Aim: To be a revived and reformed church—refreshed by the gospel.
Doctrine: Reformation principles always sweetly ''reunite'' Christ and His church, as God synthesizes His scripture with a living and gracious elucidation of it.
Exegesis: The pastors'/elders' role in the church's reformation: they are to explain God's Word (in a gospel context) (vv. 7-8); they are to apply God's Word (with gospel joy) (vv. 9-10); they are to unleash God's Word (in gospel freedom) (vv. 11-12).
Further application: How the church may again benefit from the principles of reformation: by always finding Christ in the Holy Book, we will always possess hope and life (even in this world).
Key verse: v. 8 ''So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.