Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Reasons for submission

God commands it

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

MANY GIFTS BUT ONE BODY

3 For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think.

Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

Let everyone submit to the governing authorities,

7 Therefore, submit to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you

21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

22 Wives, submit, to your husbands as to the Lord

17 Obey your leaders and submit to them,

Key Points

Submitting to the high calling of a Christian life is required by God.

Submitting to the high calling of a Christian life is possible with God.

Implications and Application

Since God requires submission of us He has to make it possible for us.

We in ourselves are rebellious and prideful.

Pride is mentioned in the Bible over 40x in the KJV

Pride must be killed to submit

In his pride, Moses lost his temper and was kept out of the Promised Land (Numbers 20:1–13).

Pride kept Joshua from seeking God’s will at Ai, and he lost the battle (Joshua 7).

King Nebuchadnezzar’s pride turned him into an animal (Daniel 4), and Peter’s pride led to his denial of Christ (Luke 22:31–34).

Warren W. Wiersbe

1. Self-Exaltation Pride gives credit to himself....Touch down dance..Eph 2:8-9 “For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast.”

2. Self-Promotion Pride reaches for accolades..doing something for the “atta boy” Great sermon pastor can make my heart reach for that.

Matthew 6:1-2

3. Self-Justification Pride says I have earned this right to be accepted and praised.

worship is a response not for our praise.Matthew 5:3

4. Self-Degradation Pride destroys self…self harm..self is always the focus.prideful

because somehow you are worthless but powerful enough to determine the deserved punishment.

Hebrews 12:2-3

5. Self-Demotion Pride compares itself to others and states its unworthiness but its desire is not to be seen as unworthy but rather as having unrecognized worth....”your not a loser” Romans 12:3

6. Self-Condemnation judge yourself, private pride, this person puts such a high expectation on themselves when those arent met they condemn themselves.

set the bar so high and call it a goal and then condemn when failure happens even if failure was inevitable.

Titus 3:3-6

Conclusion

3    Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man....It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest.

Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

C. S. Lewis

Mere Christianity (1952)

C. S. Lewis

“Humility and submission will be found and brought to life at the graveside of pride.”