Sermon Tone Analysis

God’s Plans Revealed in Our Plans

I am not suggesting that God plans are secondary to our plans.

I am saying that God’s plans are easier to see when we look at the past.

Matthew

We began 2018 with the goal of having a deeper, Spiritual Relationship with God

Have a Deeper, Spiritual Relationship With God.

This is taken from the 2017 annual reports.

As a local church, we honor God through submissive obedience in serving others and proclaiming His Word.

We also need to have personal involvement and rewards in the local church mission.

God wants more than our attendance and money, He wants our heart, soul, and mind.

The Elders have prayed for wisdom and guidance in leading Calvary spiritually.

We see the change taking place and know the answer is to have a deeper spiritual relationship with God and His mission.

It’s not about attendance and it’s not about the money!

It’s about our walk with God, following the pattern and commands of Christ.

This message will continue to be preached and encouraged while we seek God’s wisdom and guidance.

Copied from the 2017 Annual Report

1/7/18 Good Intentions Kill

Copied from 2018/1/7 A.M. Good Intentions

a determination to act in a certain way: resolve

a determination to act in a certain way: resolve

what one intends to do or bring about

It is said the "the road to hell is paved with good intentions."

We all have experienced bad results that come from good intentions.

1/14/18 A Special Possession

1/28/18 The Test of Success

Above all else, every church must pass the test of feeding on the bread of heaven, God's manna from heaven.

Living in a me first society is a challenge for the believer.

Being moved by anything other than the Spirit must be questioned

That means we must encourage and practice being in the Spirit's presence.

We need to be encircled by the Holy Spirit.

We need to be in love with God!

We need to teach our children the core values of living for the Enduring Eternal Life found in Jesus Christ.

This message, the message of faith in Jesus Christ, the message of living or walking in the Spirit, the message of salvation in Christ is the test.

Are we experiencing the results of such values in our church?

2/4/18 Expressing Faith through the Local Church

It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him.

Many a man preaches Christ but gets in front of him by the multiplicity of his own works.

... Christ can do without your works; what he wants is you.

Yet if he really has you, he will have all your works.

P.T. Forsyth

Galatians emphasized the problem of blending human actions with faith

A local church has to stand apart from the world in preaching faith in Jesus Christ!

To do anything else enhances the possibility of blending the human will with faith.

Faith is the message the local church carries

Galatians 5:13-

Serve One Another

Walk by the Spirit

Acts of the flesh

Fruit of the Spirit

Keep in step with the Spirit

Paul’s purpose is to counteract the false teaching that was blending Jewish rituals and the Christian faith.

Paul urges the Galatians to remain in the freedom they have in Christ but also cautions against the abuse of this freedom.

Paul’s purpose is to counteract the false teaching that was blending Jewish rituals and the Christian faith.

Paul urges the Galatians to remain in the freedom they have in Christ but also cautions against the abuse of this freedom.

Water, M. (2001).

The Books of the Bible made easy (p.

48).

Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishing.

Flesh

Blending Human values and the Christian Faith.

Paul is confronting the blending of visible actions with faith.

Live by the Spirit or by the Flesh?

At one time the churches (plural) were identified according to faith in Jesus Christ.

However, they began to listen to teachers about the importance of following a different law, “the law of Moses.”

I believe the church of today is facing similar false teachings that needs to be carefully examined.

Simply stated, the issue is the conflict between the flesh and the Spirit.

Galatians 3:2-

The Flesh connect with the elemental forces of the world

Special Celebrations follow a law separate from faith

Gal 4:

Who is the Enemy

:14-16

The human will (false teachers) alienated Paul

Gal 4:17-

Christ’s seed (singular)is characterizes as the faithful

God’s Promises come through Christ

Galatians 3:16-1

Galatians 3:

Serve One Another humbly and don’t indulge the flesh

Galatians

love (Christian) n. — a strong, non-sexual affection and regard for a person and their good as understood by God’s moral character; especially characterized by a willing forfeiture of rights or privileges in another person’s behalf.

Be careful how you treat one another

love (Christian) n. — a strong, non-sexual affection and regard for a person and their good as understood by God’s moral character; especially characterized by a willing forfeiture of rights or privileges in another person’s behalf.

Galatians 5:

to hurt ⇔ bite v. — to hurt, conceived of as gripping, cutting off, or tearing with the teeth.

Walk by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-17

Conflict: to oppose v. — to be against; express opposition to.

This introduces us to a very fascinating dichotomy regarding the way the “one anothers” are outlined in the New Testament.

They can actually be grouped under “the acts of the sinful nature” and “the fruit of the Spirit.”

When they are, we can see immediately what Paul had in mind when he stated that these two manifestations conflict with one another (5:17).

The Acts of the Flesh

Galatians 5:19-

The Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22-2

This introduces us to a very fascinating dichotomy regarding the way the “one anothers” are outlined in the New Testament.

They can actually be grouped under “the acts of the sinful nature” and “the fruit of the Spirit.”

When they are, we can see immediately what Paul had in mind when he stated that these two manifestations conflict with one another (5:17).

This introduces us to a very fascinating dichotomy regarding the way the “one anothers” are outlined in the New Testament.

They can actually be grouped under “the acts of the sinful nature” and “the fruit of the Spirit.”

When they are, we can see immediately what Paul had in mind when he stated that these two manifestations conflict with one another (5:17).

Getz, G. A. (2011).