Sermon Tone Analysis

March 20,2012

By: John Barnett

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The Scriptures are all about God revealing Himself to His creatures.

The ultimate expression of God's nature and character is Christ.

Note the words of Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (KJV).

Since the Word of God reveals God, and Jesus is the image of the Invisible God, then we can find and worship our Lord Jesus Christ in every part of the Bible!

1.

In the Books of History we see God's servants Following the Lord Jesus Christ.

He was the Creator in the Garden, the Rock in the Wilderness, the Angel of the Lord and so on!

2. In the Books of Poetry we see God's servants Worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is the Suffering One, the Good Shepherd, the Redeemer and so on!

3.

In the Books of Prophecy we see God's servants:

• Seeing Christ (Major prophets) as Ruler, Prince of Peace and so on.

• Trusting Christ (Pre-exilic prophets) as the Judge, One from Everlasting and so on.

• Hoping in Christ (Post-exilic prophets) as the Sun of Righteousness, the Coming King and the Lord of All.

I.

A SURVEY OF CHRIST IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES

A. ISAIAH (740-681 BC) contemporary with: Hosea (753-715 BC) and Micah (742-687 BC).

“Worshiping our God of SALVATION.

Key verse: 53:5-6.

B. JEREMIAH (627-586 BC) contemporary with: Habakkuk (612-588 BC) and Zephaniah (640-621 BC).

“Worshiping our God of REPENTANCE”.

Key verse: 2:19.

C. LAMENTATIONS (by Jeremiah 627-586 BC) contemporary with: Habakkuk (612-588 BC) and Zephaniah (640-621 BC).“Worshiping our God of HOPE”.

Key verse: 3:22-24.

D. EZEKIEL (593-571 BC) contemporary with: Daniel (605-536 BC), Habakkuk (612-588 BC) and Jeremiah (627-586 BC).

“Worshiping our God of THE NEW HEART”.

Key verse: 36:26-27.

E. DANIEL (605-536 BC) contemporary with: Jeremiah (627-586 BC), Habakkuk (612-588 BC) and Ezekiel (593-571 BC) “Worshiping our God WHO RULES”.

Key verse: 4:17.

F. HOSEA (753-715 BC) contemporary with: Jonah (793-753 BC), Amos (760-750 BC), Micah (742-687 BC) and Isaiah (740-681 BC).“Worshiping our God of FAITHFULNESS”.

Key verse: 3:1.

G. JOEL (835-796 BC) contemporary with: Elisha (848-797 BC) and Jonah (793-753 BC).

“Worshiping our God of WRATH”.

Key verse: 1:15.

H. AMOS (760-750 BC) contemporary with: Jonah (793-753 BC) and Hosea (753-715 BC).

“Worshiping our God of JUSTICE”.

Key verse: 5:24.

I. OBADIAH (853 BC) contemporary with: Elijah (875-848 BC), Micaiah (865-83 BC) and Jehu (855-840 BC).

“Worshiping our God in HUMILITY”.

Key verse: 1:3.

J. JONAH (793-753 BC) contemporary with: Joel (853-796 BC) and Amos (760-750 BC).

“Worshiping our God of MERCY”.

Key verse: 4:11.

K. MICAH (742-687 BC) contemporary with: Hosea (753-715 BC) and Isaiah (740-681 BC).

“Worshiping our God of RIGHTEOUSNESS”.

Key verse: 6:8.

L. NAHUM (663-612 BC) contemporary with: Zephaniah (640-621 BC).

“Worshiping our God of JUDGMENT”.

Key verse: 1:7-9.

M. HABBAKUK (612-588 BC) contemporary with: Jeremiah (627-586 BC), Daniel (605-536 BC) and Ezekiel (593-571 BC).

“Worshiping our God of SOVEREIGNTY”.

Key verse: 3:17-19.

N. ZEPHANIAH (640-621 BC) contemporary with: Jeremiah (627-586 BC).

“Worshiping our God of HOPE”.

Key verse: 3:17.

O. HAGGAI (520 BC) contemporary with: Zechariah (520-480 BC).

“Worshiping our God of SACRIFICE”.

Key verse: 1:4.

P. ZECHARIAH (520 BC) contemporary with: Haggai (520 BC).

“Worshiping our God of JEALOUSY”.

Key verse: 1:3.

Q. MALACHI (430 BC) contemporary with: Ezra?. “Worshiping our God of First Love”.

Key verse: 1:2.

*ISAIAH*

*“WORSHIPING OUR GOD OF SALVATION” *(960828)

From the revolt of Satan to the rule of the Savior-all is told by Scripture's most eloquent prophet Isaiah He was the Shakespeare of the prophets and the Paul of the Old Testament.

Isaiah has more to say about the greatness of God (40,43), the horrors of the Tribulation (24), the wonders of the Millennium (35), and the ministry of Christ (53) than any other book in the Bible.

Isaiah 53 is probably the most important and far-reaching chapter in the Old Testament, as it is quoted from or alluded to 85 times in the New Testament.

Jesus said that Isaiah saw His glory and spoke of Him (John 12:41).

This book is an extended commentary on Jonah 2:9, when that prophet exclaimed from the fish's belly, "Salvation is of the Lord" The word salvation appears 33 times in the writing of the prophets, and of these, 26 instances occur in Isaiah.

I. JUDGMENT BY THE LORD 1:1 - 39:8 [with 39 chapters, this first section of Isaiah is like the O.T. declaring the holiness, righteousness and justice of God]

II.

COMFORT IN REDEMPTION AND RESTORATION 40:1 - 66:24 [with 27 chapters this concluding section of Isaiah is like the like N.T. declaring the grace, compassion and glory of God]

The Book of Isaiah has three major themes.

These may be summarized as:

1. CONVICTION: The overwhelming sense of sin and the wrath of God against sin.

This is clearest in the 21x Isaiah uses the word “woe”.

In God’s sight our good deeds are “filthy rags” [64:6-7];

2. CONFESSION: The all pervading awareness of the Power, Majesty and Holiness of God.

And 23x he uses the Divine Name of “THE HOLY ONE OF GOD”, a name nearly unique to Isaiah except for 5 other passages.

3. CONFIDENCE: The crystal clear sight of the Salvation and Coming Victory of Christ.

*JEREMIAH*

*“WORSHIPING OUR GOD OF REPENTANCE”* (960904)

Jeremiah must have had an incredible childhood.

The Scriptures tell us God had chosen him before his birth to be a prophet.

His family was notable in their service for the LORD.

Life was exciting for the son of a high priest.

Jeremiah 1:1.

Jeremiah’s woes were unimaginable to our relatively peaceful lives.

He lived through the death throes of the nation of Judah.

In his lifetime he saw the decay of God’s chosen people, the horrible destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of the nation to Babylon.

He preached for 40 years and saw no visible result among those he served.

Instead those countrymen he warned for God sought to kill him if he wouldn’t stop preaching doom (Jer.

11:19-23); his own family and friends were involved in plots against his (12:60; God never allowed him to marry, and thus he suffered incredibly agonizing loneliness (16:20; there were plots to kill him in secret so no one would find him (18:20-23); he was beaten severely and them bound in wooden stocks (20:1-2); his friends spied on him deceitfully and for revenge (20:10); he was consumed with sorrow and shame and even cursed the day he was born (20:14-18); finally, falsely accused of being a traitor to his own country (37:13-14), Jeremiah was arrested, beaten, thrown into a dungeon, and starved many days (37:15-21).

If an Ethiopian Gentile had not interceded on his behalf he would have died there.

In the end, tradition tells us he was exiled to Egypt, where he was stoned to death by his own people.

He had virtually no converts to show for a lifetime of ministry.

Perhaps the most striking feature of this book is the fact that despite the terrible woes of the life Jeremiah was called to (1:5), he saw that it was all at the Master Potter’s Hand (18:1-6).

At the point of near despair over his failed ministry, God asked Jeremiah to go to the Potter’s house and there he would get a message from the Lord (18:2).