What is the purpose of preaching?

 

There are many great sermons recorded in the New Testament, such as the Sermon of the Mount (Matt. 5-7), Stephen's history of the Jewish nation (Acts 7), Paul's address on Mars' Hill (Acts 17), and Peter's first sermon under the new covenant (Acts 2). Men today have very little respect for preaching — maybe it's because they don't know the purpose of preaching. What is the purpose of preaching?

 

Then classify the following:

 

Telling the listeners how many of them he knows and for how long.

 

Talking about how many times a week he speaks.

 

Talking about his real job and how respected he is by his peers,

 

Talking about how many people want to kill him because of his work,

 

Talking about how godly his mother was and how honest his father was and how many loans he was able to take out because of his parents’ reputation.