Sermon Tone Analysis

Romans Series #22

A Blessing, A Fulcrum, and the Purpose

Romans 15:13

 

I spoke for a group of Pastors on Thursday and I had a short time to cover a large topic.

So, knowing they were Pastors and learned men, I just took off and rammed my way through it.

When I got finished one Pastor said, "Jim listening to you talk is like drinking from a Fire Hose"

 

Well today, I hope to not be that way, today I want you to take a long slow drink from a truth that has been camping with me for the Last couple of weeks as I've been thinking toward this message

 

*READ verse 13*

"/May the God of Hope fill you with All Joy and Peace as you Trust in Him, So that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit/."

*1.

May the "God of Hope" Fill You With Joy and Peace*

The Blessing

*  A.

Who *

    1.

Who is the Pronouncer of blessing?

a.

Father pronounced blessing -

      b.

so Paul as a Spiritual Father pronounces the blessing

    2.

Who is the vehicle or giver of blessing?

a.

well that's a good question - often our "blessings" don't have an able vehicle

- "hope you have a nice day"

- "feel better"

- "good luck"

- "may the road rise up to meet you"

who's is our vehicle?

b.

The God of Hope - now we are getting somewhere

- does your vehicle for blessing have a name?

- where are you going to get your blessing

- if he doesn't have a name and doesn't have the authority or power behind the name, you probably won't receive the blessing.

You are dead in the water, you have lost before the race started

- Our God is the "God OF Hope" not the "God, I Hope".

He is the keeper of the Hoper

The Fulfiller of Dreams

The Redeemer from sin

The Giver of Life

The Waymaker

The Expression of Truth

- That is MY Vehicle for the Blessing

 

    3.

Who is the Receiver - YOU!

      a.

You - Who?

      b.

God's People, in this case the Church at Roman, but more specifically calling back to the Old Testament at Israel, God's People and in the New Covenant we've learned that All who Receive Christ make up the New Israel, the chosen people of God

      c.

If you know Christ as Lord and Savior then this Blessing is for You!

 

*  B.

What*

    1.

Fill

      a.

not just a bit

      b.

not just some

      c.

not just quenching your thirst

      d.

If you are NOT full, you will never overflow

    2.

with ALL Joy and Peace

      a.

Joy

Psalm 132:16 (NIV)

16 I will clothe her priests with salvation,

and her saints will ever sing for joy.

Isaiah 35:10 (NIV)

10 and the ransomed of the Lord will return.

They will enter Zion with singing;

everlasting joy will crown their heads.

Gladness and joy will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Isaiah 55:12 (NIV)

12 You will go out in joy

and be led forth in peace;

the mountains and hills

will burst into song before you,

and all the trees of the field

will clap their hands.

When God's Joy hits you, it will seem like the whole world is joining you in singing his praises.

Even the Thunderstorm and Lightning will seem like the Tympanis of Praise with a Light Show to boot

Tornados will look like a whirlwind or worship

 

Psalm 16:11 (NIV)

11 You have made known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

b.

Peace

/how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity(peace) /

Psalm 133:1

/The Peace of God surpasses all human understanding /according to Paul in Philippians 4:7

 

The Blessing from Father Paul and from This Pastor as your spiritual Father is

"May the "God of Hope" fill you with Joy and peace …

 

*2.

As You Trust in Him*

The Fulcrum - /def/

/1 a// : prop; specifically : the support about which a lever turns/

/b// : one that supplies capability for action/

 

Trust is the Fulcrum between the Blessing's Potential and the Purpose Fulfilled

 

Say it after me

Trust is the Fulcrum between Blessing's Potential and the Purpose Fulfilled

 

Without trust, the blessing that has been spoken over you can't be completed.

Eternal Life and Hope in Christ has been pronounced a blessing for all, but is only realized into us coming into the likeness of Christ as we TRUST him with our heart and life as we make him Lord.