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
0.5LIKELY
Disgust
0.44UNLIKELY
Fear
0.09UNLIKELY
Joy
0.53LIKELY
Sadness
0.25UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.6LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.48UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.82LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.89LIKELY
Extraversion
0.15UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.81LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.75LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
X‑Envelope‑To: worley@worleyid.com
X‑Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:03:38 ‑0400
To: "Recipients of The Reformer's Fire" <trf‑list@tulip.org>
From: Christ Covenant Reformed PCA <trf@tulip.org>
Subject: THE PINK PSALM
Reply‑To: trf@tulip.org
X‑Mailing‑List: <trf‑list@tulip.org>
archive~/latest~/106
THE PINK PSALM
Psalm 101: 1‑8
The Reformer's Fire ‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑ Max A Forsythe
Our psalm today is a royal proclamation concerning whom the King of Israel,
even David, would have serve Him in his royal household.
There are three
times in David's life when this psalm could have been most appropriate.
First, it could have been composed immediately after the death of Saul when
David succeeded to the government of a part of the kingdom.
The second,
could have been when the whole kingdom was again united under the dominion
of David.
The third possibility is the removal of the Ark of the Covenant
to Jerusalem.
This psalm has been given various titles according to the application of
the message contained.
At the family level, it has been called the
Householder's Psalm.
The notion here concerns the regulation of the family
and servants who are to be trained in righteousness by the example of the
Father.
At the national level, this psalm has been called "The Mirror for
Magistrates" as a means of determining who will be allowed to serve the
nation's King.
In this sense, Ernest the Pious who was once Duke of
Saxe‑Gotha, invented what we would call a pink slip which might appear in
the pay check of a person let go from their position.
It is recorded that
on several occasions the Duke would send a hand written copy of this psalm
to unfaithful employees.
It even became a proverb in that area of Germany
that when an official would do something wrong he must soon receive the
prince's Psalm to read diligently!
At the heavenly level, this psalm may
celebrate the present rule of the Lord and King Jesus Christ in our very
own hearts while we prepare ourselves for eventual entry into His eternal
kingdom.
The psalm falls into two main parts.
In the first part, King David lays
down the rule of his own conduct, and in the second part declares war
against faithless followers.
His ambition is to have God's own city worthy
of its true King, prepared for His eventual rule whenever He decides to
come and dwell in it.
In verse one the singer declares his purpose for his
whole life.
He begins by promising to praise God for both His love and His
\\ justice.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once reflected upon the terrible misery
inflicted upon him by the communists for thirty years.
Later in life, he
was able to dismiss that misery and suffering as necessary to discipline
him in righteousness and necessary to bring him to the saving knowledge of
Jesus Christ.
And so, as we grow into the faith we may too learn in time
to give God the glory for all the pressures and sickness and turmoil that
persuaded us to fall at His feet and seek forgiveness for the sins
deserving of just punishment.
Like a parent's love in discipline so David praises God for both love and
justice.
In the following verses, two and three, David resolves to lead a
life worthy of being used to praise his heavenly Father.
Now we know
from the biblical record that David did not always lead an exemplary
blameless life!
Whenever this psalm was composed we see the nature of
David's heart.
We see his goal, his aim to please the Lord of Lords and
the King of Kings.
How many of us have even made this much resolve?
How
many of us are even committed to improving one little part of our earthly
life?
If we, unlike King David, a man after God's own heart, are not even
willing to resolve to do well, what hope is there for improvement?
Heads
of Households, Employers, Ministers and Leaders alike should pray for a
blameless life, and endeavor to improve their work and witness daily.
Now in verse two there appears to be an interruption.
David asks, "When
will you come to me?"
By this he desires not only divine guidance and
instruction, but also the divine presence to assist him in achieving a
blameless life.
David, unlike many today realizes the impossibility of
improving the species of man without God's help and without God's presence!
Like God's people in all ages he awaits the Father's presence.
Only then
can he and we continue with the following resolves.
David will walk in his
house with blameless heart.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9