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
0.16UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.16UNLIKELY
Fear
0.12UNLIKELY
Joy
0.52LIKELY
Sadness
0.49UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.6LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.02UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.87LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.68LIKELY
Extraversion
0.15UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.63LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.68LIKELY

Tone of specific sentences

Tones
Emotion
Anger
Disgust
Fear
Joy
Sadness
Language
Analytical
Confident
Tentative
Social Tendencies
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Emotional Range
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
*HE KNOWS BECAUSE HE KNOWS**:*
*A */Vital/ /Personal/ /Experience with Christ* */*(1 Peter 5:1)*
Peter introduces himself in this letter as an elder.
He did mention the fact that he had personally witnessed Christ’s sufferings (see Matt. 26:36ff).
*1 Peter 5 testifies to Peter’s personal experiences with Christ*.
* 1 Peter 5:1 takes us to Gethsemane and Calvary.
“The glory that shall be revealed” reminds us of Peter’s experience with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration (*Matt.
17:1–5*).
* 1 Peter 5:2 on the shepherd and the sheep certainly brings to mind our Lord’s admonition to Peter in *John 21:15–17*.
* 1 Peter 5:3  warns about “lording it over” the saints reminds us of Christ’s lesson about true greatness in *Luke 22:24–30*,
 
* 1 Peter 5:5, “Be clothed with humility,” takes us back to the Upper Room where Jesus put on the towel and washed the disciples’ feet (*John 13:1–17*).
* 1 Peter 5:8 parallels our Lord’s warning to Peter that Satan was going to “sift” him and the other Apostles (*Luke 22:31*).
Peter did not heed that warning, and he ended up denying his Lord three times.
* 1 Peter 5:10,  “make you perfect”  is translated “mending their nets” in Matthew 4:21, the account of the call of the four fishermen into the Lord’s service.
*/Peter wrote these words, inspired by God, out of his own personal experience with Jesus Christ/*.
*/He had a vital and growing relationship with Christ/*, and */this made it possible for him to minister effectively to God’s people.
/*
*In other words, Peter didn’t*:
·         Just */know/*, HE KNEW.
·         Just */perceive/*, HE PARTICIPATED.
·         Just */say it/*, HE SHOWED IT.  
·         Just */talk about it/*, HE TRAVELED THE ROAD HE TALKED ABOUT.
·         Just ‘*/exegete’/*, HE EXPERIENCED.
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
*Paul would have said it this way*:
·         *1 Cor 2:2  *
!
·         Phil 3:8-11
 
*/The counsel for God’s shepherds today/*,
* Cultivate a growing relationship with Jesus Christ,
* Share what He gives with your people.
* We will grow, and they will grow with us.
*BECAUSE HE KNOWS, HE CARES FOR THE  SHEEP *(*1 Peter 5:2–3*)
Some things the Bible shows us about sheep: (see Pss. 23; 100:4; Isa.
40:11; Luke 15:4–6;  Acts 20:28;.
We were once stray sheep, wandering toward ruin; but the Good Shepherd found us and restored us to the fold.
(Isa.53:6a)
Sheep are clean animals, unlike dogs and pigs (2 Peter 2:20–22).
Sheep tend to flock together, and God’s people need to be together.
Sheep are notoriously ignorant and prone to wander away if they do not follow the shepherd.
Sheep are defenseless, for the most part, and need their shepherd to protect them (Ps.
23:4).
Sheep are very useful animals.
Jewish shepherds tended their sheep, not for the meat (which would have been costly) but for the wool, milk, and lambs.
God’s people should be useful to Him and certainly ought to “reproduce” themselves by bringing others to Christ.
Sheep were used for the sacrifices, and we ought to be “living sacrifices,” doing the will of God (Rom.
12:1–2).
*/ /*
*/ /*
*/ /*
*/The Shepherd’s God-given responsibilities.
/*
*/Feed the flock of God (v.
2)./* */The word feed means “shepherd, care for/*.”
The shepherd had many tasks to perform in caring for the flock.
* *He had to protect the sheep* from thieves and marauders, and the pastor must protect God’s people from those who want to spoil the flock (Acts 20:28–35).
*/Sometimes the sheep do not like/* it when their shepherd rebukes or warns them, but this ministry is for their own good.
* */He also led the sheep from pasture to pasture/*.
so that they might be adequately fed.
The shepherd always went before the flock .
He would check for snakes, pits, poisonous plants, and dangerous animals.
How important it is for pastors to lead their people into the green pastures of the Word of God so that they might feed themselves and grow.
* */He had to/*/ *seek out a wayward sheep and give it personal attention.*/
Some pastors today are interested only in the crowds; they have no time for individuals.
* */ /*If a sheep is too rebellious, the shepherd may have to discipline him in some way.
* If a sheep has a special need, the shepherd might carry it in his arms, next to his heart.
*/It is not an easy thing to be a faithful shepherd of God’s sheep!
It is a task that never ends and that demands the supernatural power of God if it is to be done correctly/*.
What makes it even more challenging is the fact that the flock is not the shepherd’s; it is God’s.
(Acts 20:28).
We pastors must be careful how we minister to /God’s/ sheep, because one day we will have to give an account of our ministry.
*/But the sheep will also one day give an account of how they have obeyed their spiritual leaders (Heb.
13:17/*), so both shepherds and sheep have a great responsibility to each other.
*/Take the oversight (v.
2)./* */The word bishop means “overseer, one who looks over for the purpose of leading.”
You will notice that the shepherd is both “among” and “over,”  H/*e is one of the sheep, the pastor is “among” the members of the flock.
But because he is called to be a leader, the pastor is “over” the flock.
Some people try to emphasize the “among” relationship and refuse to follow the authority of the shepherd..
He is a shepherd who knows his people and seeks to help them through the Word.
*/Being the spiritual leader of a flock has its dangers,/*.
#. */Laziness/*—“not by constraint but willingly.”
His ministry must not be a job that he has to perform.
He should do God’s will from his heart .
*/If a man has no conscience, the ministry is a good place to be lazy/*/.
/
#. */Covetousness/*—“not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind.”
*/It is perfectly proper for the church to pay the pastor (1 Cor.
9; 1 Tim.
5:17–18)/*, and they ought to be as fair and generous as possible.
But making money must not be the main motive for his ministry.
Paul stresses this in his qualifications for an elder: “not greedy of filthy lucre” (1 Tim.
3:3); “not given to filthy lucre” (Titus 1:7).
He must not be a lover of money nor devote himself to pursuing money.
*/Be an example to the flock (v.
3)./*
The contrast is between /dictatorship/ and /leadership./
You cannot drive sheep; you must go before them and lead them.
It has been well said that the church needs leaders who serve and servants who lead.
A Christian leader said to me, “*/The trouble today is that we have too many celebrities and not enough servants.”
/*
It is by being an example that the shepherd solves the tension between being “among” the sheep and “over” the sheep.
People are willing to follow a leader who practices what he preaches and gives them a good example to imitate.
Peter was not changing the image when he called the church “God’s heritage.”
The people of God are certainly His priceless possession (Deut.
32:9; Ps. 33:12).
This word means “to be chosen by lot,” as the dividing up of land (Num.
26:55).
Each elder has his own flock to care for, but the sheep all belong to the one flock of which Jesus Christ is the Chief Shepherd.
The Lord assigns His workers to the places of His choosing, and we must all be submissive to Him.
There is no competition in the work of God when you are serving in the will of God.
Therefore, nobody has to act important and “lord it over” God’s people.
Pastors are to be “overseers” and not “overlords.”
*BECAUSE WE FAITHFUL CARE, WE CAN JOYFULLY LOOK** (1 Peter 5:4)*
*/The promise of the Lord’s return.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9