Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

THERE IS SOMETHING SO SIGNIFICANT ABOUT A TOUCH FROM SOMEONE

THE TOUCH FROM A MOTHER CAN COMFORT A CRYING CHILD

THE TOUCH FROM A FATHER CAN BRING SECURITY TO A FRIGHTENED CHILD

A TOUCH FROM A FRIEND CAN ENCOURAGE SOMEONE LONELY

A TOUCH FROM A CHILD CAN BRING JOY TO A PARENT’S DAY

EVERYONE OF US NEEDS A TOUCH TO HELP IN TIMES OF SORROW, PAIN, INSECURITY, LONLINESS, LOST, AND TO PICK US UP WHEN WE ARE DOWN

IT IS GOOD TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO REACH OUT TO US WHEN WE NEED HELP

BUT, MANY TIMES YOU WILL FIND THAT THEIR HELP IS LIMITED

IT IS NOT A LONG LASTING HELP

BUT, I HAVE A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER WHO CAN SATISFY YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH JUST ONE TOUCH

HIS TOUCH IS GREATER THAN A GRANDPARENT

MORE FAITHFUL THAN A FATHER

MORE MERCIFUL THAN A MOTHER

MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN A CHILD

MORE INTIMATE THAN A LOVER

HE IS THE LOVER OF MY SOUL AND HIS NAME IS JESUS

HE IS WONDERFUL, COUNSELLOR, PRINCE OF PEACE, EVERLASTING FATHER, THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, THE GREAT I AM, THE WAY MAKER, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH

WE ALL NEED A TOUCH FROM THE MASTER

IN THE TEXT MATTHEW PROCLAIMS THE TROUBLE OF THE MAN, THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER, AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE MIRACLE

THOSE WHO GENUINELY SEEK THE LORD WILL BE REWARDED BY THE LORD

I WANT TO CHALLENGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION AND COME TO CHRIST

ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH SIN AND REBELLION, DO YOU NEED TO BE CLEANSED, OR BE MADE WHOLE?

DO YOU NEED A BREAK FROM THE DEPRESSION OR FRUSTRATION

DO YOU NEED REFRESHING OR A REVIVAL IN YOUR LIFE, THEN TODAY IS YOUR DAY

I’LL GIVE YOU THREE POINTS ABOUT THE TEXT, THEN I’LL GET OUT OF YOUR WAY

I. THE SCENE OF THE MIRACLE

JESUS HAD JUST FINISHED PREACHING THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND IS COMING DOWN JUST LIKE MOSES WHEN HE RECEIVED THE COMMANDMENTS AND CAME BACK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

HE WAS PREACHING WITH AN AUTHORITY THAT PEOPLE HADN’T EXPERIENCED BEFORE

THE BIBLE SAYS, “WHEN”

IT DOESN’T SAY BEFORE OR AFTER, IT SAYS WHEN

JESUS BROUGHT THE KINGDOM WITH HIM WHAN HE CAME THE FIRST TIME BUT THE FULNESS AND THE FINISHING OF IT WILL BE WHEN HE COMES A SECOND TIME

IT IS NOW BUT NOT YET

TIMING IS THE KEY IN LIFE

THE COMING OF GOD’S KINGDOM MEANS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS, THE FORMATION OF A REDEEMED SOCIETY WITHOUT ANY EVIL, AND FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AT THE MESSIANIC FEAST

TOO MANY PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO WAIT AND THEY MOVE AHEAD OF GOD

PEOPLE NEED THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES

WE LIVE IN A GENERATION WHERE WE WANT IT NOW

PEOPLE ARE BOUND TO A PERSONAL POWER THAT IS STRONGER THAN THEMSELVES

WE DON’T WANT TO WAIT FOR ANYTHING OR ANYBODY

AND AT THE VERY HEART OF CHRIST’S MESSAGE IS THE NEED OF RESCUING PEOPLE FROM THE BONDAGE OF THE DEVIL’S KINGDOM AND BRINGING THEM INTO THE DOMINION OF GOD

AND THIS IMPATIENT ATTITUDE WILL BRING TROUBLE WITH IT

THE KINGDOM OF GOD ALWAYS INVOLVES AN IN BREAKING OF GOD INTO HISTORY WHEN GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PURPOSE IS FULLY REALIZED

WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE IN THE WILDERNESS, THERE CAME A TIME WHEN THEY WERE MUCH DISCOURAGED BY THE WAY

CHRIST BROKE INTO HISTORY THROUGH A VIRGIN WOMB CALLED MARY AND WHEN HE HIT 30 YRS, HE STARTED HIS MESSAGE AND MISSION ANBOUT THE KINGDOM

THE WORD DISCOURAGE MEANS IMPATIENT

THERE WERE MULTITUDES THAT WERE GATHERED AND LISTENING TO HIS MESSAGE

THEY DID NOT LIKE THE WAY THAT GOD WAS GUIDING THEM

AND OUT OF THEIR IMPATIENCE, THEY STARTED SPEAKING AGAINST GOD AND AGAINST MOSES-THEY BEGAN MURMURING AND COMPLAINING

THE BIBLE SAYS, “WHEN”

EVERYTIME THAT SOME CHALLENGE WAS THERE, THEY WOULD COMPLAIN AND MURMUR

IF YOU KNOW A PERSON THAT COMPLAINS A LOT, THEY WILL NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL THEY ARE COMPLAINING AGAIN

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING

YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THE TAJ MAHAL AND THEY WILL FIND SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT CONSTANTLY COMPLAIN

YOU CAN GIVE THEM YOUR BEST AND THEY WILL STILL FIND SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT

GOD WAS FEEDING THEM BREAD FROM HEAVEN AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT IS WORTHLESS FOOD

AND GOD RESPONDED BY SENDING FIREY SERPENTS AMONG THEM

SEE WHAT IMPATIENCE CAN DO TO YOUR LIFE, IT CAN KILL YOUR DESTINY

DON’T GET IN A HURRY AND GO BEFORE GOD

WHEN JESUS WENT THEY FOLLOWED-AKALOUTHEO-MEANS FOLLOWED IN THE GREEK

THE WORD CARRIES WITH IT THE MEANING OF DISCIPLESHIP

DISCIPLES MUST GO WHERE JESUS GOES

MANY SO CALLED CHRISTIANS NEVER COME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR OWN THINGS AND CLAIM TO BE HIS CHILDREN

THESE PEOPLE:

DON’T ATTEND PRAYER SERVICES

DON’T COME DURING THE WORSHIP

ABSENT FROM FELLOWSHIP

AND THEY ARE ABSENT FROM THE POWER OF GOD

THE MASTER WILL NOT TOUCH US WHEN WE REFUSE TO COME TO HIM AND HE WILL NOT MAKE US COME TO HIM

THIS IS A CONDITION THAT WE HAVE TO FULFILL

WE WILL NEVER BE TOUCHED, CHANGED, CLEANSED, SAVED, COMFORTED, OR HEALED BY THE MASTER WHEN WE ARE RUNNING FROM HIM

CHRIST KNOWS OUR HEARTS

HE KNOWS WHY WE STAY AWAY AND WHY WE COME NEAR

MULTITUDES CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH JESUS

THEY HEARD ABOUT THE KINGDOM AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THE KINGDOM

which brings me to point NUMER 2

II.

THE SEEKER OF THE MIRACLE (V. 2)

THE SEEKER IN THE TEXT REVEALS THAT THIS MAN NEEDED A MIRACLE

YOU MAY NOT BE A LEPER, BUT DOES ANYONE NEED A MIRACLE IN HERE TODAY?

THE MAN IN THE TEXT IS A LEPER

AND LEPROSY WAS INCURABLE BY MEDICINE AND UNTREATABLE BY MAN

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW LEPROSY BEGAN, IT BEGAN AS A CURSE--->MIRIAM

ALL THE MEDICAL FACILITIES AND DOCTORS COULD NOT HELP THIS MAN

HE NEEDED HELP DESPERATELY

I KNOW A MAN FROM GALILEE WHO WILL HEAL YOUR SOUL AND SET YOU FREE

IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE AND YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE MAN CANNOT HELP YOU

AND THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN CHANGE THE SITUATION IS GOD ALMIGHTY

IF YOUR IN HERE, I WOULD JUST START PRAISING GOD FOR HIS MERCY

MERCY WILL CHANGE YOUR FAMILY, MERCY WILL OPEN UP DOORS, MERCY WILL HEAL YOUR BODY, MERCY WILL HEAL YOUR SOUL, MERCY WILL CLEAR YOUR DEBT, MERCY WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE, MERCY WILL FORGIVE YOUR SIN, MERCY WILL WORK YOUR MIRACLE-OH, CAN WE GET SOME PRAISE IN HERE FOR THE MERCY OF GOD

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MERCY GAVE THIS MAN THE STRENGTH TO MAKE IT TO JESUS

BY LAW, HE HAD TO STAY 6 FEET AWAY FROM PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES AND 100 FEET AWAY WHEN THE WIND WAS BLOWING

AND THEY HAD TO ANNOUNCE TO EVERYONE, “UNCLEAN”

THIS LEPER HAD BECOME DESPERATE

HE HAD FOUND THE ONE THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE

SO, HE STEPPED OVER RULES AND REGULATIONS, BOUNDARIES AND LIMITATIONS

ARE YOU DESPERATE ENOUGH FOR A TOUCH FROM CHRIST THAT YOU WILL STEP OVER YOUR IMAGE, REPUTATION, HOBBIES, ENTERTAINMENT, SOME RELATIONSHIPS SOME PEOPLE TO GET TO THE MASTER

AFTER STEPPING OVER RULES AND REGULATIONS, HE APPROACHED JESUS THE RIGHT WAY

HE CAME TO JESUS, KNELT DOWN ON HIS KNEES BEFORE JESUS, FELL ON HIS FACE AND WORSHIPED HIM