THE CLOSE

So what is the key to having a solid ending? I think it is one simple word: celebration. Let me say that again: Celebration is the key to closing your sermon with power. You need to celebrate the gospel message that you presented in your sermon.

What is celebration? Here is one definition of celebration within the context of preaching:

Celebration is holding up the intellectual truth of the message for a response from the emotional and spiritual dimensions of humanity.

Look closely at that statement. First you must have presented “intellectual truth” to have celebration. People are not celebrating about nothing. No, they are celebrating the truth.

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