This question was asked to John MacArthur, during a question-and-answer session in a recent chapel service at The Master's Seminary

Question

Could you please define what a genuine expositor of the Word is?

Answer

To be a legitimate expositor, you have to explain the text, and that rarely occurs in preaching. That does not mean taking a text of Scripture, finding an outline, and bouncing your way through a homiletical format. Explaining the text means giving to the people precisely the message that God intended when He revealed that Scripture. That's going to take you beyond superficiality, because frankly there isn't anything superficial about the mind of God. And there isn't anything cute or clever about the mind of God. Everything about the mind of God is profound. Everything about the mind of God is systematic. Everything about the mind of God is clear. Everything about the mind of God is cohesive. Everything about the mind of God is orderly. And that is how the text should be explained.

Added to Bible Bulletin Board's "MacArthur’s Questions and Answers" by:

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