Sermon Tone Analysis
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Intro
The benifit of having too much to say
-Marriage---> joy of having a friend around at all times
-Redeemer---> missing friends
-LifeConnection---> seeing new believers, discipleship
-Midwestern---> wealth of knowledge
Passage:
“if I’m going to teach...”
-emphasis on reading through book in one sitting
-Context: Paul writing to reassure Corinth that his suffering (even near death 1:8-9) and inability to return to see them validates his gospel rather than diminishes it.
Read
A “letter” penned by God himself (v.3)—We are letters, but mailmen
Implication for Salvation— “written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God” (v.
3b)
-Men do not write on hearts
-God is the one who writes the “letter”
Salvation is wholly dependent on the work of a sovereign God
God may have etched Himself on your heart
It will be delivered
Implication for Evangelism— “delivered by us” (v.
3a)
-Mailmen are the means by which God himself communicates to those he has saved.
-We are all mailmen/women
-This letter Cannot be lost in the mailroom among our busy routines, music,, social media, education, work, dating, social justice initiatives, marriage, singleness, children, home comforts, entertainment, recreation,
-Take it with you!
-Transition: So Paul is given a massive responsibility.
How do we handle responsibility?
(Couch Center)
-intimidated (lazy) or over confident (overestimated ability)?
-Paul displays a confidence that
Confidence “Through Christ Toward God”/ “Toward God Through Christ”
2 tendencies that keep us from Confidence
Insufficiency in Ability
Insufficiency in Confidence
*Christ is both
Sufficient in Ability==> Jesus completed every work required of us
Sufficient for Confidence==> Nothing comes from us
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