The world cannot seem to escape this King who the prophet Isaiah calls the Prince of Peace whose government rests upon His shoulders (Isa 9:6b, 7a). Year after year, Christmas is celebrated around the world. The world’s Jesus remains an innocent, tiny, non-threatening baby. But the Jesus of the Bible is the God-Man, the King of Kings and Lord of Lord’s.
It has been my regular experience that the Holy Spirit is always faithful to give God’s people just what they need from God’s Word at just the time they need it. The Holy Spirit is the power behind sanctification. And the Word of God is the instrument He uses to sanctify us. Jesus Himself said, “Sanctify them in truth. Your Word is truth” (John 17:17). Why would we think anything other than the fact that the Spirit of God works in powerful ways when the book He authored is preached through in the very order He inspired it?
Perhaps the most notable trait of sequential exposition is the freedom it provides to the preacher. While his study hours increase due to the reasons just mentioned above, he, at the same time, saves time because he’s not busy trying to figure out what to preach next. His decision on what to preach next only comes every few months rather than every week.
Sequential expository preaching is the type of exposition which begins at the beginning of a particular book of Scripture and teaches through it verse by verse up until the end. It’s the brand of preaching both promoted and utilized by many of the Continental Reformers, as well as their immediate and distant heirs.
