Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.5LIKELY
Disgust
0.12UNLIKELY
Fear
0.09UNLIKELY
Joy
0.56LIKELY
Sadness
0.52LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.6LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.1UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.75LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.7LIKELY
Extraversion
0.23UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.68LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.67LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
*Luke 6:17-26*
*It’s all in how you look at it*
*READ 6:17-26*
v Parents had cataract surgery about a month ago
Ø Mother had to wear a patch for a day or two
§ If you have ever held your hand over one eye
· You know that you lose one thing…
¨ Perspective
Ø Hinder your ability to judge distances correctly
v Perspective is a very powerful thing
Ø How you look at something is all important
§ Artist MC Escher was the master of this
· Overheads
v If you look at something long enough
Ø You gain perspective on it
§ That is what Jesus is doing today
· Drawing our attention to 4 areas in life in order for us to gain the proper perspective on them
Ø He does this by teaching the positive and then the negative of the same subject
§ A “Blessed” and a “Woe”
· Parallel teaching
v *Perspective of your Wallet ~~ *V.
20 & 24
Ø What Jesus is saying here is not that being poor is better than being rich
Ø Or that being rich instantly condemns you…
§ But when it comes down to it
· The Christian life demands that you make decisions not based on money, but on ministry
¨ And many times that requires sacrifice in the area of the wallet!
Ø Danny Oh’s job search
§ Elder in church
§ Laid off
§ Limited his search to the Boston area because He knew the Lord wanted him to stay
Ø Having a proper perspective on money is very important in Scripture
§ Out of 38 parables, 16 deal with money and possessions
§ 1 out of 10 verses in the Gospels deal directly with the subject on money
§ The Bible offers:
· 500 verses on faith
· 500 verses on prayer
· But more then 2,000 on money and possessions!
Ø *RQ: Why so much instruction on possessions and money?*
§ Because Jesus wants us to understand that money is a lot like taking vitamins…
If we lack basic nutrients in our diet we suffer malnutrition.
The cure is simple: take vitamin tablets to insure you get the minimum level.
Once the minimum is reached, however, additional tablets have little or no benefit.
Unfortunately some people apply this logic: "If a little was good, a lot will be better."
This simply is not true and in some cases is dangerous.
On occasion people have even lost their lives from overdoses of vitamin A.
Sadly, this is often the case with money.
If at one point we lacked money for basic necessities, then money, when it finally came, was a blessing.
But many have applied the logic "If a little was good, a lot will be better."
Many have lost their lives this way.
Ø And that is exactly what *1 Tim 6:9-10 *warns
§ /People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs/
· What Paul is teaching here is that money itself is not evil or bad
¨ But the love of it is.
Ø Illustration: Jack Benny skit
§ “You money or your life”
§ “Don’t rush me, I’m thinking about it”
· It is so funny because it hits a chord in all of us
¨ Money is important to us!
Ø The proper perspective on money is found in…
§ *READ Proverbs 30:7-9 (p.
1029)*
v Money will buy a bed, but not sleep
v Money will buy books but not brains
v Money will buy food but not appetite
v Money will buy medicine but not health
v Money will buy amusements but not happiness
v Money will buy comfort but not the Kingdom of God
Ø Tertullian
§ Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money
v The perspective that Jesus wants to give us here is…
Ø If you follow the money trail…
§ It may lead to comfort in this life
· But not in the next
v *Perspective of your Self ~~ *V.
21a & 25a
Ø Hunger
§ It is a basic need
§ A need that everyone has to face
§ It is a very self-serving need
· When you sit down to a dinner
· And your plate is full of wonderful food
¨ You know that it is all for you
¨ To satisfy you and your hunger
Ø It is actually a very self focused activity
§ By saying blessed are those who hunger…
· Jesus is saying metaphorically
¨ It is not about you…
Ø It is about God
§ If you are selfless for Jesus’ sake in this life
· You will be satisfied in the next
Ø I have said before, and I will say it again
§ This life is not so much about you as it is about God
Ø Look at our purpose in life
§ WSC #1
· Q: What is the chief end of man?
¨ To glorify God and enjoy him forever
Ø Our purpose is to glorify God
§ Everything we do is to bring more glory to God
v St.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9