Question: What is expositional preaching?
Answer: An expositional sermon is a sermon in which the point of a biblical text is the point of the
sermon, applied to the life of the congregation. At its best, it’s preaching which - however dependent it
may be for its content on the text or texts at hand - draws attention to inner-canonical connections that
inexorably (inevitably) move to Jesus Christ.

1. Because Scripture is God-breathed, it is richly useful for the transformation of human life in line
   with the gospel (3:16-17)
2. “Preach the word” (4:1-2)
   • The focus of the charge
   • The urgency of the charge
   • The scope of the charge
   • The manner of fulfilling the charge
3. Many “will not put up with sound doctrine” in the terrible Last Days, but will prefer teachers who
   say what they want to hear (4:2-4)
   
   
4. “Discharge all the duties of your ministry, Pastor” (5)
   • Do gospel work: stay calm
   • Do gospel work: endure suffering
   • Do gospel work: preach the “evangel”
   • Do gospel work: discharge all the duties of your ministr

This sermon is indebted to D. A. Carson’s “Biblical Authority: The Exclusive Authority of Scripture for Faith and Practice”; “For the Love of God”; “Do the Work of an Evangelist”; Darryl Dash’s “Fulfill Your Ministry”; R. Kent Hughs’ “1 & 2 Timothy”; John Stott’s “The Message of Second Timothy”