Sermon Tone Analysis

Your Position

1.

I Am Accepted

Confession Of Faith: I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.I am moved by what I believe.

I believe the WORD of God The victory is mine! - I have it Now!I can see it through the eyes of my faith

What has happened to you?

I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.

I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.

How many of you know that you have been accepted by God through Christ Jesus and your life has changed.

Maybe you don’t fully realize all that God has done they day you first trusted Jesus Christ, but what happened is you set in motion by a simple choice - a complex working of God in your life.

Say “I am accepted”

I am moved by what I believe.

I believe the WORD of God

The victory is mine! - I have it Now!

I can see it through the eyes of my faith

New Creature

What does it mean for a man to become a "new creature"?

My whole being, nature, life, and behavior changes

Where I was dead to God, as a new creature I becomes alive to God.

⇒ Where I had no relationship with God, as a new creature I am in relationship with God.

⇒ When I was not sure about God, as a new creature I am absolutely certain about God.

⇒ Where I never fellow shipped or communicated with God, as a new creature I fellowships and communicate with God all the time.

⇒ Where I was living in sin and immorality, as a new creature I live in righteousness and holiness.

⇒ Where I was doomed to judgment and eternal separation from God, as a new creature I am destined to live eternally in the presence of God

⇒ Whereas a man was doomed to judgment and eternal separation from God, as a new creature he is destined to live eternally in the presence of God

Regeneration

means recreation, restoration, renovation, renewal, new birth

How does this happen = Special act of God in which the recipient is passive.

God alone awakens the person spiritually through the power of His Holy Spirit.

Technical the act of regeneration takes place at the moment of conversion as the individual is spiritually awakened.

means recreation, restoration, renovation, renewal, new birth

How does this happen = Special act of God in which the recipient is passive.

God alone awakens the person spiritually through the power of His Holy Spirit.

Technical the act of regeneration takes place at the moment of conversion as the individual is spiritually awakened.

(NKJV)

28  So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

In Christ

To be "in Christ" means we have placed our faith in Him and invited Him into our hearts.

If we have genuinely done this, then a new day is dawning.

We are a new "creature" or "creation" as most Bibles translate it.

That is a powerful, since man can manufacture (make something out of something else), but only God can create (make something entirely new).

This verse tells us that for those who are accepted , old things have passed away and new things have come.

We are not instantly perfect—other verses make it clear that we need to grow as Christians—but it does mean a new day has dawned.

My present experience is different than my past.

The results of receiving Christ.

A person is given the power to become a son of God.

⇒ The word "power" (exousian) means both power and right or authority.

The word "sons" (tekna theou PWS: 3652) means children of God.

⇒ The words "to become" (genesthai) mean to become something a person is not.

When a person receives Christ into his life (as Lord), Christ gives that person the power and right to become something he is not—a child of God.

Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible - Commentary - The Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible – John.

⇒ The word "sons" (tekna theou PWS: 3652) means children of God.

⇒ The words "to become" (genesthai) mean to become something a person is not.

When you and I receive Christ into our life (as Lord), Jesus gives that person the power and right to become something he is not—a child of God.

Romans 5:1

God doesn't take me in as a servant, but as part of His family!

reveals that Jesus doesn't consider us slaves, but rather, His friends.

JUSTIFIED The word, "justified" means to be declared righteous or just by the penalty for unrighteousness being paid.

It refers to our being made righteous in a judicial sense.

Our sins have offended Holy God and created a debt which must be paid.

We cannot pay that debt ourselves, but through faith in Christ, we can be "justified" by the payment of His death for our sins.

JUSTIFIED =An easy way to remember what it means is through this little saying: justified = just as if I'd never sinned.

God has freely given grace to us through Jesus Christ, who is called "the Beloved."

I like that word "accepted."

Because God loves His Son, Jesus, He is acceptable to Him.

If I am in Christ, then I am accepted by God.

Even though I used to be an enemy of God, through Christ I am now His friend.

That is my present reality.

I am "accepted ”.

2. I am Adopted

Positional Truth

Every Spiritual Blessing

Some folks live their whole lives trying to get things from Christ, yet the truth is that we already have "all things" in Christ.

When we got Jesus, we got everything else that there is to get.

Theologians call this reality "positional truth"—or things that are true of us because of the position we hold.

When a person becomes president of the United States, with that position come the keys to the White House and access to Air Force One.

He can stay in a hotel if he wants.

He can buy an airline ticket to travel if he so desires.

But why would he?

His position gives him a free place to live and a free means of travel wherever he needs to go.

It comes with the office.

Positional truths are those things that "come with the office" of being a Christian.

Paul says when we became Christians, God blessed us with every spiritual blessing there is in the heavenly places in Christ.

The verses that follow in Ephesians chapter 1 are a partial catalog of those blessings

3. I am reconciled

In the Old Testament times, one day a year was observed as Yom Kippur ("the day of Atonement").

Every year, sacrifices were made for the sins of the people—to atone for them for a time.

Yet each year, the sacrifices had to be made again.

When Jesus came and gave His life for us, His perfect sacrifice atoned for our sins—for all time.

There is no need for any more sacrifices.

The meaning of the word is simply at-one-ment, i.e., the state of being at one or being reconciled, so that atonement is reconciliation.

4. I am anticipating

The blessing mentioned here is that we have been "sealed" in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.

At salvation, God's Spirit came into our hearts to live as a promise of that which is to come.

In order to receive this blessing we had to a) listen to the true message, and b) believe that message (or place our trust in the Savior that message declared).

When God's Spirit comes into our hearts, He "seals" us or secures us in Christ.

We receive the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation.

This is the time when the "baptism by the Holy Spirit" that Scripture speaks of occurs.

Being "filled with the Spirit" as Paul speaks of in is not getting more of the Spirit, but yielding every area of our lives to the Spirit's empowering and direction: having our lives filled with God's Spirit as opposed to ourself.

5.

I am growing in the knowledge of God

Three things are essential if believers are to grow in the knowledge of God.