Sermon Tone Analysis

Remember our study through Paul’s letter to the Philippians is revealing to us God’s design for His Church.

He wants us together in unity with One mind, Christ’s; focused on One purpose, striving for the gospel; and as One Family, loving each other.

So let’s stand together as One Holy Family and Read His Holy Word.

As you read it, pray it transforms you.

Everyone familiar with the Peanuts Comic Strip?

Linus is the insecure yet passionate, intellectual.

Charlie Brown is the depressed and anxious over-analyzer.

The pals Charlie Brown and Linus always have interesting conversations.

Like the following:

Everyone familiar with the Peanuts Comic Strip?

Have you ever heard of the Charlie Brown Theory of Personality?

It covers what they call the Big Five Factors effecting your personality.

Five of the comic strip characters are an illustration of each.

Extroversion: Measuring one’s level of how outgoing and sociable - Snoopy who to a fault tries to be a part of every conversation or activity.

He brags about his adventures.

Conscientiousness: Measuring one’s discipline and integrity - Schroeder the piano player with a narrowed focus on practicing classical music, giving it up only to play on the baseball team as catcher (or field general).

Agreeableness: Measuring one’s friendliness and being good nature - Lucy the pretend Psychiatrist who is crabby, domineering and judgmental and enjoys the failure of others as she snatches the football away while Charlie Brown attempts to kick it.

Openness: Measuring one’s intellectual and experiential curiosity - Linus who is the passionate intellectual of the bunch.

His minor case of insecurity is seen in his attachment with the blanket.

Neurotic-ism: Measuring presence or absence of emotional stability - Charlie Brown the oft depressed or anxious over-analyzer.

He worries too much what others think about him and has a poor outlook on life, seen in the following conversation:

Linus: Life is difficult isn’t it, Charlie Brown?

Charlie Brown: Yes, it is.

But I’ve developed a new philosophy.

I only dread one day at a time.

Christianity is filled with

Even a casual reading of Philippians allows the reader to see the Apostle Paul’s perspective on life was anything but dread.

He had an eternal focus thus he had an eternal perspective.

This is how, in chains from a Roman prison, he was able to say what he did in the last part of v.18.

Flip Wilson at the end of his life said, “If I had my whole life to live over again, I don't think I'd have the strength.”

Even a casual reading of Philippians allows the reader to see the Apostle Paul’s perspective on life was anything but dread.

He had an eternal focus thus he had an eternal perspective.

This is how, in chains from a Roman prison, he was able to say what he did in the last part of v.18.

Even a casual reading of Philippians allows the reader to see the Apostle Paul’s perspective on life was anything but dread.

He had an eternal focus thus he had an eternal perspective.

This is how, in chains from a Roman prison, he was able to say what he did in the last part of v.18.

Even a casual reading of Philippians allows the reader to see the Apostle Paul’s perspective on his life and death was anything but dread or despair.

He had an eternal focus thus he had an eternal perspective.

This is how, in chains from a Roman prison, he was able to say what he did in the last part of v.18.

Pastor John Onwuchekwa in his sermon said even Christianity is filled with people who are weary of living and fearful of dying.

Pastor John Onwuchekwa in his sermon said even Christianity is filled with people who are weary of living and fearful of dying.

Pastor John Onwuchekwa in his sermon said even Christianity is filled with people who are weary of living and fearful of dying.

Let me ask you, What wakes you up in the morning and puts you to sleep at night?

Some might say, “Because I have to make living.”

“There’s a big difference in making a living and making a life.”

Transitional Sentence/Keyword: In a minute I want to show you two essentials, what is absolutely necessary for you to make a life.

More Specifically a committed life of following Christ.

But first:

What’s in a Life?

Fill in the following blank:

“For me, to live is ________________.”

I know what the verse says, but that was Paul’s answer.

Give your honest answer.

What do you live for?

Is it......

Irreligious people are lost people who live life apart from God.

They live for themselves, and they live by a set of priorities determined mostly by themselves.

“Dying is loss of _______________.”

Irreligious people are lost people who live life apart from God.

They live for themselves, and they live by a set of priorities determined mostly by themselves.

People who live life for themselves live by a set of priorities determined mostly by themselves.

The passage we read, v.19-26, is Paul’s commentary on why he says he will.

Religious people are lost people who live their life apart from God, and they live by a set of priorities determined mostly by a set of rules, rituals and traditions.

But, remember in the very first verse of this letter Paul declares we are “saints in Christ.”

Paul was an extremely religious person till he met Jesus.

Jesus trade his righteousness for Paul’s religion.

But, remember in the very first verse of this letter Paul declares we are “saints in Christ.”

When a person is born again, when Jesus saves you from your sin and death you become a Christian, which means you are converted from a sinner to a saint.

You are set apart.

Conversion into sanctification which means transformation.

Transformation of your heart.

Transformation of your mind.

Transformation of your priorities.

They are no longer set by you.

They are set by Christ.

But, remember in the very first verse of this letter Paul declares we are “saints in Christ.”

When a person is born again, when Jesus saves you from your sin and death you become a Christian, which means you are converted from a sinner to a saint.

You are set apart.

Conversion into sanctification which means transformation.

Transformation of your heart.

Transformation of your mind.

Transformation of your priorities.

They are no longer set by you.

They are set by Christ.

In v.18, Paul definitively show his priorities are set rightly, and he sets them rightly before the eyes and ears of the Philippian Christians who were worrying about circumstances only God could control.

Paul not only declares that he is joyfully rejoicing in the present circumstances, but he makes a declaration about the only thing in the future he does have control over: his attitude.

He says, “I will be joyful no matter if I live on, even in jail or if I am about to die.

In v.18, Paul definitively show his priorities are set rightly, and he sets them rightly before the eyes and ears of the Philippian Christians who were worrying about circumstances only God could control.

Paul not only declares that he is joyfully rejoicing in the present circumstances, but he makes a declaration about the only thing in the future he does have control over: his attitude.

He says, “I will be joyful no matter if I live on, even in jail or if I am about to die.

The passage we read, v.19-26, is Paul’s commentary on why he says he will.

v.20 - He was confident that God the Father would bring glory to His Son Jesus by what happens.

That is the one and only thing Paul wanted in His life or in His death.

The example Paul sets before us is:

Make Your Life Solely the Goal of Glorifying Jesus Christ

Make Your

Things

If glorifying Jesus becomes the basis of evaluation instead of comfort and security, life or death, then what we value radically changes.