim's Bible, preacher's Bible, etc. I personally have the
Pentecostal, and the Study and Daily Reading Bible; but I no longer rely on it as much.
they are like at the beginning, as the practice refines and sharpens the preacher,
how the accumulation of knowledge facilitates over time
everyone acquires when they really seek

Lack of experience is resolved when you show interest and


maturity, your words seek to speak of the scriptures, and not of experiences
yours or those of others, and your leader understands that you are making an effort to
enough, to the point of giving him more and more opportunities to expose the
your interpretations of the scriptures.

The most common mistakes that happen are people getting excited,
talk too much and divert the focus from the chosen text and theme for your
exposition of the scriptures.

The moment of preaching in the service cannot turn into a session of


torture imposed on worshippers, for this reason try to prepare with
prior to your message, to know the points addressed well, to have
not only mastery of the subject it intends to expose, but also mastery
own and perception of when to stop. Didn't want to talk about a subject
that is unknown to you, nor cite examples during the message that do not
that were experienced by yourself and that you have heard from others.

DO NOT BE ALARMED BY THE THREE TERMS THAT FOLLOW (exegesis,


hermeneutics and homiletics), MOMENTARILY, IS ONLY FOR YOU
KNOW THAT THEY EXIST, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS.

BIBLICAL EXEGESIS
Exegesis is a detailed analysis, interpretation or explanation and
careful with a work, a text, a word or expression. Literally, it is
extract from the text what the text wants to say or contains.
BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS
Hermeneutics is a word of Greek origin and means the art or technique.
to interpret and explain a text or speech.
Its original meaning was related to the Bible, in this case
consisted of the understanding of the scriptures, to comprehend the meaning of the
words of God. Hermeneutics is also present in philosophy and in the area
legal, each with its meaning.

According to philosophy, hermeneutics addresses two aspects: epistemological,


with the interpretation of texts and ontological, which refers to the interpretation
of a reality.
Etymologically, the word is related to the Greek god Hermes, who
he was one of the gods of oratory. In summary, hermeneutics is a set
of rules to be respected, which will define if your exegesis
Is this interpretation correct or not?

HOMILETICS
Homiletics is considered the art of preaching, that is, using the principles of
rhetoric with the specific purpose of talking about the content of
holy bible
Etymologically, homiletics originated from the Greek Homiletikos, which by
your turn derived from dehomilos, which means 'crowd' or 'assembly of the people'.
This term eventually gave rise to the word homily, which means 'speech with'
the purpose of pleasing.
In the seventeenth century, Christianity took advantage of the basic characteristics of
rhetoric created by the Greeks and brought to the church, naming it homiletics.

The studies of homiletics are accompanied by theologians, who learn to


prepare and present biblical sermons and preaching more effectively
it is interesting to captivate the audience. When applied correctly, the
homiletics helps to provide guidance to the speaker, leading to a better
understanding of the text to the listener. In this aspect, homiletics is
intrinsically (essentially) related to the concept of
hermeneutics, which consists of the technique of explaining and interpreting a text or
speech.

Note: There is still another situation that you should avoid using, as your
use is not prohibited, but to make use of it, a lot of skill is required,
so that you do not present heresy to your listeners. The term is
known as EISEGESE.....opposite of exegesis (which is to extract what the
the text contains or wants to say), exegesis means (TO PUT IN THE TEXT
THAT WHICH IT DOES NOT CONTAIN AND DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT); and at that moment all the
care is little.

In summary: you can even put something in your exegesis, and that the text does not
contains and doesn't want to talk, but just something brief that doesn't change the meaning or
the objective of the main text is to be enriching in some way
edifying for your listeners.
IMPORTANT
Before putting all these tips below into practice and starting to prepare your
sermon, PRAY TO GOD, and ask for wisdom, inspiration, discernment, and love to touch.
the hearts with the word of God, for you do not want to preach anything else but
be what God wants to say to the church, isn't it?

PS: Acquire a biblical dictionary if possible.

THE FIRST STEPS AFTER PRAYER

1)-Feel free to choose the topic you want to talk about in your
message, but choose a theme based on the Bible, easy to expose, current and
edifying.

After choosing the theme, choose a biblical passage (book, chapter and
verses) that present you with better and richer support for the theme
chosen.

Choose key words in the verses, and try to explore these words.
and their meanings within the subject (context) of the book and the chapter
chosen. (For this, you should always seek to know what the purpose of
written, who wrote it and for whom it was written, what is the situation of those involved
on the occasion, (if possible, geographical, political, economic situation, and
spiritual), as all of this will provide you with content about what to say, and if
the text is applicable to our days or not.

4) KNOW YOUR SUBJECT, FOR AS A PREACHER OF THE WORD


OF GOD, HIS SUBJECT IS THE BIBLE. Do not make the mistake of choosing a
text that you do not know, and want to improvise on what to say, just to show
what a drag..... It's nicer to say there is no message, and pass the turn, from
what to improvise and people realize that you are just filling in
sausage due to lack of content. The improvisation (or last-minute message exchange
hour) can even happen, but the person has to have a lot of knowledge
biblical and of the subject it proposes to address, in order to compensate for the lack of
outline that you did not prepare; and not let people realize that in
In truth, you have nothing consistent to present.

5) Remember that your listeners need to have their attention focused.


For you, and this you will only achieve with authority, security of what is.
making, presentation of an introduction that explains the chosen text, and
a suggestion of how the text should be applied in the lives of its listeners.
They need to realize that you are confident in what you are doing, and
even if they know that you do not have great theological knowledge,
they will notice that that topic was developed and studied by you, with
love; in order to convey it and build up the body of Christ.
6) Try not to keep your head down all the time, but rather looking up
direction to your listeners (without looking at anyone or focusing on anyone
specific), don't keep banging on the pulpit all the time, with your hands in your pockets,
not with an inappropriate posture. Also avoid making jokes in order to make
everyone laughs, except when the text or example cited allows for such a thing, but
be very careful not to go overboard, and do not prolong the joke; for
At first, the subject is serious and it deals with the word of God.

7)-Don't keep reading the message written on the paper (this is possible in study
biblical), but it is not correct in preachings. The outline serves only to be your
guide, and you won't let any point go unnoticed or forget
any biblical reference, or even an example to be cited. You need to have the
message in the heart

I Rogerio Anizio, do not consider myself a great preacher, for this


The reason I try to be very simple and objective in my messages is always...
I arrange it in a way to make the base text well explained to my listeners,
in order for the application to become viable even for the simplest; that's why I prefer and
I mostly use expository preaching, saving thematic preaching for
certain specific occasions.

Sermons can be classified in various ways, and some


these classifications are more common, while others are rarely used in
practice. Just for the sake of knowledge, let us consider the main
forms of classification.

INTERPRETATIVE SERMONS - ETHICAL - DEVOTIONAL - DOCTRINAL - PHILOSOPHICAL


OR APOLOGETICS - SOCIAL (family, education etc) AND EVANGELISTIC.

The thematic sermon is one whose theme comes from the author's mind, who seeks
biblical basis to support your idea, while the textual sermon is one whose subject
is taken from a small biblical text.

A) Normally, the text of the expository sermon is longer than that of the textual sermon;
B) The expository sermon is closely tied to the context. The textual is
more free;
C) The textual sermon admits that its subdivisions can be supported by
other texts from the Bible to support your theme. As for the sermon
Expository is entirely focused on the text being studied.
Its subdivisions arise only from the text in question. Below I have placed in
expository sermon to exemplify. In it, its divisions and subdivisions
are based on verses from Isaiah 6, that is, on the text itself,
without needing to go elsewhere for that.
D) The textual sermon – the thematic one as well – is more vulnerable to a
eisegesis, which is when I have an idea and I put it into the text. On the other hand,
expository sermon is usually exegetical: every idea for the sermon is
extracted from the very text in question.

( CONTINUE )
In the expository sermon, there is everything the preacher needs to
develop the sermon. It doesn't need to base its points on others
Bible texts. And this is the reason for using longer texts for these
types of sermons.

An example of Expository Sermon:


Isaiah 6:1-8

1 – We need to see what Isaiah saw (6.1-4)

A) He saw God's position (v.1)

B) He saw the attributes of God (v. 2,3)

He saw the presence of God (v.4)

2 - We need to feel what Isaiah felt (6.5-7)

A) He felt his own condition (v.5

B) He felt his own purification (6,7)

3 – We need to say what Isaiah said (6.8)

A) He said: 'I am available' (I can go) - (v.8)

B) He said: "send me" (I want to go) – (v.8)

What is the Best Sermon?


There is a strong argument that expository preaching is the best
can expose the biblical truths, and what is healthiest for the
the church is less susceptible to interpretation errors due to giving more
attention for looking at the text within its context.

It is worth saying that men who are authorities in the art of preaching
(Hernandes D. Lopes, John Stott, Russell Shedd, etc.) recommend
the expository sermon.

TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER, BELOW ON THE NEXT PAGE ARE SOME
BASIC MODELS.....
EXAMPLES THAT WORK FOR THE BEGINNER

Once the subject is chosen, the preacher must study it well, select the
specific theme within the general subject and define the central idea of the sermon.
from there, you can use different ways to organize, distribute, and arrange the
subdivisions, determining the sequence of the subdivisions, according to the
goal you wish to achieve.

God is a God of justice (CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

CENTRAL IDEA: The judgments of God

SUBDIVISIONS

They acted in the flood


They acted in Sodom and Gomorrah
They acted from Egypt
They will act in the last days.

Case study examples or biblical facts

CENTRAL IDEA: God forgives everyone

SUBDIVISIONS

Forgave David
Forgave Mary Magdalene
Forgave Pedro
I want to forgive you too

Examples of studies of biblical statements or expressions

CENTRAL IDEA: Christ is the great I AM!

SUBDIVISIONS

I am the good Shepherd


I am the vine
I am the bread of heaven
I am the beginning and the end

EX of argumentation by comparison

CENTRAL IDEA: We must obey the bible

SUBDIVISIONS

The prophets obeyed


The apostles obeyed
Jesus obeyed
If you want to be saved, you must obey her too.

Examples of comparison of biblical analogies and metaphors

CENTRAL IDEA: the Christian must exert influence

SUBDIVISIONS

like salt of the earth


as light of the world
like open letters
as a proclaimant of the good news

Some points above are for informational purposes only, as you will not
to apply them immediately, but rather when gaining more experience in
subject; however, I mention certain technical terms, so that you know they
there are, and what their meanings and applications are. Now I wish from your part
a lot of application, discipline, and love for what you intend to create and present; and
consult other people who know about the subject, it can also be
bring benefits to your purpose of preaching the gospel of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, but always check tips with the scriptures.

I hope I have managed to draw your attention to the fact that you will only be
a pleasant preacher, if you really seek to express your ideas and they
are respecting some basic rules, and presenting them mainly
with biblical support, for you are preaching the word of God, and not
giving testimony or telling your life or that of others.
Your experiences may be very good, but they are not rules and may not
to succeed in the lives of others, for God works with each one in a
a different form from the other. So you can mention one or another example, but not
keep recounting your whole life, as if it were the theme of the sermon, and not even
spend too much time on these examples..... PREACH THE WORD OF GOD..

In the peace of Christ: ROGERIO ANIZIO SILVA (21) 996632007 (Vivo)

APOSTILLE
SKETCHES
DE
BIBLICAL SERMONS
(HOW TO PREPARE BIBLICAL MESSAGES)

Pr. Rogerio Anizio


(S.G. God's Stone Ass)

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