Here is my response:
Let's take a look at what I see as the start of the expository pulpit ministry. Check out Nehemiah 8:1-8 (NKJV)
8 Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding on the first day of the seventh month. 3 Then he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
4 So Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood which they had made for the purpose; and beside him, at his right hand, stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and on his left hand Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.
Then all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7 Also, Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place. 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.
***************So from the OT example above, the Expository method involves:
1. READING the Text,
2. EXPLAINING the text (i.e., giving the sense and helping them to UNDERSTAND the reading).
3. APPLYING the text (part of understanding is knowing HOW something works OR APPLIES).
This same Expository FRAMEWORK is seen in the NT where Paul instructs Timothy in his ministry.
…12 Let no one despise your youth but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public READING of Scripture, to EXHORTATION, and to TEACHING.
14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.… (1 Tim 4:12-14).
The same FRAMEWORK demonstrated in Ezra's ministry is the SAME FRAMEWORK that was and is to be demonstrated in Timothy's ministry and every Preacher's ministry since Timothy.
1. READ the text (i.e., The passage).
2. EXPLAIN the text (i.e., The passage) that you read (i.e., EXHORTATION).
3. APPLY the text that you've explained (i.e., TEACHING).
******Therefore,
