Sermon Tone Analysis

*1 Peter 1:13-16 (ESV) – page 1219 \\ 13 *Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

*14 *As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, *15 *but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, *16 *since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

·         Called to be Holy

·         In the preparation of your minds for action and being sober-minded on this Lord’s day, bring to your minds this passage of Scripture

*2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) – page 1199 \\ 16 *All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, *17 *that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

·         Last Sunday I open with an introduction illustrating the family and the family structure to point out that your status within your family does not change but your ability, responsibility, and accountability within your family does change, it is the same with the Lord!

·         At this point in Peter’s letter, my goal is for you to leave here confident in these matters

·         Confident that your status with God does not change, confident that your ability, because of God’s grace, does change

·         Confidence in your new nature

·         And today the question is are you confident in the Holy Spirit?

·         Are you convince on this Lord’s day that in order for you to be holy in all your conduct, you must have confidence in the Holy Spirit?

·         Do you not know that in order to say Amen to the call to be holy, you must have faith, a growing faith, in the third person of the ‘Blessed Trinity’, the Holy Spirit?

·         Today I stand before you leaning on, depending on, the truth of 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and having faith that the Holy Spirit is more than just in this place, He is dwelling in you O Saints of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

·         No illustrations at this point, just the Word of God

·         Trusting in the Holy Spirit to make it plain for you, where you are in your walk with the Lord

·         Listen

 

*John 14:15-18 (ESV) – page 1086 \\ 15 *“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

*16 *And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, *17 *even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.

You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

*18 *“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

*John 14:25-27 (ESV) – page 1087*

*25 *“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.

*26 *But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

*27 *Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.

Not as the world gives do I give to you.

Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

*John 15:26 (ESV) – page 1088 \\ 26 *“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

*John 16:12-15 (ESV) – page 1088 \\ 12 *“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

*13 *When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

*14 *He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

*15 *All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

\\ *Acts 1:8 (ESV) – page 1095 \\ 8 *But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

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·         Too many times and too many situations and on far too many occasions, you have believed that this call to be holy is based on your skill level and your assessment of your level

·         The book I am preaching through is a letter authored by Peter, one of the Lord’s apostles  

·         Listen

 

*Luke 22:31-34 (ESV) – page 1063 \\ 31 *“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, *32 *but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail.

And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”

*33 *Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”

*34 *Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.” \\ \\

·         What is the point that I am trying to make in this opening?

·         Just this, Where would Peter had ended up if Jesus had not prayed for him?

·         The Word of God allows us to see the sanctification of Peter and a few more of the elect of God

·         For there to be a letter addressed to, well listen again to it;

 

*1 Peter 1:1 (ESV) – page 1219 \\ 1 *Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, \\ \\

·         Jesus had to pray that Peter’s faith would not fail

·         It’s interesting that Jesus prays about the faith in Peter’s life and not about the facts of Peter’s life – like health, wealth, strength, knowledge or learning ability

·         But I have prayed for you that your *faith* may not fail

·         Heath,  may fail but your faith may not fail

·         Wealth,  may fail but your faith may not fail

·         Strength,  may fail but your faith may not fail

·         Safety,  may fail but your faith may not fail

·         Even Security,  may fail but your faith may not fail

·         And when you have turned again, Peter, strengthen your brothers.

·         If Jesus had not prayed for Peter, what would Cornelius have done

·         If Jesus had not prayed for Peter, how could there be letters called first and second Peter?

·         Do you realize that the same Satan demands you?

·         Scripture speaks of his conversation about Job and why would you think that you are exempt?

·         But the same Jesus has prayed for you collectively and individually

·         Listen back in John

 

*John 17:20-23 (ESV) – page 1089 \\ 20 *“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, *21 *that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

*22 *The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, *23 *I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

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·         Prayer for the collective church

·         The song says somebody prayed for me, they had me on their minds, they took a little time to pray for me, I’m so glad they prayed but here more specifically,

·         Jesus prayed for me, He had me on His mind and He took time to pray for me, I’m so glad He prayed!

·         But recall that this context of prayers by Jesus is also for the Holy Spirit

 

*Romans 8:16 (ESV) – page 1137 \\ 16 *The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, \\ \\

·         Jesus tells Peter back in Luke, and when you have turned again (for surely you will turn again) strengthen your brothers

·         This is what Peter does in his letter

·         You shall be holy in all your conduct!

·         How?

How can I be holy in all my conduct?

·         Peter has given the answer in his opening to his letter

 

*1 Peter 1:1-2 (ESV) – page 1219 \\ 1 *Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, *2 *according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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·         Holiness in all of your conduct is accomplish by faith in the Holy Trinity but especially faith in

·         The sanctification of the Spirit

·         Do you have faith in the Holy Spirit?

·         Are you convinced that He knows what He’s doing in your life, all of it?

·         Peter does not reinvent the wheel and neither should we

 

*Galatians 3:1-5 (ESV) – page 1170, 1171 \\ 1 *O foolish Galatians!

Who has bewitched you?

It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

*2 *Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

*3 *Are you so foolish?

Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

*4 *Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

*5 *Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

 

·         Faith is what got us here and faith is what keeps us here – Amen!

·         Again Peter does not, at this point, says much other than; “you also be holy in all of your conduct”

·         How?

\\ *Galatians 5:16-17 (ESV) – page 1173 \\ 16 *But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

*17 *For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

·         Holy in all your conduct means that you have power over sin

·         Holy in all your conduct means that you are able not to sin

·         Holy in all your conduct is not based on your will power but on your humility power

·         It is believing and trusting in the theology that through Christ a true supernatural power is at work in you that makes otherwise impossible changes occur.

·         Your status before God changes not at all, but your ability to change for the good is fundamentally altered and improved by the Holy Spirit who lives within you!

 

 

*Galatians 5:22-26 (ESV) – page 1173 \\ 22 *But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, *23 *gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

*24 *And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

*25 *If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

*26 *Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.