Sermon Tone Analysis

*The Power of God in the Church!*

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*The church of the Living God is not weak!

Not because of its own strength, but because of the Power of God!

We aren’t stagnant, weak, sick or anything else because God’s Power is evident in us!*

*/Matthew 16:13-19/**/KJV/*

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some /say that thou art/ John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed /it/ unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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V 18 first talking to Peter upon this rock I will build my church.

Peter is not so much the rock as his faith in Jesus!

Our church is founded upon the word of God not a disciple!

Peter would later deny he even knew Jesus but later be forgiven.

The second part of the verse is describing the church.

V 19 We have the power to see people forgiven by speaking the word how?

*/John 20:23/**/KJV/*

23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; /and/ whose soever /sins/ ye retain, they are retained.

*/Matthew 18:18-20/**/KJV/*

18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

KJV

There is Power in God’s church and there is power in corporate prayer in agreeing in prayer!

FAITH

*/Matthew 21:22/**/KJV/*

22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

PRAYING IN FAITH

Belief; Circumstances and Faith; Faith; Prayer

/MATTHEW 21:22//; //MARK 11:24//; //JOHN 20:29/

Television interviewer and journalist Larry King describes three farmers who gather daily in a field during a horrible drought.

The men are down on their knees, looking upward, and praying the skies will open and pour forth a much-needed rain.

Unfortunately, the heavens are silent, and the petitioners become discouraged, but they continue to meet every morning to lift up their request to God.

One morning an uninvited stranger approaches and asks the men what they are doing.

They respond, "We're praying for rain."

The newcomer looks at each of them and shakes his head, "No, I don't think so."

The first farmer says, "Of course we're praying.

We are down on our knees pleading for rain.

Look around; see the drought.

We haven't had rain in more than a year!"

The outsider continues to nod his head and advises them their efforts will never work.

The second farmer jumps in and says, "We need the rain; we aren't asking only for ourselves, but for our families and livestock."

The man listens, nods, and says he still isn't impressed.

"You're wasting your time," he says.

The third farmer can't take any more, and in anger he says, "Okay, what would you do if you were in our shoes?"

The visitor asks, "You really want to know?"

The three landowners answer, "We really want to know!

The future of our farmlands is at stake."

The guest announces, "I would have brought an umbrella!"

*/ /**/Psalm 46:1-6/**/KJV/*

1 God /is/ our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 /Though/ the waters thereof roar /and/ be troubled, /though/ the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

Selah.

4 /There is/ a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy /place/ of the tabernacles of the most High.

5 God /is/ in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, /and that/ right early.

6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.