2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Vaajtswv txujlug txhua zaaj puavleej yog Vaajtswv tshoov tuabneeg lub sab kuas tuabneeg sau. Vaajtswv txujlug yog txuj kws qha qhov tseeb, qhuab ntuag tug kws ua txhum, paab tau tug kws ua txhum, hab qha kuas suavdlawg paub ua lub neej ncaaj nceeg. Vaajtswv txujlug qha le ntawd, kuas tug kws ua Vaajtswv teg num txhaj paub txhij, hab txawj ua txhua yaam num zoo. Nuav qha dlaabtsi rua koj? What does this say to you?

Isaiah 55:10-11 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. What does this promised about God’s Word? Nuav coglug le caag txug Vaajtswv Txujlug?

GOD’S WORD CONTAIN GOD’S POWER AND AUTHORITY, SO WE MUST PREACH GOD’S WORD! “Qhov kws yuav paab Kx. Ntxoov Riam dlau lug ua ib tug xwbfwb kws effective yog nwg txu tau fwjchim hab xob khaav theeb.” “Kx. Ntxoov Riam, zoo le Kx. Ntxoov Laaj tsi nyam koj vim nwg pum has tas koj tsi txu fwjchim hab koj khaav khaav theeb.”

“No sermon is God glorifying if it ignores (tsi siv) or mishandles (siv tsi yog) God’s Word.” Douglas Sean O’Donnell, Interpretation and Application, p. 5

1. INTERPRETATION: EXEGETICAL WORK (POWER OF THE SERMON) 2. FORMATION: SERMON STRUCTURE/ FORM (PACKAGE OF THE SERMON) 3. PROCLAMATION: SERMON DELIVERY (PRESENTATION OF THE SERMON)

I believe that the sermon will rise or fall biblically on the preacher’s ability to develop the main idea and accurately apply that idea. If the pastor or preacher does not exegete the passage correctly and nail down the main idea of the passage, then the sermon has no solid ground to stand on. This will undermine the biblical authority of the sermon. Therefore, the first step in preaching a biblical sermon is to establish the main idea of the passage.

1.SUBJECT (What are you talking about? Koj has txug dlaabtsi?) 2.COMPLEMENT (What are you saying about what you want to talk about? Koj has dlaabtsi txug yaam ntawv?) “The Love of God leads us to salvation.” “Vaajtswv txujkev hlub coj peb lug rua txujkev cawmdlim.”

It is a single concise statement that reveals the main focus of the passage or the text.

WHAT IS THE “BIG IDEA?” LUB “TSWVYIM LUJ” YOG DLAABTSI?

PSALM (PHOO NKAUJ) 117 MATTHEW (MATHAIS) 7:21 ECCLESIASTES (TEJ LUG QHA) 12:1 1 TIMOTHY (TIMAUSTES) 5:1-3 PSALM (PHOO NKAUJ) 32:1-2

PSALM 117 (PHOO NKAUJ 117) SUBJECT: Praising God (Qhuas Vaajtswv ) COMPLEMENT: Praise God For His Love And Faithfulness (Qhuas Vaajtswv Rua Nwg Txujkev Hlub Hab Kev Ncaaj Nceeg). IDEA: God should be praise for His love and faithfulness (Peb yuavtsum qhuas Vaajtswv rua nwg txujkev hlub hab kev ncaaj nceeg).

MATTHEW (MATHAIS) 7:21 SUBJECT: Those who enter the kingdom of God (Cov kws moog Vaajtswv Ntuj lub Tebchaws). COMPLEMENT: Those who do the will of the Father (Cov kws ua lawv le Vaajtswv dlejsab). IDEA: Those who enter the kingdom of God are those who do the will of the Father (Cov kws yuav tau moog sau Vaajtswv ntuj lub tebchaw yog cov kws ua lawv le Vaajtswv dlejsab).

ECCLESIASTES (TEJ LUG QHA) 12:1 SUBJECT: Thinking About God (Xaav Txug Vaajtswv). COMPLEMENT: While you are still young (Thaum tseem hluas). IDEA: You should think about God while you are still young (Koj yuavtsum xaav txug Vaajtswv thaum koj tseem hluas).

1 TIMOTHY (TIMAUTES) 5:1-2 SUBJECT: Relating to others (Saib taug lwmtug) COMPLEMENT: Treat them as you would members of your own family (Saib zoo le kws puab yog koj tsev tuabneeg). IDEA: A minister should treat others like they were members of his own family (Ib tug xwbfwb yuavtsum saib lwmtug zoo le puab yog nwg tsev tuabneeg ntaag).

PSALM (PHOO NKAUJ) 32:1-2 SUBJECT: The Blessed person (Tug Kws Kaajsab Lug). COMPLEMENT: The one whose sins the Lord has forgiven (Tug Vaajtswv zaam nwg tej kev txhum lawm). IDEA: The person who is blessed by the Lord is the one whose sins He has forgiven (Tug kws kaajsab lug yog tug kws Vaajtswv tub zaam nwg tej kev txhum taag lawm).

HUMBLE TO LEARN: TXU FWJCHIM TXHAJ LE KAWM TAU A.PRAY FOR GOD’S LEADING: THOV VAAJTSWV UA TUG COJ. B.SURRENDER YOUR THOUGHTS AND MIND TO GOD: TSO KOJ TXUJKEV XAAV HAB TSWVYM RUA VAAJTSWV. C.ASK GOD FOR KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD: THOV VAAJTSWV KUAM KOJ MUAJ TSWVYIM HAB KEV TOTUAB VAAJTSWV TXUJLUG. D.ALLOW GOD TO TEACH YOU: CA VAAJTSWV UA TUG QHA KOJ.

READ TO KNOW: NYEEM KUAM PAUB 1.READ MANY TIMES AND MANY VERSION (IF POSSIBLE) TO KNOW THE STORY, NARRATIVES OR THE PASSAGE: NYEEM NTAU ZAG HAB NTAU PHOO KUAM KOJ PAUB ZAAJ LOSSIS NQAI VAAJLUGKUB NTAWV. 2.READ UNTIL YOU CAN RETELL THE STORY: NYEEM KUAM KOJ MUAJ PEEVXWM PAV TAU ZAAJ NTAWV. 3.WHEN YOU KNOW THE STORY OR PASSAGE, YOU WILL KNOW THE MOVEMENTS, ELEMENTS OR SECTIONS OF THE PASSAGE: THAUM KOJ PAUB ZAAJ NTAWV, KOJ YUAV PAUB TEJ NTU TEJ NTU NYOB HUV ZAAJ NTAWV.

1.READ UNTIL YOU KNOW THE STORY: NYEEM KUAM KOJ PAUB ZAAJ NTAWV 2.RETELL IT TO SOMEONE IN YOUR GROUP: QHA ZAAJ NTAWV RUA IB TUG HUV KOJ PAAB MATT (MATHIAS) 25:14-30 ROM (LOOS) 8:1-11