Sermon Tone Analysis

The 3 Question to Fulfilling God’s Mission

Matt 6.23

Textual Comments

And, as if to make this the more evident, the two keynotes of this great sermon seem purposely struck in it—“the KINGDOM” and “the RIGHTEOUSNESS” Of the kingdom—as the grand objects, in the supreme pursuit of which all things needful for the present life will be added to us.

The precise sense of every word in this golden verse should be carefully weighed.

“The kingdom of God” is the primary subject of the Sermon on the Mount—that kingdom which the God of heaven is erecting in this fallen world, within which are all the spiritually recovered and inwardly subject portion of the family of Adam, under Messiah as its Divine Head and King.

“The righteousness thereof” is the character of all such, so amply described and variously illustrated in the foregoing portions of this discourse.

The “seeking” of these is the making them the object of supreme choice and pursuit; and the seeking of them “first” is the seeking of them before and above all else.

The “all these things” which shall in that case be added to us are just the “all these things” which the last words of assured us “our heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of”; that is, all we require for the present life.

And when our Lord says they shall be “added,” it is implied, as a matter of course, that the seekers of the kingdom and its righteousness shall have these as their proper and primary portion: the rest being their gracious reward for not seeking them.

(See an illustration of the principle of this in , ).

What follows is but a reduction of this great general direction into a practical and ready form for daily use.

Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & Brown, D. (1997).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol.

2, p. 29).

Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

We are citizens of the Kingdom of God; therefore, our pursuit is different from that of a citizen of this world system.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

— That to secure these rights, “

We SEEK to please God rather than ourselves.

Or satan through the desires of our flesh and mind.

Notice in this verse the before we were in Christ, we yielded ourselves to the passions of the flesh.

This is not the way we live now, we have experienced in HIM a transformation stated in the Romans.

The new birth experience is the rebirth of the human spirit.

We now can fulfill the will of the Father.

The new birth experience is the rebirth of the human spirit.

We now can fulfill the will of the Father.

After the new birth, we must undergo the renewing of the mind through the reading, studying, hearing, memorizing and the meditation of the Word of God.

This process will bring about transformation and not behavior modification.

The vision of Zoe 2.0 is LOVE, LEAD, IMPACT.

Love ALL people, Lead them into an intimate walk with Jesus, impact generations through them.

Leading them into an intimate walk with Jesus is only possible through the integration of the Word of God and Prayer.

Prayer and the Word is what we call FELLOWSHIP which is key to the cultivation of HIS presence in our lives.

God’s presence to the human being has the same effect a cocoon has for a caterpillar experiences in its metamorphosis.

eph

(in an insect or amphibian) The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

A change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.

All butterflies have "complete metamorphosis."

To grow into an adult they go through 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

Each stage has a different goal - for instance, caterpillars need to eat a lot, and adults need to reproduce.

3 Questions

Where is your Jerusalem?

Where is your team?

Who is your Timothy/Ruth?

These are not only questions, but this is also an outlining a maturity process.

(Love, Lead, Impact)