How does expositional preaching lead to the worship of God?

Craig Houston explains in this video that expositional preaching is essential to worship. Without such preaching, we don’t have worship, for it is from expositing Scripture that we learn and understand what true worship entails. While expositional preaching has fallen out of season, God always blesses it.

Accordingly, pastors need to be faithful in expounding the Scripture. It is not enough to give a brief message that is mainly dominated by thrilling stories and the hilarious jokes. To instruct their congregation about worship and about God, they must be faithful expositors of the Scripture.

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NKJV) – “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

I have a passion for biblical exposition of God's Word, and I believe that preaching in the church is central to worship. Without preaching, I don't believe we have worship. It is from biblical exposition, faithfully proclaimed, that we learn about all aspects of worship. Preaching is something that has, at different times throughout the centuries, has fallen out of vogue or out of popularity. It has been out of season, to use a scriptural reference, and yet it is always what God blesses.

And men of God who want to be faithful to God in worshiping through preaching need to get back to expounding the Scriptures, not telling jokes, not just trying to give a 30-minute message with 15 minutes of a dynamic illustration and a few scriptural principles kind of tacked on. They need to get back to opening up the Word of God. Timothy is exhorted by Paul, Preach the Word. Be instant in season, out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.