A good sermon should not only be filled with exhortations to both saved and unsaved persons, but also should be filled with rhetorical questions addressed to both classes. The best soul winners have been very good at this. Why not ask
1) Have you turned to God today?
2) Have you confessed your sin to God and sought his forgiveness?
3) If you died today, where would you go?
4) Is this describing you? (when preaching on a given text)
5) What do you think?
6) Which is better? (often asked by the bible writers, as "gain the world, lose soul")
A good sermon should explain, exhort, command, plead, and be filled with such rhetoricals.
I also believe that at the close of the sermon that the preacher should look straight into the eyes of his audience and ask them to search their hearts and give any the opportunity to rise and speak if they wish to confess Christ and their sins, or if they wish to come forward to be prayed for and counseled.
What do you think?
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