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Also, keep a finger in Eph 5.
Christ, the Lord of the Family (Part 1)
Big Idea - In God’s great love for us He has given my family instructions.
Colossians 3:18-4:1
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.
You are serving the Lord Christ.
25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
4 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Introduction - The beauty of reading and preaching through scripture one verse and chapter at a time is this...
Hook - Well isn’t this an awkward way to start a sermon in 2019… Telling wives to submit to their husbands.
You are forced to read and deal with issues that you would naturally avoid.
Todays passage has some hard teachings.
Teachings that are hard to say and hard to hear.
This is the beauty of reading through scripture one verse and chapter at a time.
This is the beauty of preaching straight through scripture.
My human tendency in preaching would be to avoid a passage like this, but preaching and reading through chapters at a time bring you to important topics that are uncomfortable, but very helpful.
When you feed yourself spiritually each day, use your devotional books, but be sure to read through scripture.
Hook - Well isn’t this an awkward way to start a sermon in 2019… Telling wives to submit to their husbands.
Hook - Well isn’t this an awkward way to start a sermon in 2019… Telling wives to submit to their husbands.
Unless you want an un-winnable fight - No man in his right mind in todays climate is drawn to tell women to submit to their husbands.
God calls wives to follow their husbands lead.
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
gives a further explanation of this passage
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
We call this word submission -
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
We see this very difficult word mentioned in both passages today - Submission.
Men, if you are not aware this word raises the angry hairs on the back of your wife’s neck.
Illustration - A guy I know walked into a ladies class at a church I use to serve in.
The female teacher had not arrived yet and it was getting close to class time starting.
He thought he would get a laugh out of the ladies.
He announced that he was going to be the substitute for the night and that they were going to be discussing the topic of “submitting to their husbands”.
No one laughed but him, all he got were dirty looks.
He quickly exited the class.
This is a hard subject for many reasons, but here we are - teaching the whole council of God.
I trust that God will give us grace today.
So we will honor Him and our wives.
1A.
Submission means to voluntarily place yourself under the leadership of another.
So lets deal with this verse and then get on to challenging the men.
-In this case, a wife is to follower her husbands lead.
says in verse 22 that a wife is to follow her husbands lead, as she follows the Lords lead.
1B.
What these verses do not mean.
-That women are second class citizens or lesser than value.
Bearer of God’s image just as well as a man bears the image of God.
-That husbands are given permissions to mistreat, boss around, or take advantage of their wife.
-That wives are called by God to follow the spiritual lead of someone else’s husband.
Just her own.
-That a if a husband asks his wife to sin she should follow.
She should refuse sin.
What this verse does mean.
-This verse does not excuse in any way - verbal or physical abuse of a wife.
1C.
What this verse does mean.
That in the order of creation, God in His wisdom created roles.
These roles compliment each other.
There is purpose in these roles.
Example -
Speaking of the Trinity
The Father and the Son share the same essence and rank, and yet in their relationship, the Son submits to the Father.
While the Father never submits to the Son.
No inferiority.
No inequality.
Yet, there are different roles in the God head.
The Spirit of God submits to the Father and Son, and has a different role in the God head, but is in no way inferior to the other persons of the God head.
Not only is there equal value in the 3 persons of the Trinity, We also see that there is equal value within the marriage.
There are different roles in marriage, but not diminished value for anyone.
Christ’s value is not lessened because He follows the Father’s lead.
A wife’s value in a marriage is not diminished because she submits to her husband.
In reality, she is doing what Christ did when he submitted himself to the Father while on earth.
Ephesians 5:22-24
, Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.
Helper is someone who makes the other better.
Wives - You know your husbands need help.
We husbands need all the help we can get.
As a wife, one of your rolls in marriage is to help your husband be wise, help him see a situation brewing before it is a problem, have his back if someone is against him … He needs your help.
As a Christ follower, many of you wives can hear the cautioning voice of wisdom or God’s Spirit before your husband can.
Some of our wives are very sensitive to whether or not something pleases the Lord or not.
Is sinful or is over the line.
How does submission work itself out in marriage?
Your husband needs you to be an active help in your marriage.
He needs you to speak up.
He needs you to share what God is laying on your heart.
Never to nag, but to be actively invested.
So we see that submission is not inactive, but rather an active role that God has called you to.
God desires you to submit to your husband, and in that submission be active in how you support Him and your family.
Your husband and your family needs you.
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