Sermon Tone Analysis

The Church of Generation Z!

Summary:

2000/2001-Present - New Silent Generation or Generation Z

1980-2000 - Millennials or Generation Y

1965-1979 - Generation X

1946-1964 - Baby Boom

1925-1945 - Silent Generation

1900-1924 - G.I. Generation

The Silent Generation or Generation Z that is anyone born after the year of 2000.

Generation Z stands for a Generation that’s asleep!

Just like this little girl in Mark 5:21-43

It's easy to see and compare this story this Picture in the world today: But I believe The Holy Spirit would have us look at that story again and we might Just see not Just a world that is asleep (But a sleeping Church) The Church of Generation Z!

I love this story of this little girl: I believe that this little girl.

Let’s call her “little Z” for Zoie and her situation or condition and her resurrection is so powerful because it reminds us, “that it's not over till God says it's over”

It reminds us that God can do anything

It reminds us that God works in the dark

It reminds us that man's impossibilities are God's opportunities

It teaches us that God is not glorified by our sin or sickness and disease,

but he is glorified by our deliverance, our healing, and our salvation.

In our story word comes to Jesus (Zoie is sick) But unlike the story of Lazarus Jesus does not wait 2 days to respond He leaves at once!

But something comes up

Something gets in the way

Someone comes and needs Jesus

And little Zoie dies

It could just as easily had been 12 years like the woman with the issue of blood.

Or 38 years like the man at the Pool of Bethesda.

The point is: it doesn't matter

Zoie’s condition, your condition, your problem does not matter

The point is: it doesn't matter how long or how hard or how strong: it is all the same to Jesus.

It's the same power that heals a headache that drives cancer out of your body

It’s the same power that heals a pulled muscle that drives demons out.

After 2 days Jesus says (Now Let’s go wake Lazarus up)

30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him.

He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

And after Jesus has power pulled out of Him He goes and wakes little Zoie up!

Jesus is even reluctant to speak of her as dead, he simply says: she is asleep and I'm going to wake her up.

Because as far as God's power is concerned there is no difference.

Somebody here today needs to know: your case it's not too hard for Jesus.

It may be too hard for doctors, but Dr. Jesus will take your case.

All you need to do is reach the him on His rob and know that Jesus is the healer

Another thing this story shows us is: it's never too late.

Never give up

Never quit

Never quit praying,

Never quit confessing,

Never quit praising God.

Never quit believing.

You're closer than you think, you're on the edge of His hem, you’re on the edge of an answer.

And this story shows us: sometimes God delays in answering our prayers why?

So God alone gets the glory.

You see church that sometimes things get in the way of your blessing, your answer!

But just because there is a delay that does not mean NO!

It just means wait, please wait!

Sometimes the delay is mistaken for no, or you may hear people say that it means you don’t have faith but the truth is that sometimes a delay is just a delay!!!!!!!!

For many years the church has used this portion of Scripture to represent a hopeless cause, an irreversible situation, a condition beyond repair.

That which has gone beyond the Hope of no return, and that, which from all natural evidence is dead and buried.

That’s what it meant when they shut the door: It meant (It’s over, it’s passed, it’s decided (it is what it is) and it’s never going to change.

But I feel something pushing me here:

Cause you can't refer to the story of Zoie dead in her bed, because the whole message of Zoie is one of redemption, of resurrection, of healing and wholeness and deliverance.

At the voice of Jesus: Zoie is raised from the dead and the end becomes a new beginning, Where death had reigned life begins again.

And that is the message to what has been called the Generation Z

(God is not finished with you: You may be bound, you may be full of demons, you make look dead, and act dead, you may look like you’re beyond hope)

But at the Sound of His voice (The dead are raise)

This generation: Is not unreachable, they are not beyond hope.

But the answer is not in religion, it’s not in philosophies, or traditions of man: It’s not in our ideas and it’s not in these semi religious songs today that make no difference between your boyfriend, or girl friend or Jesus.

Just like Zoie: They Must hear the Voice of Jesus

The sad thing today is that: There are not many places where Jesus Voice is being heard

We’re hearing all kinds of goofy doctrine, and all kinds of self-help gurus, and gracism, teachers and life coaches:

We don’t hear very many Pure Simple Undiluted, Unadulterated preachers of the gospel anymore.

When Zoie Hears the Voice of Jesus she is resurrected:

When this Zoie Generation hears the Voice of Jesus they will also be resurrected.

And they might rise from the dead

With green hair,

With tattoos,

With piercing all over their bodies,

And they might even rise from the dead not sure of whether they are male or female.

But the Church has to be ready to disciple them

We have to have enough of the love and the compassion of Christ to look past their past and equip them for their destiny.

If the Church is not able to do this: (As far as making a difference in the world is concerned, the church is irrelevant).

I’m not talking about endorsing all this weird stuff: I’m talking about loving the person enough to deal with the weird stuff in order to disciple them into their destiny.

Now I’m going to take this story to another level: You might want to check your seat belt and make sure you’re buckled in:

I Believe that if we were honest about it: We can see that Zoie also represent this generation Z church age that we are living in.

Zoie represents the church that has fallen asleep

They are spiritually lifeless, dormant, powerless.

Even know I believe that our Church is above the curve I still think that we have some work!

Note: Zoie was sick before she dies

The church has become sick she has become sick by mixing with the world, the spirit of worldliness has poisoned the church.

Something that shouldn't be in the body has poisoned it.

Sin is poison to the body of Christ

Sin kills

Sin destroys

Sin weakens

Sin makes us cowards

Sin separates us from God

Sin robs us of our power

Zoie was sick (By and Large today: The Church is Sick)

I want you to know God loves the church: but she is sick.

Gambling, drunkenness, fornication, adultery, pornography, homosexuality, Shacking up, perversion, is poisoning our churches.

We the church needs to wake up!!!!!!

if you want to know why the church you see today for the most part is powerless: it's because she's been drinking poison