Sermon Tone Analysis

Rev. Thomas E. Walker

*Tuesday, April 17, 2007*

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Understanding His Love

*John 1:4-5 Part 1*

 

 

*Introduction: *

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

\\ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

In order to understand this text we, must first understand that God is Life, All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In God was Life and still is Life and will always be Life.

And if God is Life and Light is a form of Life and the Light was in man, than we can say truly God is in us.

In which way is God in us, for sure we are not Gods but what is it that lives in us that we Know God.

The Light that we speak of in this passage is the Holy sprit, that is present with us all the time.

Every man has light in him, The Jews had the light of law, the Gentile which is you and me have the light of hearing the Gospel and the sinner has the light of creation.

When God breath into mans nostril and gave him life the was the light of creation.

But even thought that the Jew had the light of the law they still did not understand the light of the world when he came who is called Jesus.

Even thought the Gospel is preached in almost every country in the world and people are excepting Jesus the Christ.

Even thought when God made man, he put a special kind of Love in him that when he saw the light he would know it.

But through all this we still don’t understand the Love of God.  *What is it that we don’t understand about God? it seems so easy to Love someone who Loves you.*

Points:

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Is it His Life?

2.    Is it His Light?

3.    Is it His Love?

The Life in Christ is continually it never runs out.

a.

Life is not only having energy, power and felling good.

b.

Life does not just mean I do good works.

c.

Life is not just saying kind words to people~/

        d.

Life is a loving God first and love you neighbor \\ 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

*2222 **ζωή* [/zoe/ ~/dzo·*ay*~/] n f.

From 2198; TDNT 2:832; TDNTA 290; GK 2437; 134 occurrences; AV translates as “life” 133 times, and “lifetime” once.

*1* life.

1a the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate.

1b every living soul.

*2* life.

2a of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic “logos” and to Christ in whom the “logos” put on human nature.

2b *life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.*

/Additional Information:/ For synonyms see entry 979, /bios/.See entry 5821 for comparison of synonyms.

*2198 **ζάω* [/zao/ ~/*dzah*·o~/] v.

A primary verb; TDNT 2:832; TDNTA 290; GK 2409; 143 occurrences; AV translates as “live” 117 times, “be alive” nine times, “alive” six times, “quick” four times, “lively” three times, not translated once, translated miscellaneously twice, and “vr live” once.

*1* to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead).

*2* to enjoy real life.

2a to have true life and worthy of the name.

2b active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God.

*3* to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting.

3a of mortals or character.

*4* living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul.

*5* metaph.

to be in full vigour.

5a to be fresh, strong, efficient,.

5b as adj.

active, powerful, efficacious.

4.    Is it His Light?

a.    Maybe the Light of the Lord is to bright

b.

Maybe the Light is too hot

c.

Maybe it is too piercing

d.

The Light of the Lord is soft, kind, suddel and easy to approach.

e.

"/But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law./"

(Galatians 5:22-23, KJV)

 

f.

all light is not good,  "/For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light./"

(2 Corinthians 11:13-14, KJV)

 

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5.    Is it His Love?

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*Shineth *

*1.                           *The present tense represents a simple statement of fact or reality viewed as occurring in actual time.

In most cases this corresponds directly with the English present tense.

*2.

*The active voice represents the subject as the doer or performer of the action.

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*The indicative mood is a simple statement of fact.

If an action really occurs or has occurred or will occur, it will be rendered in the indicative mood.

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*5316 **φαίνω* [/phaino/ ~/*fah*·ee·no~/] v. Prolongation for the base of 5457; TDNT 9:1; TDNTA 1244; GK 5743; 31 occurrences; AV translates as “appear” 17 times, “shine” 10 times, “be seen” twice, “seem” once, and “think” once.

*1* to bring forth into the light, cause to shine, shed light.

*2* shine.

2a to shine, be bright or resplendent.

2b *to become evident, to be brought forth into the light, come to view, appear.

*/2b1/ of growing vegetation, to come to light.

/2b2/ to appear, be seen.

/2b3/ exposed to view.

2c to meet the eyes, strike the sight, become clear or manifest.

/2c1/ to be seen, appear.

2d to

 

Jesus was made evident to me when God said: that he so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believith on his name shall have ever lasting life.

And when he said: "/That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved./"

(Romans 10:9, KJV)

 

"/Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped./"

(Isaiah 35:4-5, KJV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev.

Thomas E. Walker

*Tuesday, April 17, 2007*

*       MISUNDERSTANDING HIS LOVE*

*John 1:4-5 Part 2*