Answer: The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of enlightening, convincing, and humbling sinners; of driving them out of themselves, and drawing them unto Christ; of conforming them to his image, and subduing them to his will; of strengthening them against temptations and corruptions; of building them up in grace, and establishing their hearts in holiness and comfort through faith unto salvation.

1. Neh 8:8; Acts 26:18; Ps 19:8;
2. 1 Cor 14:24–25; 2 Chr 34:18–19, 26–28;
3. Acts 2:37, 41; 8:27–39;
4. 2 Cor 3:18;
5. 2 Cor 10:4–6; Rom 6:17;
6. Mt 4:4, 7, 10; Eph 6:16–17; Ps 19:11; 1 Cor 10:11;
7. Acts 20:32; 2 Tim 3:15–17;
8. Rom 16:25; 1 Th 3:2, 10–11, 13; Rom 15:4; 10:13–17; 1:16