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Colossians
Faith in Jesus Christ not only changes individuals;
(it also changes homes./In
this section, Paul ad-
dressed himself to family members: husbands and
wives, children, and household servants.
It seems
clear that these persons being addressed were be-
levers since the apostle appealed to all of them
to live to please Jesus Christ.
Something is radically wrong with homes today.
The last report I saw indicated that in America
there are now more broken homes than ever, with
one divorce for every two marriages.
Single parent
families are on the increase.
Over half of all mothers
are now working outside the home, and many of
them have small children.
The average American
child from 6 to 16 watches from 20 to 24 hours of
television each week and is greatly influenced by
what he sees.
The "battered child" syndrome continues to increase, with from 2 to 4 million cases being reported annually, and many not reported at all.
The first institution God founded on earth was
the home (Gen.
2:18-25; Matt.
19:1-6).
As goes the home, so goes society and the nation.
The
breakdown of the home is a sign of the end times (2 Tim.
3:1-5).
Centuries ago Confucius said, "The
strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes."
One of the greatest things we can
do as individuals is help to build godly Christian homes.
Paul addressed the various members of the
family and pointed out the ingredients that make for a strong and godly home.
Husbands and Wives: Love and Submission (Col.
3:18-19)
Paul did not address the wives first because they were the neediest!
(The Gospel radically changed
the position of women in the Roman world.
It gave them a new freedom and stature that some of them
were unable to handle,)and for this reason Paul admonished them.
(Similar admonitions are in Eph.
5:18 and 1 Peter 3:1f.)
We must not think of submission as "slavery "subjugation."
The word comes from the military vocabulary and simply means
"to arrange under rank."
The fact that one soldier is a private and
another is a colonel does not mean that one man is necessarily better than the other.
It only means that they have different ranks.
God does all things "decently and in order" that the woman is to submit to her husband does not suggest that the man is better than the woman.
It only means that the man has the responsibility of headship and leadership in the home.
Headship is not dictatorship or lordship.
It is loving leadership.
In fact, both the husband and the wife must be submitted to the Lord and to each
other (Eph.
5:21).
It is a mutual respect under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
True spiritual submission is the secret of growth and fulfillment.
When a Christian woman is submitted to the Lord and to her own husband, she experiences a release and fulfillment that she can
have in no other way.
This mutual love and sub- mission creates an atmosphere of growth in the home that enables both the husband and the wife to become all that God wants them to be.
The fact that the Christian wife is "in the Lord" is not an excuse for selfish independence.
Tust the
opposite is true, for her salvation makes it important pinstridi is erne tinat i Jesus Chime there is neither
male nor female" (Gal.
3:28),) it is also true that joyful submission is an evidence that the wife
belongs to Jesus Christ.
However, the husband has the responsibility of
loving his wife; and the word for "love" used here in aroma it in sanitori A wains d mo, that no witt
normal, human, romantic love, but it must grow deeper into the spiritual agape love that comes only
from God.
In the parallel passage (Eph.
5:18f), Paul made it clear that the husband must love his
wife "even as Christ loved the church."
Jesus Christ gave His all for the church!
He willingly died for
us!
The measure of a man's love for his wife is not seen only in gifts or words, but in acts of sacrifice
and concern for her happiness and welfare.
, Paul added a special word of warning for the
husbands: "and be not bitter against them" (Col 3:19).
Husbands must be careful not to harbor
ill-will toward their wives because of something they did or did not do.
A "root of bitterness" in a
home can poison the marriage relationship and give Satan a foothold (Heb.
12:15; Eph.
4:31).
The Christian husband and wife must be open and honest with each other and not hide their feelings
or lie to one another.
"Speaking the truth in love (Eph.
4:15) is a good way to solve family differences.
"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath" is a wise policy to follow if you want to have a
happy home (Eph.
4:26).
A husband who truly loves his wife will not
behave harshly or try to throw his weight around in the home.
"Love is patient, love is kind.
It does
not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not
rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs" (1 Cor.
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