Sermon Tone Analysis

1.

Romans                                 Romans 8:31-39

 

 

2.

Gospels                                John  15:1-17

 

 

3.

Old Testament Narrative                  Gen.

41:37-44

 

 

4.

Old Testament Poetry                        Psalm 127

 

 

5.

Old Testament Prophecy                 Haggai 1:1-6

 

  

10~/94     GOD IS ON OUR SIDE   ROMANS 8:31-39   HOMILETICS II

INTRO:

1. IN THE LIFE OF EVERY BELIEVER, THERE ARE SEASONS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE.

2. UNCERTAINTY LEADS US TO QUESTION THE WHY'S, WHERE'S AND HOW'S OF      LIFE.

3. WE SUFFER FROM MYRIAD HARDSHIPS; PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND GOD IS SILENT.

4. AND NOT ONLY IS GOD SILENT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT GOD IS AGAINST US.

     ...GOD IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.

EXPL:

1. PAUL IS VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH SEASONS OF HARDSHIP.

2. PAUL SUFFERED MANY TRIALS; PRISON, FLOGGED (5X RECEIVING 40 LESS ONE), BEATEN WITH RODS, STONED, 3X SHIPWRECKED, GONE WITHOUT SLEEP, KNEW HUNGER, THIRST & WENT WITHOUT FOOD, BEEN COLD AND NAKED; RUN OUT OF TOWN; FACE PRESSURES DAILY RE: THE CHURCH.

3.

PAUL WRITES TO ENCOURAGE US THAT DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS OF CIRCUMSTANCE & SITUATION, THE NEW LAW OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES DELIVERANCE, SECURITY & ASSURANCE.

PROP: GOD IS ON OUR SIDE!  GOD IS FOR US!

TS.: FROM THE INSIGHTS WITHIN THE TEXT, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT     IN LIGHT OF HARDSHIPS & UNCERTAINTY ...GOD IS FOR US.

INTERR: HOW?

I.   NO ONE CAN BE AGAINST US -GOD GAVE US HIMSELF V. 31

     1.

GOD IS LOVE, GOD GAVE US LOVE, GOD GAVE US HIMSELF.

(ILL:) GOD'S LOVE FOR US IS NOT A LOVE THAT ALWAYS EXEMPTS US FROM TRIALS, BUT RATHER, A LOVE THAT SEES US THROUGH TRIALS.

     2.

GOD LOVED US BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME...KAIROS

          GOD..FOREKNEW, PREDESTINED, CONFORMED, CALLED, JUSTIFIED,          GLORIFIED US...BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.  

     3.

GOD DID NOT GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE...DEATH BUT LIFE THRU      HIS BELOVED SON.

II.

NO ONE CAN CONDEMN US - GOD GAVE US HIS SON  V.

34

     CHRONOS TIME, CHRIST ENTERED TIME, SPACE & HISTORY...    

     1.

SON IS LOVED BY GOD

     2.

SON LOVES US

     3.

SON GAVE HIS LIFE

          -RANSOM~/RESCUE~/REDEMPTION~/RIGHTEOUSNESS

(ILL:) GOD IS THE SOURCE OF LOVE; CHRIST IS THE PROOF OF LOVE.

(ILL:) "WHAT WE GIVE AWAY, WE KEEP.

WHAT WE HOARD, WE LOSE."

III.

NO ONE CAN SEPARATE US - GOD GAVE US HIS SPIRIT  V.35

     1.

WILL SUSTAIN US FOREVER

     2.

WILL SANCTIFY US IN THIS PRESENT LIFE

     3.

WILL NEVER BE A SEPARATION

(ILL:) SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD, BUT NOT FROM GOD.

CONCL: (ILL:)  "PULL UP BOOTSTRAPS, PICK UP THE BLOOD STAINED BANNER AND PRESS ONWARD TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING IN CHRIST JESUS."

GOD IS FOR US BECAUSE GOD IS FOR HIS SON; WE ARE IN HIS SON AND HIS SPIRIT IS IN US ... WHAT CAN WE SAY...NO ONE CAN CONQUER US! BECAUSE THE LORD IS FOR US.

GOD HAS ALWAYS BEEN (ETERNITY PAST),ALWAYS IS(PRESENT) & WILL ALWAYS BE(FUTURE) FOR US.

11~/15~/94  THE ABUNDANT ABIDING LIFE   JOHN 15:1-17   WINBORNE  SOFE

INTRO: 1. THERE IS A BELIEVER CLOSE TO ALL OF US WHO IS LIVING A DEFEATED CHRISTIAN LIFE...A NON-PRODUCTIVE, FRUITLESS, LIFE UNDER THE GUISE OF CHRISTIANITY.

2. A BELIEVER WHO USES THE RIGHT WORDS, IS SEEN IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES, HOWEVER HAS AN UNSEEN SHADOW OF A RAIN CLOUD OF GLOOM.

3. THIS BELIEVER IS IDENTIFIED AS A SPIRITUAL PRISONER, DRAGGING THEIR CHAIN OF BIBLES, BALANCING THE MILESTONES & BURDENS OF LIFE, CUT OFF FROM THE SOURCE OF ABUNDANT LIFE.

EXPL: 

1.

VINES AND VINEYARDS ARE MENTIONED APPROXIMATELY 500 TIMES IN THE BIBLE.

2.

PRESERVING A GRAPEVINE REQUIRED MUCH WORK WHICH INCLUDED WINTER PRUNING AND CULTIVATION, FERTILIZING, SPRAYING, WATERING, PRUNING IN THE SPRING, TYING IN THE SUMMER, AND FINALLY THE HARVEST.

3.

JESUS HAS ALREADY PROCLAIMED THAT HE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE DOOR, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE AND NOW HE DECLARES THAT HE IS THE TRUE VINE.

4.

IN THE IMPENDING SHADOW OF DEATH, DURING THE LAST SUPPER, JESUS USES THIS METAPHOR TO ENCOURAGE, TEACH AND MINISTER TO THOSE WHO WILL CONTINUE THE AWESOME TASK OF MINISTRY.

TS: FOLLOWING THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CHRIST AND THE FATHER AND THE TRUE VINE, THE BRANCHES & THE HUSBANDMAN WILL HELP TO CLARIFY HOW WE CAN LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE 

PROP: THE ABUNDANT CHRISTIAN LIFE IS LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP                BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE FATHER.

I.   JUST AS CHRIST IS THE OBJECT OF THE FATHER'S LOVE, SO THE      BELIEVER IS THE OBJECT OF CHRIST' LOVE.

V.9

     1.

JESUS LOVED US WITH AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE LOVE.

2.

JESUS LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.

3.

JESUS LOVES US WITH AN UNCHANGING LOVE.

(ILL:) PADEREWSKI & THE PIANO PLAYING KID; LOVE OF CHRIST FOR MEN.

II.

JUST AS CHRIST REMAINS IN HIS FATHER'S LOVE, SO THE BELIEVER MUST REMAIN IN CHRIST' LOVE.

V.10.

1.

JESUS GIVES US A NEW COMMAND - "STAY IN LOVE!"

(ILL:) HUDSON TAYLOR & ABIDING IN CHRIST; LOVE - ABIDING IN CHRIST

     2.

JESUS GIVES US AN EXAMPLE - "OBEY IN LOVE!"

(ILL:) PEOPLE STEEPED IN TRADITION BUT NOT ROOTED IN CHRIST' SALVATION ARE BRANCHES.

AT THE POINT OF REJECTION OF TRUTH, THEIR LIVES WILT AND BECOME FRUITLESS...REVEALING THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PERSON...EX.

JUDAS.

III.

JUST AS CHRIST' JOY IS RELATED TO HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER,     SO THE BELIEVER'S JOY IS RELATED TO HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE     SON.V.11.

1.

OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO RELATIONSHIP.

2.

OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO REVELATION.

3.

OUR OBEDIENCE IS CONNECTED TO RESPONSIBILITY.

(ILL:) DOING WHAT I DO FOR WHO?; RESPONSIBILITY

CONCL:1.

BELIEVERS RECOGNIZE THE SOURCE OF LOVE IS CHRIST

      2.

BELIEVERS RECIPROCATE THAT LOVE VIA OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.

3.

BELIEVERS REMAIN IN CHRIST.

4.

BELIEVERS REJOICE IN ABUNDANT LIVES THROUGH CHRIST.

*PS.

127:1-2  THE MASTER BUILDER.

W.

WINBORNE   SOE*

  

*"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT: EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN.*

INTRO:

1. WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?

BY YOUR LIFE, RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE YOU CONSTRUCTING?

WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS ARE YOU USING, WHAT PLANS AND DESIGNS ARE BEING USED?

WHAT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIALS? 

2.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOU FAILURES?

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED  FROM YOUR SUCCESSES.

3. WHETHER WE REALIZE IT OR NOT WE ARE BUILDING...BUILDING FAMILIES, MINISTRIES, CAREER'S.

4. AND WE WERE BUILDING IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRON; A GODLESS ENVIROM, WHERE WITH EVERY BRICK WE PLACE ON ONE END, SOMEONE IS STEALING THEM AT THE OTHER END....

(ILL:) ABRAHAM LINCOLN - NAT'L DAY OF FASTING....1863.

EXPL: 1. 7TH PS OF DEGREES, PROCESSIONAL~/STAGES OF PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM @ FEAST~/SUNG ON STAIRS~/MUSICAL: @ THE TEMPLE; THIS IS KNOWN AS THE BUILDER PSALM...FROM SOLOMON.

2. OFFSPRING OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA;  JEDIDAH, BELOVED OF GOD, WHO RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF GOD'S WISDOM.

3.  THE BUILDER OF THE TEMPLE.

PROP:  *IF GOD IS NOT IN OUR ENDEAVORS THEY ARE VAIN.*