Sermon Tone Analysis

Welcome || Host Time || Covenant Member || Greg Neil

10:25 Greg offers our guests to grab coffee and snack (if available—pointing to the lobby doors) announcing we will start worship in 5 min.

10:28 Concord Worship is in place before Host takes the stage

10:30 Music begins promptly at

Host says...

Good Morning Church!

Covenant Members, would you join me in welcoming all of our first time and returning guests?

( energetic applause) So good to see all of you and to be here.

I hope you have been made to feel welcome today.

This church is about walking out this life together in the RADICAL GRACE of JESUS CHRIST.

It’s our heart that here a Concord, that you are made to feel “Know, Loved, and that you Belong.”

Scripture tells us:‌

Romans 5:8 ESV

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

That means you don’t have to get it all figured out before you come.

You come and we figure it out together.

Whatever season you are in, we know the struggles of this sinful world…but we also know that our God is bigger than our circumstances.

guest connection:

Keep it upbeat— Also, for our Guests we want to connect with you!

With that said, I hope you received a program this morning you’ll notice in that program there’s more info about who we are and what we offer as a church.

There you will find information about various ministries for the whole family.

Also inside the program, along with the insert, there is a connect envelope.

Later on in our service we will worship through a time of offering together.

During this offering time we will give all of you a moment to fill out the connect envelopes (and they also serve as a place you can give any money or financial gift that you would offer to the Lord).

During that time you will have an opportunity to connect and give and it’s really simple.

Joe, our lead pastor will walk you through the steps.

We desire to connect with you and help you get plugged in.

covenant connection:

Now Covenant Members, if you will grab the insert inside your program and take it out, it is promoting some awesome things that we want to highlight so please take a look at that and see how you can get plugged in the various ministry opportunities we have. .

Coming soon...

Call to Worship || Preparatory Reading of Scripture

Ask Congregation to stand and to read this as you lead them, (together).

Read SLOWLY—establish a good rhythm for followers

look at screen to make sure you are in sync with congregation

Greg exits stage

FORGIVEN || worship leader || Cole Pevey

Slide Team: Make sure Scriptures are ready to cue up as Cole says, *Psalm 51:11-13 says*...” not before or too far after…please be alert.

All slides must be changed when the reader moves to the next verse (no delay).

Total focus!

We don’t want the congregation distracted or reading the screen premature to the verse be read, nor waiting on the right verse to show up.

Encourage your team to pursue this will excellence.

Cole, says:

Song of Pardon - Concord Worship

Song of Pardon:

Cole prays: Thanking God for His presence through His Holy Spirit and how He reveals Himself through the person on Jesus who is “the Word.”

Ask Him to anoint the service as we continue to worship through His Holy Spirit inspired Scripture and song.

Band exits stage

As Cole prays Covenant Member will make his or her way to the stage.

Scripture Reader take the Stage during Cole’s Prayer (uses White labelled Mic) and then reads the Script

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Scripture Reading ||

Todd says:

Good morning church, and guests.

Welcome to Concord.

My name is , Todd Mashburn.

I serve Concord as a deacon and on the worship team.

My wife Paige and I serve in Concord Kids and in Concord Students ministries.

We have 2 children (Kinley - in kids) and (Keegan in the student ministry).

We have been covenant members here for ___ years.

We are all excited to share the good news of Jesus and how our vision and mission, as a church, make Him known in this community.

This is our Mission here at Concord:

We exist to connect people through loving community as we introduce them to Jesus and help them follow Him.

This morning I have the honor of sharing God’s Word with you.

Only mention the first verse so people won’t read ahead

This morning we’ll be reading from the book of Luke

If you are joining us this morning and you do not have a Bible, you should see a White Paperback one lying around under your seats, feel free to use that one.

And if you don’t own a Bible, consider that our free gift to you.

We will even provide you with the page number on the screen to help you find our texts throughout our worship service.

take a moment and a nice slow breath — count to 3 in your head — then READ: Book, Chapter, Verse, then Scriptures.

Say:

This is the Word of the Lord.

Exit the stage...

Sermon || lead pastor || Joe Brantley

Introduction

“Faith is not belief without evidence.

It is belief on the very best of evidence, the word of Him who cannot lie.”

R. A. Torrey

last of the four gospels written, which gives it “particular significance.

It has always been recognized that there is some essentially different about this gospel” when compared to the other three- “and it seems to me the great difference is this: though they are all portraits of the Lord and Saviour, in John’s Gospel there is more application; a greater emphasis is placed on the bearing of all this upon us as believers.”

As we dig in and unpack this text, it’s my hope to unpack at what length John goes to give more time and attention in how the Lord prepares us (his people) for the days ahead; problems of live and living apart from his physical presence.

“Born of God,” D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2011), pg. 1.

So why did John write this?

KNOWING AND BELIEVING IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, LEADS TO LIFE; IN HIS NAME AND TO FULFILL OUR DESIGNED PURPOSE TO GLORIFY GOD.

John wrote this to strengthen, establish, and encourage these first century Christians because that is what they needed…and so do we.

Because we are results driven, selfish, and easily discouraged.

Because of trials and troubles, combined with time, waywardness, doubt, and questioning—instead of leaning into Christ as taught we step back and ask “Is It True?” that is why John’s Gospel was written…for ENCOURAGEMENT.

KNOWING AND BELIEVING IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, LEADS TO LIFE; IN HIS NAME AND TO FULFILL OUR DESIGNED PURPOSE TO GLORIFY GOD.

Background-written for first century Christians

Various persecutions:

Terrible trials, large numbers put to death in cruel ways

In Rome, Christians were fed to lions in the coliseum for sport as the Aristocrats of that day cheered—that is part of the background, why they needed encouragement…to persevere

But something else…the Christians had been taught Jesus was coming back soon and when he didn’t this created doubt

Enter the False teachers and the church was being disrupted by these false teachings.

Enter the False teachers and the church was being disrupted by these false teachings...UNCERTAIN and CONFUSED

Again this was motivation for John to write the Gospel—in fact all the Gospels were specifically written in order to confirm and establish the early Christians from this condition of uncertainty, unhappiness, and even hopelessness.

KNOWING AND BELIEVING IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, LEADS TO LIFE; IN HIS NAME AND TO FULFILL OUR DESIGNED PURPOSE TO GLORIFY GOD.

VITAL PRINCIPLE

The Gospels were written primarily for Christians in order that we might have ASSURANCE and CERTAINTY.

THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE GOSPELS

BIG TRUTHS (Doctrines)

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A Fuller teaching of the doctrine of the person of Jesus Christ