Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.45UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.11UNLIKELY
Fear
0.13UNLIKELY
Joy
0.64LIKELY
Sadness
0.54LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.71LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.01UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.97LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.74LIKELY
Extraversion
0.16UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.45UNLIKELY
Emotional Range
0.73LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
The Great Controversy
The tour group stood on stones where Jesus might have stood when He preached the sermon recorded in John 6.
That day He urged His listeners to accept the gift of eternal life.
The condition was simple: believe in Him and accept Him.
The guide pointed to the elaborate elegance of this ancient synagogue, now partially restored.
From its soaring columns, decorated with floral motifs and the ark, he looked upward.
Beyond in that blue sky (the roof was missing) he imagined Jesus looking down with tears in His eyes as He remembered that day when many of His disciples "walked no more with Him" (John 6:66).
The guide continued, "See these foundation stones?
They formed the original synagogue of Jesus' time.
Here, most of His mighty works were done" (Matthew 11:20).
Before Him sat people He had healed of all kinds of disease and sickness, or from whom He had cast out devils.
But they wouldn't accept the conditions of eternal life.
They refused to repent.
The guide paused.
"Once, Capernaum was a thriving town on the shores of Galilee.
Now you see only ruins.
No one but tourists walk among the rubble.
Could Jesus have had sobs in His voice as He spoke the words of Matthew 11:23?
"And thou, Capernaum, who art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day."
Capernaum is an illustration of the great controversy between Christ and Satan.
Obviously, the devil won this battle, but he didn't win the cosmic war that involves the entire universe.
Some eighty miles south of the Sea of Galilee is a little hill just outside the city of Jerusalem, called Calvary.
Here on the cross, Jesus gave the victorious shout, "It is finished."
From this place, His words brought joy to angels and unfallen beings in worlds afar.
Who will win the great controversy going on in your life: Christ or Satan?
Preview
How did it all begin?
When did sin rear its ugly head in a perfect environment?
All the universe centered on the Godhead.
Everyone in the universe only knew love and compassion and adoration for God.
It was always this way that is, until an angel gifted by the Creator with wisdom and beauty turned against his Creator.
Ezekiel 28:15 describes Lucifer:
The terrible mystery of the origin of evil is not explained and I don’t think that we will ever in reality really understand what happened.
There's no reason or excuse for discontent, selfishness, and pride to cause Lucifer to be corrupted by the gifts God gave him.
Count the "l" statements in His thoughts.
How many are there.
.... 5
Thus began the great controversy.
Lucifer used a weapon God couldn't use.
Lies.
God is truth.
By twisting facts and creating falsehoods, Lucifer blinded one third of the angels.
This rebellion against God's government is recorded in Revelation 12:7-9
How did we get involved?
Satan hated the peace and purity of our first parents.
He envied their joy as he watched them thrill over the beauties of Eden, enhanced by daily visits of their Creator.
God warned Adam and Eve, "Never go near that one tree.
Do not eat the fruit, for then you will know death and evil."
But disguised as a serpent, Satan undermined their trust and loyalty to God (Genesis 3:5).
They believed his lies!
In that moment the devil stole dominion over the earth.
His government of death, evil, and suffering began.
Saddest of all was the separation of Adam and Eve from God.
Before God sent Adam and Eve away from Eden and the Tree of Life, He gave them hope—the promise of a Saviour.
That's why Jesus had to come to this planet.
Points to Ponder
1.
How did Satan's government impact the human race?
Division and disunity and murder within the human family.
Increase in human wickedness to the point that only evil occupied their thougths, leading to the flood.
Babel and the resultant confusion also show an important element in the great controversy .
How much confusion is in our world today?
2. How do we know that the world became the stage on which the dramatic struggle between right and wrong is being played out?
The story of Job illustrates how Satan and God are deeply interested in our lives, for different reasons.
Compare that verse with 1 Corinthians 4:9.
3. Consider also God's choice of Abraham and Israel and how the controversy was fought through the story of Israel throughout the Old Testament.
Can you name some persons or incidents in the Old Testament that exemplify how this great controversy was fought?
How about Sodom and Gomorrah, Balaam trying to curse Isreal, David and Goliath, the antagonism between Joseph and his brothers.
The list could go on and on.
4. The cross was the ultimate battleground.
The victory there assures our victory.
When Jesus said, "It is finished," He declared to the universe that Satan is forever a defeated foe.
Sin has separated us from God.
That's why Jesus came to this world to fight in the great controversy, to defeat sin and Satan, and to reconcile us with God.
He longs to transform us.
He hates the sin that pollutes us.
Satan has perverted our minds and imaginations, degraded our souls until we are weak, lacking in moral strength.
What is the solution to this terrible pollution, separation, and death?
Nuts & Bolts
What are some of the great issues in the great controversy?
1.
The law of God is just and essential for God's governance in the universe.
Without the law, there can be no order in the universe.
God's law reflects His character, and His character is love.
Satan defies that law.
God says that sin is ,
The KJV says that sin is the transgression of the law.
Satan charges that the law is arbitrary and affects human freedom.
How can we be sure that this is a lie?
If God’s law is a reflection of Himself or His character and we are told that God is Love, then why would God give us something that would affect our human freedom?
The simple answers is that He wouldn’t.
He created us, he loves us and he has told us that for over 6000 years and He gave us His Son to die in our stead.
Logic states that Satan is the lier and not God.
2. Obedience as an expression of love is a necessary part of belonging to God's family.
Satan accuses God of self-exaltation because He requires obedience to His law.
Satan also charges that the law of God cannot be kept.
It is arbitrary, too demanding, and too restrictive of human freedom.
God, on the other hand, sent His Son, Jesus, to show to the universe that the law can be kept.
That Jesus overcame Satan in the wilderness temptations (Matthew 4:4-10) and that He kept God's law while on earth and did not sin, is proof that obedience to God is possible.
Jesus said
Peter says of Jesus
Paul adds about Jesus
3. Christ's place in God's government
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9