Sermon Tone Analysis

No matter what people do on their own, they cannot earn salvation or the forgiveness of sins.

The real question is not how many good works does a person need to do to earn salvation, because no one can ever be saved without Jesus Christ.

Rather, a person should ask how do the Scriptures state that a person becomes a part of “Christ Jesus” or the global church.

A great symbol to illustrate this concept of being “in Christ” is that of being married.

Just as Genesis 2:24 says “they shall become one flesh,” a person (spiritually speaking) marries God when he or she commits his or her life to him, becoming one with Jesus (Mark 2:19, John 3:29, Romans 7:4, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:23-33, Revelation 19:7-9, 21:1-2, 9)

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group.

Liturgy can also be used to refer specifically to public worship of Christians.

As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance.

It forms a basis for establishing a relationship with God.

The word liturgy, sometimes equated in English as "service", refers to a formal ritual enacted by those who understand themselves to be participating in an action with the divine.