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/The mind is a garden that could be cultivated to produce the harvest that we desire.
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/The mind is a workshop where the important decisions of life and eternity are made.
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/The mind is an armory where we forge the weapons for our victory or our destruction.
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/The mind is a battlefield where all the decisive battles of life are won or lost./
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/**/Are you living as you wish to live?/*
 
"/Those who *live according to the sinful nature* have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who* live in accordance with the Spirit* have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.//
//The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;// //the sinful mind is hostile to God.
It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.//
//Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God./" (Romans 8:5-8, NIV) [1]
 
The opening words of Romans 8 bring a wonderful assurance to the person whose trust is in Christ.
"/ //Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,/" (Romans 8:1, NIV) [2]
 
Isn’t that what we all want to avoid.
The fear of being lost eternally drives many people to Christ.
I was surely driven that way.
But what is it that sustains that relationship?
It can’t be sustained through fear.
Coercion and compliance was never God’s intention.
He does not want to force Himself on people.
As I watch the lives of many Christians I am convinced that they don’t live as they do simply because they want to.
Joyless Christians are too often people who just don’t want to go to hell.
More and more, I see “hell” as a place that God refuses to be – a place totally devoid of His presence.
A place prepared for those who in life declare that they want nothing to do with Him.
And regardless of what it is or isn’t, it won’t be a place that a person is happy to find themselves in.
It will be filled with the eternal torment of having forsaken the opportunity to come to Him and to enjoy Him and the knowledge that there’s no going back to try to make things differently.
It’s a fitting end for people who have no regard for God – they get what it is they think they want and then they realize that this is not really what they want after all.
Those who merely want to escape hell have no other driving spiritual passion.
They are incapable of inspiring anyone else to seek out a personal faith.
They don’t want hell and they don’t particularly want heaven – they are stuck somewhere in between.
What a shame to be in that state of mind.
Did you ever have the experience of being in love with someone who didn’t love you?  Remember the pain?
So many times, God knows that no matter what we say, we just are not in love with Him.
We sing love songs but we don’t love Him.
We go to a worship service and watch and evaluate how it fits our preferences . . .
and we fail to worship.
It’s not rocket science, . . .
*He wants more than anything else that we would love Him more than anything else.*
Paul writes in Romans 8 to address life patterns.
He wants us to understand that *the way that we choose to live identifies the basic nature of our wants.*
If the pattern of our lives is without restraint, to serve our flesh – to be controlled by our drives and compulsions, then it is because we have made a choice to deliberately do so.
We have “*/set our mind/*”, Paul says, to cooperate with our sinful nature.
It’s not because the temptation is so great but because we pursue self-satisfaction above and beyond all else.
We do what we want to do.
On the other hand if the pattern of my living is otherworldly, if my values bear a stark contrast to those around me.
If I refuse to play silly games, to worship what everyone else worships.
If I refuse to trade my life or compromise my convictions for earthly gain, then it is because I hear and see things that others are blind to, voices from another world, another kingdom.
It is because I have chosen to live according to the will of God.
I have chosen to do so because I want to – not because I have to.
I would have to say that I am living my  life today exactly the way that I want to live it.
I don’t feel that I am missing anything that the sinful nature can provide.
For me, this world holds nothing better than what God provides as I choose to follow Him.
Paul says that we have a mind set to serve self or to serve the Spirit.
We are doing what we want to do.
To live naturally self-serving is the programming that we are born with.
In our younger years, for a very short time we even call it cute.
It gets old real fast though.
That attitude or mind set is illustrated in the following “/Toddler’s Rules of Ownership”/
 
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If I like it, it's mine./
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If it's in my hand, it's mine./
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If I can take it from you, it's mine./
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If I had it a little while ago, it's mine./
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If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way./
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If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine./
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If it looks just like mine, it's mine./
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If I think it's mine, it's mine./
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If it's yours and I steal it, it's mine./
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If a child doesn’t move beyond this relatively quickly we call them spoiled brats and question the parent’s methods and practices.
I remember one of HC Wilson’s admonitions to pastors relative to their children.
He basically reminded a group of pastors that other people won’t see our children as cute if their behavior is inappropriate.
If we love our children we will teach them to behave properly.
We tolerate inappropriate behavior from seasoned Christians within the church.
There are those who feel that they have the right to be rude or unkind for some greater reason.
I remember one dear lady who used to tell me that I looked like a real preacher when I wore white shirts.
I know that she meant well – but you know what . . .
she was just rude and meddlesome.
*/FOUR LEVELS OF MATURITY/*
 
John Maxwell has identified four levels of maturity for Christians.
They are given in progressive order with the least mature viewpoint listed first:
 
/(1) I'm going to do what I want, regardless of any thought for God; /
/(2) If God gives me what I want, then I will give him what he wants; /
/(3) I will give God what he wants, with faith that he will give me what I want; and /
/(4) I will give God what he wants, regardless of any thought for myself.
Many Christians spend the balance of their life at level two or three but the greatest joy is found at level four.
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*/Personally I would add a fifth level./*
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/(5) I want what God wants./
/("How to Get Commitment for Ministry," John Maxwell, The Pastor's Update, April 1991)/
 
So how do we “grow up”? 
 
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/**/How do we reset our minds according to God’s Will and our wants./*
I am going to suggest to us today that we need to “*/repent/*” and I’m not going to assume that you know what it really means to repent.
Some people look to try to determine a level of remorse as evidence of repentance.
When we can’t see “remorse” we assume that a person has not sincerely repented.
Is there a difference between remorse and repentance?
Oswald Chambers says: /“Never mistake remorse for repentance; remorse simply puts a man in hell while he is on earth.”/
Paul differentiates between the two in 2 Corinthians 7:8-11.
/"//Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it.
Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while—// //yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance.
For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.// /*/Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret/*/, but worldly sorrow brings death.//
//See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.
At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.//"/
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Paul separates the sorrow from repentance.
He suggests that sorrow over what we have done merely brings us to the place where we can repent.
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