Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

To be a success in the Christian life, a person must have a good foundation.

When the storms of life come, you must depend upon God’s Word.

Many Bible scholars believe this portion of the Scripture is equal to Matthew 5–7, known as The Sermon on the Mount.

Perhaps we could say there are three types of Christians: (1) successful Christians with a good foundation, (2) carnal Christians with a shaky foundation, and (3) backsliding Christian with no foundatin.

I. DIVINE ATTITUDES—Luke 6:20–26

1.

The poor—v.

20.

Hungry for spiritual things.

2. The promise—v.

21.

Satisfied, or being filled with joy.

3. The persecution—v.

22. Compare this with 2 Timothy 3:12 and Matthew 5:10–12.

Also see Romans 8:18.

4. The prophets—v.

23.

The prophets suffered much.

See Hebrews 11:33–40.

5.

The plight—vv.

24–25.

Sorrow for the rich—they have material gain but no spiritual gain.

6.

The problem—v.

26.

You cannot please all people.

When you live right, your life will disturb other people.

II.

DIVINE AFFECTION—vv.

27–36

1. Patient with enemies—v.

27.

Note two things: love your enemies and be good to them.

2. Pray for your enemies—v.

28.

Praise them.

This will require divine love (1 Cor.

13:4–7).

3. Peace with enemies—vv.

29–36.

Accept persecution.

Give up things, if it will bring peace.

Treat others as you want to be treated.

Give of yourself and possessions.

Live differently from the non-Christian.

III.

DIVINE EFFECT—vv.

37–45

1. Practice—vv.

37–38.

Don’t judge others.

Be forgiving.

Give, and God will give to you.

2. Parable—v.

39.

Can an undedicated person lead a sinner to Christ?

Of course not.

You must be dedicated to the Lord to be effective.

3. Perfection—v.

40.

Choose Christ as your Master.

Don’t listen to false teachers.

4. Patience—vv.

41–42.

It is wrong to judge others (see Matt. 7:1–5).

5. Practical—vv.

43–45.

A Christian is known by his actions.

Out of the heart the mouth speaks.

IV.

DIVINE ATTENTION—Luke 6:46–49

1. Fakery—v.

46.

If we call Him “Lord,” then we must obey Him.

The word “Lord” means that He is our boss—He controls us!

2. Faithfulness—v.

47.

Those who hear Him and follow Him are like the man who built his house upon the rock—Nothing could destroy it!

3. Failure—v.

48–49.

Hearing and not doing is like a man who built his house with no good foundation.

Storms easily destroy it.

Have a good foundation—build upon God’s Word.

Read and practice the Sermon on the Mount (Matt.

5–7).

Believe it.

Let it become a part of your life.

A Christian will follow the Ten Commandments (Exod.

20:1–17; compare with Matt.

5–7).

If we cannot follow these simple rules, then we will not make it to heaven!

Is there something different about how a Christian lives versus how a non-Christian lives?

IF there is, what should it look like?

Turn to .

We’ve been looking at the life of Jesus.

He is showing us an honest look at the life of those seeking to be His followers and “fishers of men.”

It is imperative that we see what this ought to look like because it is impossible to be successful without it.

We need direction in life.

ILL: Think of a GPS.

It works when we properly input the correct destination.

Putting in the correct DESTINATION will provide us the correct turns and steps to get there.

Any other location will fail to get us to the right destination.

Asking people where they are headed, often they will tell you not a destination, but more of a goal.

People say they want to be successful, rich, popular, or happy.

Note, that if their destination is these things, they will get the wrong set of turns for life.

The directions in the world will say to be selfish, neglect their family, not to help others, spend money on things because it’s yours, keep faith in check, turn off your moral compass, let the ends justify the means.

The directions will be better if you put in the right destination, and God will then give you the right DIRECTION.

Our lives, unlike the world, are not controlled by the whims of politics and the throws of market analysis and popularity polls.

Christians must live a different way.

There are two types of people, saved and unsaved.

When it comes to the saved, there are three types: successful with a good foundation that know where they are headed; carnal with shaky, compromised foundations that constantly question the direction; and backslidden with no foundation who wander to and fro.

Jesus wants us all to have direction in life.

He speaks to us as He spoke to His disciples...

Proposition: Walk in a Heavenly Way.

Stand & Read .

(We will read the rest of the text as we work our way through it.)

Proposition: Walk in a Heavenly Way!

1. Heavenly Attitude

v.

Jesus came representing the Kingdom of Heaven.

That kingdom is where we are now citizens if we are saved.

God’s kingdom operates differently than our world, and Jesus describes how we are to live with a different attitude.