Sermon Tone Analysis

Text:Luke 23:33-38

24 :6-7

“And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And the people stood beholding.

And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”

Luke 24: 6

“He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,”

Luke 24:6 KJV

Title: The other side of transition

my brothers and sisters all of us at one point or another has had to deal with some form of transition.

We are taught how to transition from one grade to next in grade school.

We are taught to transition from one stage in our life to the next stage.

However, my brothers and sister we must also learn how to transition when trials and life problems comes our way.

I believe all of us are dealing with something.

We may not be dealing with the same thing.However we are dealing with somethings.

The hope is that we don’t give up in the middle of what we are going through but learning how to go through the transition so that we can come out.

Trials are going to come our way.

Life issues are going to hit us but it is not their to kill you its only there to make you stronger.

The bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the lord and those who are called according to his purpose.

James 1:2 says consider it pure joy my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of any kind because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance and after perservernc has its finished work you will be lacking another.

Paul said it like this in 2 corinthians 4:8

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed

The resurrection of Jesus Christ gives us who believe, full confidence that no matter what we are dealing with we too can be resurrected and bounce back.

The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is an example of redemption, revival and restoration.

The same power that Jesus used to defeat death and grave , he have given to those who believe in his name.

My brothers and sisters What we have experienced in the last couple of years has shifted most if not all of our lives to a of transitioning.

Transitioning from one way of living to a new norm.

In order for God to me to shift me there must be a process.

Transition is the process God takes to get us to the other side

My brothers and my sisters I believe that God is using this season to transition us from place in our lives to another, from one mindset to another, from one level of faith to another In order for us to get that place there must be a transition process to get us there and if he can hang in there during the process there is another side of transition.

Oxford dictionary defines Transition: as the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Once we understand this process we will begin to see things differently.

Therefor we will begin to speak different.

Im not broke,I’m transitioning to my next blessing,

I’m not unemployed I’m in a season of transitioning to the next Job God have for me.

My brothers and sister everyone loves a butterfly.

But most people step on the caterpillar.

If only those who step on the caterpillar understood that the caterpillar is only in transitioning to become something beautiful.

Don’t neglect your season of transitioning, However use the lessons learned in this season when God takes you to your next level.

Main Idea of the text:

Jesus Christ often dealt with transition in his earthly ministry until his final transition.

It was necessary that he went through a final transition to complete his mission in the work of salvation.

Followers of Christ must embrace transition in all their relationships and circumstances.

Context:

Author-St.

Luke the Evangalist a native of Syria.

It is admitted that he was the author of Acts of the Apostles as well.

The gospel is addressed to Theophilus

The Gospel of Luke is one of four gospels that tells Jesus story of how he endured this transition.

The gospel of Luke was addressed to a Christian named Theophilus and were designed for the purpose of presenting to him a complete and well authenticated narrative of the early history of the Christian movement.

During these times they practiced legal crucifixion which was the practice of executing certain criminals by staking their hands and feet to a cross.

Text: As we get to the text.

We find Jesus effectively dealing with transition as he faces the most excruciating pain one could imagine through the cruxifixction process.

Transitioning from Pilate to a hill called Golgotha..We find a very intense scene we began reading the 23rd verse of Luke.

We find here Jesus a man who was full of strength became weak.

We find Jesus a man who saved many.

Mocked by some saying that he could not save himself.

Luke paints a picture that’s almost hard to imagine.

We find Jesus going through a transition in his earthly ministry.

We find Jesus so weak that Simon a Cyreion has to assist him with carrying the burden of the cross.

We find a large crowd following Jesus just to see his execution.

We find Jesus placed with two thieves and robbers to transition to the cross.

We find Jesus eventually commuting his spirit to the father and transitioning from weakness to strength.

From the cross to his crown from his earthly temple to his heavenly throne.

No doubt we needed Jesus to die, we needed his blood for the remission of our sins.

However, If it had not been for the transition there would be no remission.

Jesus has to go through this Transition before he could get to his father.

Sure enough it was not an easy transition but it was worth it.

I think we all can grasp how to effectively deal with transition from Jesus example set in Luke.

1.Jesus didn’t allow the pain of the cross to stop him from reaching his purpose.

Jesus was able to endure the pain on the cross because he understood his purpose.

If you can make it through the pain you can handle the purpose.

If you can make it through this season of economic struggle.

If you can make it through this season of sickness you can make it to your purpose.

The cross was meant to destroy Jesus.

However, Jesus has already said if you destroy this temple.

In three days I will raise it up.

So the cross served its purpose even this season of our live it maybe painful but it’s serving its purpose.

(There is a saying that What comes easy won’t last long, and what last long won’t come easy.

Jesus was able to deal with the pain endured on the cross to get to his purpose.

Sometimes we must go through the pain in order to see our purpose in God.

Those who join the military understand this process because they understand when you join you have through the pain of basic months that last from 9-14 weeks of Basic training.

The purpose of this training is to — prepares recruits for all elements of service: physical, mental and emotional.

It gives service members the basic tools necessary to perform the roles that will be assigned to them for the duration of their tour.)

The reason God takes us through something’s is so that he could build us to endure what he has in store.

God often waits to give us what we are praying for when we are ready for it.

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