Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

-Mom daughter decides to go to Rehab

-Dad and Son reconcile their relationship

-Just when I began to run out of money God opens up a door for a new job

-My son gets some scholarship money so that he can go to college.....

-Good news is always made gooder against the backdrop of Bad news.

Then

-(v.1) Paul tells the Corinthians you need to be reminded of the Gospel.

The one that I preached to you when the First Baptist Church of Corinth was started.

This tells me two things that no matter who much people think they know what the Gospel is, we need to be periodically reminded of the core principles of the Gospel.

Paul the tells why:

a.

You recieved it, it is what gives you the power to stand, and it is the method by which I saved you, and am saving you.

What is the Gospel?

The word in greek means simple “Good News”

What is that Good news?

I.

He Came

John 1:1-3 (help)

Logos, (Greek: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”)plural logoi, in Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning.

Though the concept defined by the term logos is found in Greek, Indian, Egyptian, and Persian philosophical and theological systems, it became particularly significant in Christian writings and doctrines to describe or define the role of Jesus Christ as the principle of God active in the creation and the continuous structuring of the cosmos and in revealing the divine plan of salvation to man.

It thus underlies the basic Christian doctrine of the preexistence of Jesus.

-Summary---all cultures from antiquity began to formulate theories about the cosmos or the created world.

That word Logos has to do with reason, logic and planning.

It came to describe the foundation of or source of the divine order of the cosmos.

-(v.1) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John says that “the Word” in this text is not a theory, nor is it a concept, as the Greek philosophers postulated.

This “Word” is a person.

-(v.2) “He was in the beginning with God” Notice how John then gives us some more information about “the Word” by using the personal pronoun “He” as if he did not make it clear in the first text.

He tells us that this “He” was eternal, and he was in perfect fellowship with the Father.

Letting us know that the trinity is made up of person.

-(v.3) “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being” John went from describing who “the Word” is too describing what he did.

He is the effectual cause of the whole created order.

He is the vessel through which “all things came into being” John is preaching now.

This Word is the creature, and sustainer of the immaterial and material world.

john 1:14(help)

-(v.14) and “The Word” became flesh---the immaterial took on material, the supernatural took on the natural.

El Shaddai, Jehovah Jirer, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Saboath, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Tsidkenu, The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Most High God put on humanity with all of it’s weaknesses.

This is not an exchange of his nature to a human nature.

This is an addition to his God Nature making him the only person who has two natures.

Both God & Man house in an earthen vessel of flesh.

-(v.14) “and dwelt among us” That word “dwelt” means-he lived an resided among us.

Not exalted above us exercising his right as a King, but coming as a humble carpenter from the hoods of Nazareth.

Why would he go through such lengths to dwell among us?

Genesis 2:15-17(help)

-(v.16-17)

God gave man a garden to explore, and enjoy everyday with one restriction.

Do not eat from the knowledge of good and evil or on the day you shall eat of it you will surely die.

Dying you shall die.

-In Genesis 3:1-6 Adam and Eve were tempted by the Devil and ate of the fruit from the knowledge of good and evil.

And their eyes were open meaning they lost their innocence....Guilt & Shame came.

And that day they died.

They died immediately Spiritually and eventually they died Physically.

-in the consequences God gave them and us some hope:

Genesis 3:14-15 (help)

-(v.15) “The Serpent” is a snake physically, but spiritually he is the Devil.

God tells “the Serpent” I will put enmity(strife, contention) Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; God essentially tells the Serpent that their will be contention and war between your seed(the demons) and her seed(mankind).

-(v.15) “He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel” God is speaking prophetically about a future event.

He tells Satan that there would be a “HE” that will come through the seed of a woman that would “strike” you on the head(deadly blow) an you will strike him on the heel(temporary) blow.

This is the first announcement of “the Gospel” in the text.

-in Summary: God tells Satan that I am going to redeem man with another man.

This tells us why Jesus took on human flesh, because God cannot lie and he bounded himself prophetically to keep his word.

-Let me give the bad news: The Sin of Nature of Adam spread to all mankind after this sin in the garden thereby making all of us “children of wrath” Paul helps us with this:

ephesians 2:3 (help)

-(v.3)

Paul says that before I got saved “I lived and walked according to the lust of the flesh” because I was by nature a child of wrath.

“even as the rest” meaning before Christ Saved me I was no better than any of these pagans that are practicing sinful lifestyles.

Jesus missionary journey to the Earth, had a primary objective and a secondary objective.

His secondary objective was to save mankind from his sins, but his primary objective was to come and die on the cross to satisfy the righteous justice of God.

II.

He Died

-(v.3) Paul says “I delivered to you as of first importance” meaning this message I am bringing you is of the highest priority.

If you don’t embrace this part of the message you will not be able to accept any other part of the message.

This is the foundation of Christianity.....What does he tell him?

-(v.3) “That Christ Died for our sins according to the scriptures” Paul says this is a core foundation of the Gospel that Christ died.

Meaning if you deny the Death of our Lord via crucifixion that you have just denied the whole faith.

Notice the last part “according to the scripture”

What scripture?

There is no NT at this point; So what is Paul talking about???

psalm 22:11-18 (help)

-You see the specific prophecy in this text

Mocking at the cross-(v.11-12)

Surrounded by Religious leaders(v.13)

Physical Anguish(v.14)

Thirst(v.15)

Surrounded by Roman Soldiers---Pierced my hands and feet(v.16)

No broken bones(v.17)

They gambled for my clothes.(v.18)

David is just described something that he has never seen.

Crucifixion was invented by the Assyrians & Babylonians in the 6th century, then it was used systematically by the Persians until the Romans took it and perfected it in the 3rd century bc for 500 years.

David lived during the 9th Century BC.

He would have never seen what he is describing in this text.

-(v.3)

When Paul says he died according to the scripture he is appealing to the OT text as proof of this cataclysmic event.

-At the cross God satisfied his wrath, while at the same time he extends to Grace & Mercy to underserving sinners....Just ask the thief on the cross....

Paul says not only did he Come & Die, but he also “Rose”

III.

He Rose

-(v.4) “and that He was buried” Paul the Theologian wants you to be clear that a real body was put into the grave, and that a real body was raised.

-(v.4) “according to the Scriptures” now look at Paul using that phrase again.

This tells us that there must be a hint of this profound miracle found in the OT.