Sermon Tone Analysis

Review

Presenting Everyone Mature in Christ

Admonishing

Teaching in Wisdom

Maturing in Christ

The Hard Work of Those in Ministry

Colossians 1:29

unto what also I toil, while striving according to the energizing of Him, the One energizing in me in inherent ability

Presenting each one mature in Christ, Colossians 1:28

Colossians 1:28

Who we openly proclaim while admonishing all men and teaching all men in all wisdom, in order that we should present every man mature in Christ,

Not by his own energy, but by the one energizing him

God works in us to do His will, Philippians 2:13

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV)

for it is God who works in you both to desirously will and to do for His good pleasure.

He is able to go beyond anything we ask, Ephesians 3:20

Understanding the great struggle Paul had for them

Colossians 2:1 (NKJV)

For I desire you to intuitively know how great a struggle I have concerning you and the ones in Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh

Struggle or agony is used to describe the activities of one who is contending

Paul preaching the gospel even after being beaten, 1 Thessalonians 2:2

We have a great crowd of witnesses concerning faith in God around us that should impact the way we struggle, Hebrews 12:1

We are to agonize with the proper fight, 1 Timothy 6:12

Holding to the faith - teaching the truth of the dispensations and the Christ, 2 Timothy 4:7

Encouraging Others

in order that their hearts should be encouraged, having been knit together in love and into all the riches of the full confidence of understanding into a full experiential knowledge of the mystery of God the father even the Christ, Colossians 2:2

Knit together in love

We are knit together with Christ, 1 Corinthians 2:16

Within the body of the Christ, we are knit together, Ephesians 4:16

Having full confidence

Filled up where lacking

In Wisdom

The Gospel message comes with full assurance, 1 Thessalonians 1:5

On the basis of hope, Hebrews 6:11

Drawing near to God because of full confidence, Hebrews 10:22

In understanding

Not based upon worldly views, 1 Corinthians 1:19

Spiritual understanding, Colossians 1:9

Full Experiential Knowledge

Unbelievers don’t want God in their full experiential knowledge, Romans 1:28

The law brings a full experiential knowledge of the sin nature, Romans 3:20

Our full experiential knowledge comes from spiritual wisdom and understanding, Ephesians 1:17, Philippians 1:9

God desires that all come to a full experiential knowledge of the truth, 1 Timothy 2:4

Those who are always learning but never coming to a full experiential knowledge of the truth, 1 Timothy 3:7

Led away by various desires

Not having victory over the sin nature

The Mystery of the God even the Christ

The Mystery is The Christ

The new creation, 2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

So that since someone is in Christ; a new creation, the archaic things have passed away, behold all things have become new

One body, 1 Corinthians 12:12

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.

Sharing the toil so that others can be encouraged, knit together in love, through full assurance of understanding coming to a full experiential knowledge of the mystery of the Christ

Summary

The Hard Work of Those in Ministry

Understanding the great struggle Paul had for them

Encouraging Others

Knit together in love

Having full confidence

In Understanding

Full Experiential Knowledge

The Mystery of the God even the Christ