Sermon Tone Analysis

Blocking an AWEsome View

Make a short list: what about God gives you a sense of awe?

What do we think stands in the way of viewing God with sense of awe? Sin? Which ones?

When sin takes awe away from you, that sense of divine wonder that is meant to shape every person's life, you look for ways to fill the void.

Now think about it, if you are not getting your wonderment vertically, that is, from the Creator, then you will look for it somewhere in the creation.

You will be shopping for the buzz of wonder where it simply is not to be found.

Earliest record of pride would have to be Lucifer: You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

contains the story of two men who went to the temple to pray, a pharisee and a tax collector.

Luke 18:

Which one, do you think, had lost sight of awe of God?

Busy-ness prevents awe

Worry

Riches

Pleasure

Luke 8:1-14

Wonder, amazement, gratitude, humility, and love all fit into our response of awe toward God.

The antidote to pride is the cross.

When faced with the ultimate selfless sacrifice, how can we hold on to the very nails of pride that held Him up there?

Worry

Riches

Pleasure