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Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)

Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)

CLASSIC SERMON OUTLINES — Matthew Henry

1. By this the main principles of Christianity are brought together. Catechisms and confessions of faith pick up from the several parts of Holy Writ those passages which contain the essentials of religion, the foundations and main pillars upon which Christianity is built.

2. By this the truths of God are arranged and put in order. These forms of sound words show us the order that is in God's Word, the harmony of divine truths, how one thing tends to another, and all center in Christ.

3. By this the truths of God are brought down to the understanding of youth. To those who are young, the Scriptures need to be explained; to them we must give the sense and cause them to understand the reading and this is done in part by these forms of sound words.

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