Sermon Tone Analysis

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.

17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

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17 KJV - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

How many times in your life have you wished you could have a do over?

Something you wish you would've said or done so things would’ve turned out differently, so things would’ve turn out better.

Perhaps you said something you wish you hadn’t said, and thought, if I had just held my peace we wouldn’t be here today.

I believe jails are filled with people who often think, If I had just walked away, I wouldn’t be here now.

How many drug addicts wish they had just said no the first time, instead, they’re dealing with the change in the chemical make up of their body which now craves that first unachievable high, which in some cases leads to overdose and death.

I believe jails are filled with people who often think, If I had just walked away, I wouldn’t be here now.

How many drug addicts wish they had just said no the first time, instead, they’re dealing with the change in the chemical makeup of their body which now craves that first unachievable high, which in some cases leads to overdose and death.

How many have ever wished you could just start over?

Well I have good news for you, you can?

And I have even better news than that, you can do it more than once.

You’ve heard me say the difference between success and failure is you stopped.

But what you need to know today is you can begin again.

How many have ever wished you could just start over?

Well I have good news for you, you can?

And I have even better news than that, you can do it more than once.

You’ve heard me say the difference between success and failure is you stopped.

But what you need to know today is you can begin again.

For a title this morning, I’m New.

For our message title this morning, I’m New.

Just think had we known in our youth, some of the things we know now, had we heeded some things, like eating a good diet, lifting with our legs and not our back, stretching before we started playing a sport or exercising, not eating and going to sleep, knowing what a circadian rhythm is and adhering to it, knowing the damage processed foods can do to your body.

Oh if we had only known.

Just think, had we known in our youth, some of the things we know now, had we heeded some things, like eating a good diet, lifting with our legs and not our back, stretching before we started playing a sport or exercising, not eating and going to sleep, knowing what a circadian rhythm is and adhering to it, knowing the damage processed foods can do to your body.

Oh if we had only known.

Had you known that boy only wanted one thing from you, don’t leave the party you asked for permission to go to, don’t drink that alcohol, keep your mental faculties about you.

How many times have you said, I wish I would’ve known and in some cases, I wish my mother or father would have told me, so I could be prepared, so I would know how to handle this, whatever this may be.

Had you known that boy only wanted one thing from you, don’t leave the party you asked for permission to go to, don’t drink that alcohol, keep your mental faculties about you.

How many times have you said, I wish I would’ve known and, in some cases, I wish my mother or father would have told me, so I could be prepared, so I would know how to handle this, whatever this may be.

In my maturity, there are some things I am convinced of, our parents can’t know everything, they did the best they could, not everyone is for you nor do they want the best for you, and not everyone is your friend.

But here’s what I also know with certainty, God loves you, He sent His Son Jesus to die for you and because of that, here’s what else I know…

In my maturity, there are some things I am convinced of, our parents can’t know everything, they did the best they could, not everyone is for you nor do they want the best for you, and not everyone is your friend.

But here’s what I also know with certainty, God loves you, He sent His Son Jesus to die for you and because of that, here’s what else I know…

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength, not because of who I am, but because of who He is.

• I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength, not because of who I am, but because of who He is.

I know God has a plan for my life, to give me a future and a hope.

• I know God has a plan for my life, to give me a future and a hope.

I know that God is greater than Satan

• I know that God is greater than Satan

I know that God is a healer

• I know that God is a healer

And a reconciler

• And a reconciler

And a redeemer

• And a redeemer

I know He’s faithful

• I know He’s faithful

and merciful

• and merciful

and kind

• and kind

and just

and loving

· and just

and just

and just

and gracious

• and loving

and that He is more adjectives than we have to describe Him.

• and gracious

He simply said, I Am, that I Am

• and that He is more adjectives than we have to describe Him.

And another thing, when you get to know the Lord God of heaven for yourself, when you establish and build and nurture a relationship with Him for yourself…the possibilities are endless.

You will truly know that you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength.

• He simply said, I Am, that I Am

And when you know that, you can see God’s people in a whole new and different way.

Our Scripture text is talking about being reconciled to God.

And another thing, when you get to know the Lord God of heaven for yourself, when you establish and build and nurture a relationship with Him for yourself…the possibilities are endless.

You will truly know that you can do all things through Christ who gives you strength.

And when you know that, you can see God’s people in a whole new and different way.

Our Scripture text is talking about being reconciled to God.

Way back, in the beginning Adam introduced sin through his disobedience, through his failure to follow God’s instructions and because of that we were born in sin and shaped in iniquity.

What does that mean?

It means when a child is born no one has to teach them to be disobedient or selfish.

They are born knowing how to manipulate and demand their own way.

Way back, in the beginning Adam introduced sin through disobedience, through his failure to follow God’s instructions and because of that we were born in sin and shaped in iniquity.

What does that mean?

It means when a child is born no one has to teach them to be disobedient or selfish.

They are born knowing how to manipulate and demand their own way.

Think about it.

Did you ever teach your children to say, “mine”, or to take a toy that may or may not have belonged to them?

They saw it, they wanted it, so they took it.

They learned to say no, because that’s often what they heard, but then they started using it in ways you didn’t like, for instance, when you told them to do something and they responded with… “no” uh huh, you got it.

Think about it.

Did you ever teach your children to say, “mine”, or to take a toy that may or may not have belonged to them?

They saw it, they wanted it, so they took it.

They learned to say no, because that’s often what they heard, but then they started using it in ways you didn’t like, for instance, when you told them to do something and they responded with… “no” uh huh, you got it.

You didn’t have to teach your kids how to lie, they learned by the consequences they experienced when they did certain things.

And in some cases it doesn’t change when we get older.

Some people don’t change, some people to continue to lie, cheat, steal, and manipulate others all to get the advantage in some way, shape or form, all for selfish gain.

You didn’t have to teach your kids how to lie, they learned by the consequences they experienced when they did certain things.

And in some cases, it didn’t change when they get older.

Some people don’t change, some people to continue to lie, cheat, steal, and manipulate others all to get the advantage in some way, shape or form, all for selfish gain.

But for those who are the born again believers of Christ - that is not our testimony.

We are different, because now we are no longer worried about this world and what we can get from it.

When you know that your heavenly Father owns everything and that you are an heir, you don’t have to manipulate to get ahead, you’re already above and not beneath, you’re already the head and not the tail, you’re the lender and not the borrower.