Sermon Tone Analysis

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this weeks Text:

Freedom, Judgement & Jealousy

1. Freedom!

Here we see a miracle!

Rather than being happy that the demon possessed man that was freed and healed they got jealous.

This is not unlike the Jealousy that Saul had against David.

Saul had been disobedient to the Lord and David had been anointed king at the Lords request.

David was walking in his God given call and Saul was worried about the opinions of men.

There is a very similar thing here, look at the “B” clause of verse 33, “And the multitudes marveled saying it was never seen like this in Isreal.

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it is easy to put on your super spiritual cap on and say, “ I would never be spiritually jealous.”

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

the flesh is ugly!

God might do something for someone you know and then you might say to yourself why them, they aren’t so perfect and then start running someones inventory as if to say you yourself they don’t deserve that anymore than I do and on and on.

you would be right!

God is no respecter of persons.

Jealousy keeps us from moving into action.

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what we ought to do is move toward someone who has what we want so that we can understand what it took to get somewhere and what it will take to manage the thing that you think you want.

one thing we may learn is we don’t really want whatever you think it is that you want God to give you.

Lets say, it is God’s will for you to walk in whatever it is that you are called to.

you need to find out where you are verses where you need to be so that you can get an idea of what its going to tale to get yourself ready.

the will and work of God can come as a complete gift.

however most of the time we have to grow into the things we desire.

2. They Judged Him wrongly.

in a similar miracle recorded in Mark and later in Matthew, we find this statement.

since what we just said is true what we know is that they where wrong.

how many of us want to stand before God and explain our wrong judgments.

we have all done it and will probably continue to do it.

unless you are so spiritual that you levitate from room to room now I encourage us all to drop our judgement and resentment.

we do not have time to maintain Spiritual cancer.