Sermon Tone Analysis

Dad teaching me to drive a semi, the culture of being a driver

From being young and the boss’ son, to proving myself as an individual.

We all strive for that in some form or another.

We strive for greatness and recognition and accomplishment.

We strive to be known by men and to be admired by the world.

We spend our lives trying to reach a level of success that is unattainable, because the moment we get there, we realize that there is more to want.

I made alot of mistakes as a young man, a young husband, a young father.

I allowed the things that I was chasing and the the standards which I set for myself and the standards that others set for me to cause me to neglect the reason I pursued them in the first place, my family.

If we aren’t careful and keep our standards in check, they end up overshadowing the reason they were setup to begin with.

This is who we are, this is where we are, this is what we have, what are we going to do with it right now?

We don’t have to wait until we reach some self appointed level of status in order to do great things.

God uses common people to do uncommon things

Jesus went up from where they were and called them to come to Him, and they came.

Jesus went up from where they were and called them to come to Him, and they came.

When Jesus calls us, we must come up from where we are.

He brings us up from our sin, from our failure, from our past, from our fear, from ourselves so that we can be with Him.

When Jesus calls us, we must come up from where we are.

He brings us up from our sin, from our failure, from our past, from our fear, from ourselves so that we can be with Him.

Acclamation to their new names and assignments.

Are they capable, worthy?

Do they even understand what it means?

They didn’t understand, they continued to get it wrong, but Jesus called them anyway.

When Jesus calls us, we must come up from where we are.

He brings us up from our sin, from our failure, from our past, from our fear, from ourselves so that we can be with Him.

Acclamation to their new names and assignments.

Are they capable, worthy?

Do they even understand what it means?

They didn’t understand, they continued to get it wrong, but Jesus called them anyway.

Jesus called who He saw fit, not who we would see as being fit.

Worldly qualifications had no bearing on who Jesus chose to call to Himself.

Acclamation to their new names and assignments.

Are they capable, worthy?

Do they even understand what it means?When Jesus calls us, we must come up from where we are.

He brings us up from our sin, from our failure, from our past, from our fear, from ourselves so that we can be with Him.

When Jesus calls us, we must come up from where we are.

He brings us up from our sin, from our failure, from our past, from our fear, from ourselves so that we can be with Him.

Acclamation to their new names and assignments.

Are they capable, worthy?

Do they even understand what it means?

They didn’t understand, they continued to get it wrong, but Jesus called them anyway.

Moses calls leaders to come up to Mount Sinai with him.

We are not worthy or capable.

We must come to God with our failures and allow Him to do the work within us and through us.

We must learn to follow Him through faith in who He is, not who we are.

We will never be perfect, but we don't need to be.

We are not worthy or capable.

We must come to God with our failures and allow Him to do the work within us and through us.

We must learn to follow Him through faith in who He is, not who we are.

We will never be perfect, but we don't need to be.

He calls us out of our weakness into His strength.

God uses common people to do uncommon things.

To be with Him

To be with Him

Means more than just hanging out and being seen with Him.

It was more than just identifying with Him and sharing in His popularity.

It means to separate from the world and stand with Him.

To share in His victories and in His struggles.

To bear the cross with Him and take our identity from Him alone.

They were called to live life with Him.

To learn from His words and from His actions.

To follow His example of self sacrifice and service to those He came to save.

They were being trained for what was to come by the Son of God.

So are we.

Sanctification - the process of being made holy.

Matthew

As followers of Christ, He is with us always, teaching, strengthening, shaping us into what He created us to be.

It means giving Him time to shape you into what He created you to be.

It means giving Him time to shape you into what He created you to be.

Jesus called these men, as He has called us, to be with Him.

But there is a purpose for knowing Him and learning from Him.

To preach

Being with Jesus means being a witness of Him and for Him.

In His teaching and living that they may know and give account of it.

To receive instruction from Him so that they may teach others.

This is still our mission today.

It's one of the reasons we are gathered here today (sermons, ss class, Wed.

bible study, Sun night men and women classes).

We preach and teach and learn so that we can apply.

So that when we leave this place today, we can affect the world by engaging the world with the Word of God.

Every person that Jesus calls, He sends.

Out to In to Out.

They not only affected the world through His word, but also through deed.

Heal and Free

There are many avenues of belief about whether or not the powers given to the apostles during this time are still in use today.

We don’t have time to go into that this morning, but I will say that the enemy is working just as hard as he ever was to steal, kill, and destroy the individual, the family, the church, the biblical truth of God.

And because of that, God is still very much at work in building, protecting, edifying, and strengthening His kingdom.

Instead of getting caught up in the question of specifics when it comes to what and who and why, maybe we should just take comfort in the fact that God is for us today and is fighting for us today as He has always been and will always be.

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But that conversation is for another time.

For today’s sermon, I want to focus on another aspect of this.

But I know that our God is far too great and far too powerful for me to assume to know everything that He is or is not doing.

I can tell you one thing in all certainty.

If God wants people around today with the power to heal and cast out demons, then He certainly will certainly make it happen whether we believe it or not!

But that conversation is for another time.

For today’s sermon, I want to focus on another aspect of this.

Jesus bestows upon them a very special gift and honor.

It not only edified the men, but it demonstrated to them and to all those around them that Jesus Himself was able to give power as He saw fit, and He gave it as God and not as a man.

Jesus was claiming to BE God! Which many people had a problem with.

We have seen this throughout the entire ministry of Jesus through the book of Mark.

He was once again showing His divine power and authority over all things earthly and heavenly.

But with all the power and authority that Jesus has to establish the kingdom of heaven, the church on this earth, lets look at the list of names Jesus Himself chose: