Sermon Tone Analysis

matt 23:

‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭2:9-12‬

Imitate the Father but always giving the honor to the Father or Jesus

Self-made men ... are the men who owe little or nothing to birth, relationship, friendly surroundings; to wealth inherited or to early approved means of education; who are what they are, without the aid of any of the favoring conditions by which other men usually rise in the world and achieve great results.

(pp549-50)

In addition, Douglass does not believe in what he calls the "good luck theory" (p552), which attributes success to chance and friendly circumstances.

He believes that "opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable" (p553).

It is not luck that makes a man a self-made man, but considerable physical and mental effort.

Similar to Franklin's virtue of industry, Douglass underlines the importance of hard work as a necessary means to achieve success.

He remarks that "there is nothing good, great or desirable ..., that does not come by some kind of labor" (p555).

Douglass is convinced that success can be explained by only one word, namely "work!" (p556)

He further argues that there is a natural hierarchy of men.

An ambitious man will naturally, through hard work, climb the social ladder, whereas the unmotivated man will not improve his position: "the man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down"

By the mid-1950s, success in the United States generally implied "business success".

In addition, Douglass does not believe in what he calls the "good luck theory" (p552), which attributes success to chance and friendly circumstances.

He believes that "opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable" (p553).

It is not luck that makes a man a self-made man, but considerable physical and mental effort.

Similar to Franklin's virtue of industry, Douglass underlines the importance of hard work as a necessary means to achieve success.

He remarks that "there is nothing good, great or desirable ..., that does not come by some kind of labor" (p555).

Douglass is convinced that success can be explained by only one word, namely "work!" (p556)

Hope+faith=miracle

He further argues that there is a natural hierarchy of men.

An ambitious man will naturally, through hard work, climb the social ladder, whereas the unmotivated man will not improve his position: "the man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down"

We get mad because our needs aren't met and because others use us to get their needs met.

Mad two meanings

A man’s passions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength.

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

A man’s emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength.

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.”

control is an illusion

Gold medals are wonderful things but if you aren't enough without one you won't be enough with one

- Cool Runnings

‭‭psalms 101:2-4

Spiderman doing nothing and his uncle dying

Mothers give comfort Fathers give confidence(identity)

It should take no more time to get back to

The Father then it did to get saved the first time, if it is then you’re trying to work your way back.

the traits of a real man

Russian political officers worked tirelessly to infuse the troops with fanaticism.

Each new soldier stood before the banners of his regiment and received his weapon in a formal ceremony.

Martial songs were sung, and party officials read speeches on the need for devotion to the Motherland.

Impressed by the panoply, most soldiers went back to their units “armed to the spiritual teeth.”

Men are looking for SOMEONE in authority to affirm their manhood\

For Frost, there's little benefit in reaming out a kid and embarrassing him in front of his teammates when he already knows he missed a play.

In fact, it's counterproductive.

It can put the player play in a state of constant fear where they're dwelling on all the bad things that will happen if they don't make a play.

Frost would rather have his players focus on playing fast and free and thinking about making great plays.

That's why he's striving to build a culture of "no fear of failure" inside the program.

It's a simple coaching strategy, but it's obviously of great importance to Frost.

It's also one we can certainly get behind.

Is the focus on making the great play or not making a mistake?

The vision of a team with a single goal, one heart and one mind

Adam never fought, he never took the authority given to him over the earth

Made in His Image

Woman is made in the image the same as man.

Male and female He created them.

So what is the image of God?

He is a fire from the loins up and a fire from the loins down.

He is a fierce warrior King and also a tender lover.

He is the perfection while we are a reflection of Him that is being transformed from glory to glory.

Where we experience happiness He is JOY.

He is WISDOM, He is not tame, He is not proper, He is not politically correct, He is GOOD and He is Vengeance, He is PURE and He is WILD, He is SAVAGE and He is LOVE, He is JUST and He is MERCY, and none of them exclude the other, He is all of them PERFECTLY and without contradiction.

What we would think of as arrogant in an earthly king is merely honor that is due the Lord of Heaven.

He is BEAUTY and He is JEALOUS, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom, and that is the beginning of a relationship.

“By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24:3‬ ‭

“The Lord will go forth like a mighty man, He will rouse up His zealous indignation and vengeance like a warrior; He will cry, yes, He will shout aloud, He will do mightily against His enemies.”

So what is the image of God?

He is a fire from the loins up and a fire from the loins down.

He is a fierce warrior King and also a tender lover.

He is the perfection while we are a reflection of Him that is being transformed from glory to glory.

Where we experience happiness He is JOY.

He is WISDOM, He is not tame, He is not proper, He is not politically correct, He is GOOD and He is Vengeance, He is PURE and He is WILD, He is SAVAGE and He is LOVE, He is JUST and He is MERCY, and none of them exclude the other, He is all of them PERFECTLY and without contradiction.

What we would think of as arrogant in an earthly king is merely honor that is due the Lord of Heaven.

He is BEAUTY and He is JEALOUS, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom, and that is the beginning of a relationship.

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭42:13‬ ‭

“The LORD is a warrior; Yahweh is his name!”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15:3‬ ‭NLT

‬‬“But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’

Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

“Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites.

And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭17:16-20‬ ‭

I think the instructions for kings are especially significant for us as men these days because the king was one of the only ones who 

“Abide in me, and I in you.

As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

I am the vine; you are the branches.

Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

‭‭john 15:1

Adam didn't “Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2:18‬ ‭

Jesus didn't “So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing.

For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

"I can do nothing on my own.

As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭5:19, 30‬ ‭

No man is an island entire of itself; every man

is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;

if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe

is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as