Lesson 4 | Conveying the Message
Review
Don't forget the big picture.
The gospel is the Bible’s focus, and so it should be our focus.
What we learned this lesson
You must be able to answer the question, “What is the Bible about?” in order to faithfully teach any passage of Scripture.
Individual texts must be understood and taught in their place in God’s grand mosaic—his revelation of his gospel glory in Christ.
You may only need to briefly acknowledge this when teaching on a passage, or you may need to expound on it.
If you can’t easily find how a passage contributes to the gospel message, don’t slap a gospel sticker on it—look harder!
Prophesies present us with a promise of the One to come.
Shadows are those things which are good, glorious and beautiful, and yet not ultimate, because they only give us a rough outline of the shape of the real thing.
Types can be very similar, but connect to Christ more particularly through a likeness to him.
Doctrine that we find throughout all the scriptures depends upon Jesus.
Need is an incredibly important and common way that the Bible points to Christ and the gospel, since we are sinners.
God himself also leads us to Jesus, the God-Man, because what we learn of God throughout the Bible finds its most glorious manifestation in the Cross.
The norm in our churches should be “expository” teaching through books of the Bible in both the Old and New Testament.
Expository teaching allows God, as author of his Word, to set the topical agenda.
If we do not teach through books, we will never get to things that God deems important.
