Sermon Tone Analysis

| *Title:                                  Abolishing the Power of Death* |

| *Sermon Notes:* Larry Salyer and Jerry de Gier | *Sermon #:* |

| *Subject:* Atonement | *Given:* 9~/25~/04 |

| *Occasion~/Group:* Atonement Pasadena | *Written:* September 2004 |

| *Word File Name:* 2004 atonement.doc

| *Updated:* |

 

 

 

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I.                    Introduction

 

Lev 23.4 – The Feasts of the Lord.

Verses 26-28 – The Day of Atonement

 

This is a day of atonement for us – atonement is made on our behalf.

Why do we need atonement?

What happens when we don’t have this atonement?

What has happened to all humanity throughout the ages?

As Paul states, “As in Adam all die.”

We’ve been dying for centuries and people fear death.

Death and its perpetrator have power over the masses with this fear.

What does Atonement have to do with this?

 

*II.

**S.P.S.*

 

Let’s take a look at some aspects of Atonement and see why God has made this special day for us.

! III.

Body

 

How was the world in the beginning?

John 1.1-5

 

Christ was with God the Father from the very beginning.

All things came into being through him.

So darkness did not comprehend or overcome the Word.

We see this today – people don’t comprehend the simple truth that Christ brought to this earth.

They didn’t understand him or his message.

They viewed him as a threat.

Why?

We’ll get to that answer later.

Verses 12-14

 

Those who believed he gave power – power to become the sons of God.

Power to overcome, power to have a sound mind.

Power to change and grown and have the right perspective.

What a wonderful power to have!

People didn’t necessarily listen to The Word but the Father used him to give his message to his creation.

Heb 1.1-4

 

God used the Word to speak to his people.

There used to be a prophet or an intermediary but now he speaks to his Church and leads his Church.

Christ came to the earth to teach us and then die for the sins of mankind who are all under servitude to a different master.

Heb 2.6-10

 

Christ truly is our pioneer – he shows us the potential that we have in each of us.

He sets the example that we may experience on this earth.

He suffered for us and now is glorified.

We will suffer because of who we are but will be glorified as well.

Christ did one more thing that is very important – it’s part of the meaning of the Day of Atonement.

Verse 14-15

 

Christ destroyed Satan’s control over the power of death.

Christ destroyed the grip that Satan had on his creation.

Once called and elected, Christ now give us the power to break free from the bondage that Satan disguises as “light”.

How important is this to us?  How did this happen?

Ezek 28.11-18

 

Satan was perfect until equity was found in him.

He began to think differently.

What you see around us as society is how he began to think.

He was competitive, he glorified strength, he was the (in his mind at first) the king of payback.

You help me and I’ll help you was his motto – he was the first political posterer!

Isa 14.12-15

 

12“How you are fallen from heaven,O Lucifer, son of the morning!

/How/ you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

13For you have said in your heart:  ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;  I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;  14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’  15Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

The Message Bible states it this way:

 

What a comedown this, O Babylon!

Daystar!

Son of Dawn!

Flat on your face in the underworld mud,

you, famous for flattening nations!

You said to yourself,

“I’ll climb to heaven.

I’ll set my throne

over the stars of God.

I’ll run the assembly of angels

that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon.

I’ll climb to the top of the clouds.

I’ll take over as King of the Universe!”

Satan’s success in seducing the other angels – his internal satisfaction of creating a way of life built upon being number one and his jealousy toward God’s creation led him to his downfall.

Satan now is in an attitude of rebellion.

That’s his m.o.!

 

Luke 10.18

 

Christ was there, he saw the failure of Satan’s line of reasoning.

He saw what we read about in Ezekiel and Isaiah.

So now the creation was in shambles from the war that had taken place.

Where there was once beauty there was now blackness.

Where there was once order there was now confusion.

God and his spirit are always working as Christ says.

Gen 1.1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

He created it perfect and he put creatures of perfection on his creation to care for it.

The angels left their first abode and strove to live on God’s throne and be God, the master of the universe.

Verse 2-

 

The earth was not empty and waste from the former rebellion.

But God’s spirit was moving over the waters – he wanted to move forward in his creation.

He wanted to continue to pursue his plan for all mankind.

So as verses 3-25 show us, he now is recreating the earth.

And now, his ultimate achievement physically is the creation of man.

Verse 26 -31

 

God put man on the earth and gave responsibilities.

He was to have dominion over the earth.