Sermon Tone Analysis

The Garden Project

Why did God create us?

To experience His glory, His love and goodness.

Genesis 1:

You see He created man, and then told them to take creation somewhere, to be fruitful, to multiply, to fill the earth and subdue it, bring it under their authority and control.

Genesis 2:

So that’s the plan, to fill the earth with image bearers who are living under God’s good authority and thriving in a world created specifically for them and their success, but with a purpose.

To know God and help all that follow them to know Him.

The Human Tragedy

Genesis 3:1-7

What we have here is an exercise in autonomy, what does autonomy mean?

Freedom from external control or influence; independence.

From here, it all goes south.

Man is no longer living under God’s authority completely because of their desire for autonomy and now a sin nature has been added to the mix.

In Cain the older brother kills Abel his younger brother, now we have murder, not the increasing of life, being fruitful and multiplying, but death, the taking of life.

Later in this chapter we have a man named Lamech who is bragging about killing.

Sad

Genesis 6:

In Genesis

The wickedness is great and every intention was evil.

Genesis

Total and complete disobedience for the original mandate from God to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth for the glory of God.

But God won’t leave it this way.

The Rescue

Through Abram, soon to be Abraham, God will partner with man again to fill the earth with His image and glory, that’s the plan.

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob who becomes Israel and fathers 12 son’s who become the 12 tribes of Israel and grow into a nation while in captivity in Egypt.

God will then partner with Moses to free them and have His nation of people of representatives.

But Israel continuously fails.

The Restoration

The Old Testament is filled with prophecies, over 300, of one who is to come and right the wrongs and fix the problem.

His name is Jesus.

Paul and the writer of Hebrews had this to say about Him.

Colossians 1:15

Image or representation

Hebrews

Radiance or visible brilliance

Exact imprint or perfect representation

Matthew 4:1-10

Verse 10, You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve, this is about allegiance, obedience, submission to authority, a forsaking of autonomy.

So why send Jesus?

Jesus comes to be the perfect man who lives obediently under God’s authority, according to God’s perfect plan.

All that Adam and every man after him failed in, Jesus will be successful, the perfect man.

But not only to live for us, He came to die for us, in our place.

Our death was deserved, we are sinful and disobedient to God’s authority, we’ve exercised autonomy, but not Jesus.

As the perfect man, and also God, He is the only human who didn’t deserve death, and also the loving God who willingly and capable to bear our sins and take our death.

Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God, this idea of as followers of His, we are returning to living under God’s authority and rule, according to His good plan, no longer living in rebellion.

Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God, this idea of as followers of His, we are returning to living under God’s authority and rule, according to His good plan, no longer living in rebellion.

Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God, this idea of as followers of His, we are returning to living under God’s authority and rule, according to His good plan, no longer living in rebellion.

At the end of the book, and 22 we see a new heaven and a new earth and it’s filled with people from every nation, language, all people represented, all living with God, in His presence, experiencing His glory and goodness, and living willingly under His authority.