Whether we like it or not, the breaking point of most sermons is application. Referring to 1 Cor. Repeatedly, in one way or another, Scripture reveals our fallen condition. To highlight the need and way of redemption. He is to realize that every text has a context.
Every text is part of a whole.
Indeed, every text has to do in some sense with God and with His redeeming work through Jesus Christ. The Scriptures present one, consistent, organic message. They tell us how we must seek Christ who alone is our Saviour and source of strength to be and do what God requires. All such messages, says Chapell, are deadly because they assume that we are able to do something ourselves about our fallen condition. They bypass the saving work of Christ.