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Remember, with this step of the outlining process, you are exegeting the passage. This
outline accurately reflects what you discovered through your study of the text. It will
communicate in summary form what God was saying through the human author to the
people of his day.

B. Theological Outline

Remember, with this step of the outlining process, you are standardizing the passage. This
outline also accurately reflects what you discovered through your study of the text. It will
communicate in summary form what God is saying through the human author to all people
of all time.

Introduction:
Struggling believers who are encountering various trials and temptations are encouraged to
consider their response to the wisdom of God’s Word.

Subject:
How struggling believers are to respond to the wisdom of God’s Word…

I. They are not to respond simply as hearers.

A. Hearers understand but do nothing.

B. There is absolutely no value in that.

II. They are to respond consistently as doers.

A. Doers understand and do something.

B. There is absolutely great value in that.

Complements:
…not simply as hearers
…but consistently as doers

Theological Proposition:
Struggling believers are to respond to the wisdom of God’s Word not simply as hearers,
but also as consistent doers.

C. Homiletical Outline

Remember, with this step of the outlining process, you are applying the passage. This
outline also accurately reflects what you discovered through your study of the text. It will
communicate in summary form what God is saying through the human author to the people
of our day.

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