Sermon Tone Analysis

*LOVE YOUR SPOUSE THE WAY GOD LOVES HIS—LUKE 6:27-42*

 

/“8B…I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.

I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.”/

*Ezekiel 16:8*

 

/63//Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.”/

*Ezekiel 16:63*

 

 

*Love Your Spouse The Way God Loves His*

/Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her/.*

Eph 5:25*

 

 

·         *When They [MISTREAT] You By [DOING GOOD] *

 

/27//“But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,// //28//bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.//

//29//If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also.

If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.//

//30//Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.//

//31//Do to others as you would have them do to you./* **Luke** 6:27-31*

 

 

·         *When They are [UNGRATEFUL AND WICKED] To You By [BEING KIND]*

 

/32//“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?

Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them.//

//33//And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you?

Even ‘sinners’ do that.//

//34//And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you?

Even ‘sinners’ lend to ‘sinners,’ expecting to be repaid in full.//

//35//But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.

Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.//

//36//Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful/.*

Luke 6:32-36*

 

 

·         *When They are [JUDGING AND CONDEMNING] You By [FORGIVING]*

 

/37//“Do not judge, and you will not be judged.

Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven.//

//38//Give, and it will be given to you.

A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.

For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”/*

Luke 6:37-38*

 

 

·         *Whey They [FAIL TO SEE THEIR FAULTS] By [REMOVING YOURS]*

 

/39//He also told them this parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man?

Will they not both fall into a pit?// //40//A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.//

//41//“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?// //42//How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye?

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye/.*

Luke 6:39-42*