Sermon Tone Analysis

Please remain standing for our scripture reading.

Are scripture reading this morning is from Galatians chapter 5 verses 16 to 26.

I say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For the flashlights against the spirit in the spirit against the Flesh and these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish but if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are evident which are adultery fornication uncleanness lewdness idolatry sorcery hatred contentions.

Jealousy selfish Ambitions dissensions heresies NV murders drunkenness revelries and the life, which I tell you beforehand just as I also told you in time tasks that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God, but the fruit of the spirit is love joy, peace, longsuffering kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control against such there is no law and those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit.

Let us not become conceited provoking one another envying one another verse by the reading and hearing of his word this morning.

Please be seated last week.

I was prepping for 1st Corinthians.

And so I asked Ben to share with us from the word and also since there's a possibility they may soon be moving.

This may be the last time that I get to pick on him and have him share.

So I'm doing him making do that Graham.

Yeah, I've I wanted to speak at least one last time before I left.

There is a good chance that we will be leaving.

We don't know exactly when or where it could be as closers Sacramento could be as far away as Seattle.

So there might be some places farther but that kind of gives you an idea of the range were looking at and it's not because we don't like you all it's because that's the opportunity I have to work.

So we're going to trust that God has a place prepared for us and we're going to be getting to serve the Lord in a new church somewhere.

So we would appreciate your prayers for them as as they prepare for us and now but it's been a joy to be here for the last five years as we begin this morning though.

I wanted to open with a word of prayer.

So join me.

Father we do thank you for the opportunity to gather together is the body of Christ.

It is such a joy and a privilege to be with our fellow Believers to be with the fellow Heirs of God this morning to join together and know that we have one Spirit one God one Unity there is

So much that we have together and we have it with brothers and sisters in the Lord across the world and we thank you for the wonderful privilege.

It is to join together to look into your word to have the expressed word of God is a blessing we can and cannot express until Father's we look into it this morning may transform our lives.

May we see clearer who you are so that we may reflect that better this morning.

We thank you our heavenly father for all you have done for us and for all that you will continue to be doing for us in the days to come in.

Jesus precious name we pray.

Amen.

Well as I prepped for preaching this week.

It didn't occur to me until last moment that it was Father's Day.

I do this with every holiday.

I've breached on the spoken for Christmas.

I've spoken for Thanksgiving things.

I've spoken for a number of special events and it never occurs to me till about the day before that.

Oh, you know, I guess I could have done a sermon about Father's Day or having to do with Christmas or Thanksgiving but you know God is good and all these things tied together, so there will be a brief moment of realization.

Where were you look at something regarding?

Father's day, but that being in the back of your mind.

I want you to think with me as we get started this morning about being led by God.

What is it to be led by God who who can be led by God who is led by God.

I want to tell you a little bit of a story you may have heard this one.

There was a man called to leave his home and he felt this call from God.

He took his family with him.

He traveled quite far, but he never found exactly where God wanted him to set up a home.

He visited many places how many cities many countries people all over the all over the place but everywhere he went he never found a place where he was to build a permanent home in a residence.

He never found a place to live.

He lived in mini temporary dwellings tents Tabernacles his name you might have heard was Abram.

And he never had a permanent home again after he was called to leave his house.

He had grown up in and when he left he left his homeland and he never again had a home to call his own God promised him though and entire land a country.

That would be not only his but his descendants for years to come through it.

All he believed that God had a plan and that he would keep his promises Abraham as we are more commonly referred to him.

He's later known that we all know that he was a man who was led by God.

But is it only such great men who we've read about in the Bible who are led by God.

We know how tall was led by God and when he was on his missionary Journeys he would seek to go one place and God would say and then he would try to go to another place and God would say but then he would open a door for him.

And that is how the gospel spread to all of them really Europe.

That was the first time that the gospel went into Europe was because God kept him from going into Asia but directed him towards Europe got beads in many different ways, but this morning I want to look at some very specific things that we can know about God's leading in our personal lives.

So first lettuce turn.

Well.

I suppose I should remember to change the slides.

Haha, who is led by God first this morning.

I want to look at who is led by God.

So if you would turn in your Bibles with me to Romans chapter 8 verse 12 Romans chapter 8 verse 12

I'm are beginning and verse 12 of Romans chapter 8.

It says therefore brethren.

We are debtors not to the flash to live according to the flesh for if you live according to the flesh you will die.

But if by the spirit you put to death the Deeds of the body you will live for as many as are led by the spirit of God.

He's are the sons of God you did not receive.

I'm forgetting to change the slides, aren't I?

W4 you did for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out Abba Father God is our father and we have received the spirit of adoption.

But you said in verse 14 something very interesting there.

He says for as many as are led by the spirit of God.

These are the sons of God.

Real quick.

We get that first answer to that.

First question.

Don't wait who is led by God welt, the sons of God are led by God who are the sons of God?

Well, if you keep reading 15, he said for you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear but you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out Abba Father every one of us who has received the spirit of adoption every one of us who has believed in Jesus Christ is our savior.

We are the sons positionally of God, right?

We are the sons of God and he is now our father what an amazing thing just in God's timing what I was looking at being led by God led by his spirit and also the fact that God is our father, right?

God leads his children.

He says that those who are his children are led by him for as many as are led by the spirit of God.

These are the sons of God.

You could say it in reverse as many as are the sons of God.

These are led by God right?

Those who are God's children are led by God, but what does that mean?

Okay, what does it mean to be led by God we could we could say that all day, but I must we know what it means to be led by God for all of us called to go live in tents like Abraham and travel around the land of Canaan or California Valley here.

No are all of us had to be missionaries like Paul and travel across Europe and Asia and all over the place know.

So what is it to be led by.

We understand that his children are the ones who are led by him.

But what is it to be led by God before we go away from this passage.

I just want to point out real quick what it is.

Tubal add that word lead in here to be led by God is a there and I forgot to write down the Greek words, but I can't say them anyways anymore.

It's been too long since I studied that in Bible school, but it says the Greek word is a present passive indicative third person plural now if that's just gibberish to you.

Let me explain.

It means it's something that is happening to you currently present means it's happening now and it's going to happen in the future.

It's going to continue to happen is this idea of what's at the present passive means it's happening to you.

It's not something you are physically doing and is there there's three types there's active passive and the middle switch.

The middletons is my favorite whenever it's used because it means you did something to yourself or our teacher always gave the illustration of when you throw a ball that's active.

Someone throws a ball to you that's passive when you throw a ball up and it comes down and hit you in the head you did that to yourself, right?

You can't blame gravity.