Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.11UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.09UNLIKELY
Fear
0.08UNLIKELY
Joy
0.6LIKELY
Sadness
0.21UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.42UNLIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.14UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.82LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.85LIKELY
Extraversion
0.14UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.73LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.61LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Introduction
The future is as bright as the promises of God.
—Adoniram Judson, (1788-1850)
We Have Given Up Everything
And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” - Peter is speaking on behalf of the other disciples.
He states that they have left their lives, houses, families, etc… and have become your disciples.
Peter is speaking on behalf of the other disciples.
He states that they have left their lives, houses, families, etc… and have become your disciples.
Luke 5:1-11
The unspoken thought behind this statement is whether or not they qualify to enter into the kingdom.
Peter is reminding Jesus that they have truly given up all to follow him and wants to know with certainty that they have eternal life.
What You Gain Will Be Worth It
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is not one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children - The thought here is that there is a cost associated with following Jesus.
Those who become disciples of Jesus will be called to give up everything to follow Jesus.
Jesus mentions housing, spouses, siblings, fathers and mothers and sons or daughters.
The thought here is that there is a cost associated with following Jesus.
Those who become disciples of Jesus will be called to give up everything to follow Jesus.
Jesus mentions housing, spouses, siblings, fathers and mothers and sons or daughters.
How should we understand this leaving that Jesus mentions?
I believe the follow quotation from Darrell Bock is helpful:
The emphasis is on sacrificing a normal life of familial closeness and the absence of persecution to do God’s work and face persecution.
The reference to leaving one’s wife (mentioned only by Luke) is not a text advocating abandonment, since the right to take a wife and be supported in ministry is stated in 1 Cor.
9:4–6.
Rather, the focus is on choosing to remain single or to travel without her.
To abandon one’s house is to leave the security of a vocation, as Peter the fisherman did.
One abandons the pursuit of a secure financial position as a result of that departure.
To leave parents and brothers is to leave one’s home to engage in ministry elsewhere, as the disciples who stayed with Jesus did and as Jesus himself did (Luke 8:19–21).
It may also describe being excluded from one’s family because of one’s decision to follow Jesus.
To leave children is probably the consequence of the decision to leave a wife.
All of these reflect one who is pursuing God’s kingdom first.
For the sake of the kingdom of God - On behalf of the kingdom.
Jesus is saying that one must leave all to serve the advancement of his kingdom.
This leaving may include the outward act of giving up and separating from the persons and the property involved, but the inward separation is often enough.
For the sake of the kingdom of God -
For the sake of the kingdom of God -
Who will not receive many times more - Jesus tells his disciples, who have left everything to follow that there sacrifice will not be for nothing.
He tells them they will be granted many times as many of what they gave up.
What they will gain will be exponentially large compared to that which they gave up.
What he would give to them would be incalculable and beyond computation.
When will the disciples receive this large reward?
in this time,
In this time - The followers of Jesus do not have to wait to gain the blessing in return for their sacrifice.
It comes to them in the present age.
Who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.
How does this come true in this life?
Matthew
And in the age to come eternal life - The age to come refers to the consummation of all things when God concludes the world in his own way and his own time.
The reference to eternal life is not to the beginning of salvation as Jesus discusses in , but the fullness of eternal life in the heavenly kingdom.
Practical Application
1.
All disciples must surrender everything into the hands of Christ.
We must leave it all.
This leaving may include the outward act of giving up and separating from the persons and the property involved, but the inward separation is often enough.
2. We should revel in the goodness and grace of God.
He rewards us for giving up what we cannot keep with what we cannot lose.
This leaving may include the outward act of giving up and separating from the persons and the property involved, but the inward separation is often enough.
3. We should be encouraged in our pursuit of God and Christ.
Our pursuit is more than worth it.
Let’s keep going.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9