Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

What defines you?

This is a question you've no doubt been asked at some point in your life.

And you have probably never given much thought to what you are truly being asked.

As stated in Webster's Dictionary, the verb “define” means to identify the essential qualities or meaning of something.

It's important that we take the time to define ourselves in a realistic, expansive way, and that we see clearly when others are trying to define us in their own terms or in relation to what they want us to be.

It's important that we take the time to define ourselves in a realistic, expansive way, and that we see clearly when others are trying to define us in their own terms or in relation to what they want us to be.

When we feel that we only fit into one definition - when we believe how others define us or when we define ourselves narrowly - we lose parts of ourselves.

A baby was born to two University of Wisconsin graduate students.

The couple gave up their unnamed son for adoption.

The baby’s father, was a Syrian political science professor.

His mother, worked as a speech therapist.

Shortly after this baby was placed for adoption, his biological parents married and had another child.

It was not until this baby grew up and was 27 that he was able to uncover information on his biological parents.

As an infant, he was adopted by Clara who worked as an accountant and Pau who was a Coast Guard Veteran and machinist.

They named this infant baby, their new baby Steven Paul Jobs.

Steve was an American business magnate and investor.

He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc., the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar, and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT.

Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

As an infant, Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs.

Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist.

It was Steve Jobs who said “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

In essence, the Apostle Paul shared similar sentiments to his protege Timothy.

III.

THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTER—chapter 4

A. A good minister, preaching the Word—4:1–6

B. A godly minister, practicing the Word—4:7–12

C. A growing minister, progressing in the Word—4:13–16

Nestled in the middle of Paul's encouragement.

He tells Timothy:

1 Timothy 4

Let No Man Despise Thy Youth

There are two definitions for despise:

to look down on someone or something.

with contempt or aversion, with implication that one considers the object of little value.

to consider something not important enough to be an object of concern when evaluated against someth.

else

to consider something not important enough to be an object of concern when evaluated against something else.

Be Thou An Example of The Believers

(But) insures letting no man despise thy youth.

Be an Example.

Scripture has many of examples of young people in the word:

Godly Young Men

Samuel

David, fighting Goliath

1 Samuel 17

Joash became king at the age of seven

2 Chronicles 24

Josiah became king at the age of eight.

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 34:1

Godly Young Women

Jephthah’s daughter

Ruth

Ruth 1:

Esther

Esther

The Virgin Mary

Luke

Phillip’s Daughter

Be an Example in Communication

You can mitigate people trying to define you by being wise in your communication.

If you want some one to categorize you quickly be loud and obnoxious.

Be not Rash with your words.

Colossians

Be an Example in Charity

Be an Example in Character

Notice he states in spirit, in faith and in purity.

in spirit

in faith

in purity

Jesus spoke this during His famous Sermon the Mount.

So what did He mean by “pure in heart?”

The Greek word for “pure” in is katharos.

It means to be “clean, blameless, unstained from guilt.”

Interestingly, the word can refer specifically to that which is purified by fire or by pruning.

John the Baptist told people that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire ().

Malachi speaks of the Messiah as being like a “refiner’s fire” ().

Jesus refers to believers as being the branches and to Himself as being the vine ().

For a vine to produce fruit, it must be pruned.

Those who are truly “pure,” then, are those who have been declared innocent because of the work of Jesus and who are being sanctified by His refining fire and His pruning.

Steve Jobs said ““Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

If you are a Child of God that inner voice is the Holy Spirit.