This week’s list of benefits (see previous ones here) comes from ‘9 Marks’ and is part of their excellent material on expositional preaching

Benefits for the Pastor
• Releases the pastor from Saturday night fever – the dreaded dilemma of what text to preach the morning.
• Increases the likelihood of the pastor preaching the whole counsel of God over time.
• Increases the pastor’s command of the Word by forcing him to study difficult or often neglected texts for himself.
• Increases the Word’s command of the pastor by giving him a broader exposure to the probing sword of Scripture, deepening in his continued repentance and faith, incrementally increasing in the knowledge of God, and therefore enhancing his Spirit produced ability to please God in every way (Heb 11:6; Col 1:9-12).
• Increases the pastor’s God-given prophetic authority in the pulpit by grounding his preaching in the divinely intended meaning of the text.
• Increases the pastor’s God-given blessing in the pulpit by remaining faithful to the intention of the One who sent him to preach a specific message.
• Increases the trustworthiness of the pastor’s preaching in the eyes of the congregation.

Benefits for the Congregation
• The congregation is released from slavery to the preacher’s hobbyhorse texts and topics.
• The applicational intention of the text is released to do its creating, convicting, converting, and conforming work in their lives.
• Increases their knowledge of God and His Word by broadening their exposure to all the different parts of Scripture.
• Increases their trust in the inspiration, inerrancy, clarity, and sufficiency of Scripture.
• Increases their trust in the pastor’s preaching and teaching.
• Decreases their likelihood of being deceived by false teaching.
• Functions for them as a responsible model of personal Bible study.