Sermon Tone Analysis

Offering vs.1

Define: Contribution, to be high above, exalted, to reach high (Idea of lifting something up: Heave Offering or a Wave Offering)

Individual Response “Every Man”

Individual Responsibility “That Giveth”

Willingly—Heart (Giving is not a HAND Problem but a HEART Problem)

Thankful

Psalms 100:4 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”

Ps.106:1 “Praise ye the Lord.

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: For his mercy endureth for ever.”

Ps.106:47 “Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the heathen, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.”

(Reason for God’s Doing)

Trusting

Heb.11:17-19 “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.”

Relying

Genesis 13:1 Even Believers will willfully walk out of the will of God when they enter survival mode.

Chapter “12” Famine came-The famine was designed to test Abraham’s reliance upon God.

Abraham failed the test.

Abraham gained riches when he was outside the will of God.

vs.2

He was not only rich, he was “very” rich.

(When you are blessed with material possessions you can begin to rely upon them rather than God.)

vs.3 Believers will at some point return back to the Lord

Lessons to be Taught About Relying Upon God

You can Have Possessions but no PEACE

vs.8 Sometimes you have to SEPARATE from People you love when they come between you and your fellowship with God

Vs.14 God will give you More than you give up

Chapter 14 God For You is More than the World Against You

Relinquishing

Cheerfully

Not by Compulsion