Sermon Tone Analysis

John 10:

John

The works (deeds) that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me.

Works: Deeds

Father’s Name - Representation

Witness: to assert something, offering firsthand authentication of the fact; often concerning grave or important matters.

to bear witness v. — to assert something, offering firsthand authentication of the fact; often concerning grave or important matters.

Sermon Flashback!

John 6:

Jesus response

“This is the work of God” (Very Powerful)

That you believe in him whom he has sent.

John 14:

Does works mean miracles?

In the Bible, miracles occur mostly in clusters, mainly at times when God’s message needed to be authenticated.

The greater works point to the power of the gospel to transform lives as it spread through the apostolic witness.

Through Peter’s preaching on the Day of Pentecost, 3,000 were born again, probably more than Jesus saw converted during His entire ministry!

The Book of Acts tells how the message kept spreading, first around Jerusalem, and eventually to the Gentiles around the Roman Empire.

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Image Identifier - When Image Speaks

“The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me.”

Our image speaks through our works!

James 2:

James states that Abraham and Rahab were justified by works (, ).

He plainly says (2:24), ‘You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.’

How can you possibly reconcile these words with Paul’s doctrine of justification by faith alone?”

James states that Abraham and Rahab were justified by works (, ).

He plainly says (2:24), ‘You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.’

How can you possibly reconcile these words with Paul’s doctrine of justification by faith alone?”

First, we must keep in mind the two different problems that each man was addressing.

Paul was writing to those who taught that we must add our works to faith in Christ in order to be justified.

He stated plainly that to do so was to preach a false gospel and to put oneself under condemnation ().

James, however, was writing to those who claimed that they had saving faith, but their lives did not show it.

Their profession of faith was mere words, with no evidence of a changed life.

Also, Paul and James were using the word “justified” in different senses.

Paul was looking at God’s initial declaration that the believer is righteous through faith in the blood of Christ ().

In , Paul cites the same verse that cites, , “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Paul uses it to argue that Abraham was not justified by his works, but by faith alone.

He was looking at the beginning of a person’s right standing with God.

But James uses the verse and the word “justified” differently.

James says (2:21) that Abraham was justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar.

He then explains (2:22), “You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled…” and then he cites .

The event of Abraham’s faith () took place at least 30 or 40 years before Abraham offered Isaac on the altar.

James says that his obedience in offering Isaac perfected his faith and fulfilled the Scripture that refers to his initial faith.

So James is not looking at the beginning of Abraham’s faith, but rather at its mature outcome many years later.

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Galatians 5:

Fruit Of The Spirit

Love

Joy

Peace

Patience

kindness

Goodness

Faithfulness

Gentleness

Self-Control

Thought process

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