Sermon Tone Analysis

5 More Sayings Of Jesus

Jesus The Christ

Confession of Faith

I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel.

I am moved by what I believe.

I believe the WORD of God!

The victory is mine!

I have it now!

I can see it through the eyes of my faith!

1.

Don’t Be Afraid

There is Power in the Presence of Jesus

Jesus can Calm the Storm in your life

We are mere people.

We get tired so frequently; exhausted so often; tempted so much; pressured so tightly; strained so painfully.

We fight to keep our minds on Christ and struggle to maintain a moment by moment consciousness of His presence

It is impossible to remain strong and faithful to Christ without getting alone for prayer and renewal.

Such is the way God has chosen to teach us to trust.

We are not self-sufficient.

If we want the assurance of His presence and if we are going to do what He has sent us into the world to do, we must spend time alone with Him.

2.

Don’t Doubt Me

When Jesus Christ is present - there is hope!

Peter's hope was stirred up!

There is physical and mental exhaustion when you are struggle for survival in a storm;

When you are a condition like that all you want is to be saved and delivered from danger.

Peter knew Jesus, both His power and His love:

“Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

Jesus' command was, "Come."

The word is strong; Jesus was not merely giving Peter permission to come; He was commanding Peter.

When you see that Jesus can save you - the command is there: "Come."

But , Peter lost his faith Peter

He knew Jesus cared and loved and had the power to save him.

He had his eyes upon Jesus.

It was when he took his eyes off Jesus and focused back on the storm that his faith began to weaken and he began sinking.

3

Talk The Talk and Walk The Walk!

There are and always have been two basic religions in the world.

There is the religion that focuses the outside of a person and the religion that focuses on the inside of a person.

⇒ External religion says be physically and morally clean.

Internal religion says be spiritually regenerated and made into a new creature.

⇒ External religion says that if a person keeps the outside clean then the inside will be clean.

Internal religion says that if a person is clean on the inside then he will keep the outside clean.

⇒ External religion develops a system of laws to govern behavior.

Internal religion behaves out of a heart of love and respect for God and man.

⇒ External religion says be faithful to religion (the church) and its practices and moral teachings and you will be clean.

Internal religion says be cleansed within by Christ and you will be faithful to the church and live justly.

⇒ External religion is a man-made religion of ritual, ceremony, laws, and works.

Internal religion is God's religion based upon His Son Jesus Christ who changes or recreates the heart of man.

This act of recreation gives man a new heart, a heart that reaches out to both God and man in love and respect.

4.

Know Who Jesus Is For Yourself

⇒ There are some people who think that Jesus was only a great man of righteousness who was martyred for His faith.

Therefore, He leaves us a great example of how to live and stand up for what we believe.

⇒ There are other people who think that Jesus was only one of the great teachers and prophets of history.

⇒ There are still others who think that Jesus was only a great man who revealed some very important things to us about God and religion.

Therefore, He can make a significant contribution to every man in their search for God.

⇒ There are some others who think that Jesus was just a great man and prophet sent to the people (Jews) of His day.

We can learn about Him by studying His life.

Your confession must be based on a personal trust in Jesus Christ.

"But you, who do you say that I am?"

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God"

—a simple and yet huge confession arising from a personal conviction.

It is the confession that saves the soul and the confession that lays the foundation for the church.

The very life and survival of a man's soul and of the church as a whole rests upon this simple, yet profound conviction.

⇒ Jesus is The Christ: the Messiah, the annointed One of God!

5.

Make Disciples

Jesus commissioned His followers.

to Seek and Save The Lost

Jesus went after the lost, those who were willing to commit their lives to Him.

And when He found such a person, He saved that person.

When Jesus Christ found a person who was willing to commit his life, He attached Himself to that person.

Jesus began to mold and make that person into His image.

The word attach is the key word.

It is probably the word that best describes discipleship.

Christ made disciples of men by attaching Himself to them; and through that personal attachment, they were able to observe His life and conversation; and in seeing and hearing, they began to absorb and assimilate His very character and behavior.

They began to follow Him and to serve Him more closely.

In simple terms this is what our Lord did.

This is the way He made disciples.

This was His mission and His method, His obsession: to attach Himself to willing believers.

Next Steps:

Read the book of Hebrews

Invite someone to Church for Easter

Volunteer for a project or ministry at the church!