1 - Because people are taught the Word of God
One valuable way to teach God's Truth is to teach the Scriptures verse-by-verse. Loving the history and culture of the Scriptures like I do, teaching the passage in the Book of Revelation like I'm doing in this particular teaching series is an absolute blast for me! I love teaching the meaning of Scripture to people.
2 - Because people are taught to apply the Word of God
In addition to teaching the meaning of Scripture, I spend considerable time focusing on life-applications. This is where I really love "to live" in teaching the Bible. It does us no good to simply know and understand Scripture unless we're going to apply it to our lives.
3 - Because people are changed by the Word of God
This should be obvious, but the local church's responsibility in fulfilling the Great Commission is to introduce people to Christ and empower them to begin a relationship with our Savior. I've heard people say they don't believe the Sunday worship service should be used for that purpose. I couldn't disagree more! We, as Christians, should use every opportunity we have to proclaim the Good News in order for the Holy Spirit to convict hearts.
Transforming lives is another responsibility in fulfilling the Great Commission. Jesus didn't call us to make converts. He called us to make disciples. Disciples are born out of transformational moments like we have on Sunday mornings at City on a Hill Church.
4 - Because the power of God's Word takes over
I'm so thankful that God uses me to communicate His Word to the people at City on a Hill. I'm even more thankful that the power of God's Word is much more effective and not reliant on the power of my preaching abilities. My prayer every Sunday is to get out of the way of God, so people can encounter Him and not me.
