Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro-

The Philadelphia 76ers have been bad at basketball for awhile, it was in the early 2000’s or for most of you a lifetime ago that they were actually winning.

Since then it has been one losing season after another, one thing however that comes from this a lot of high draft picks where you are able to pick some really good college players.

The fans are getting upset about he losing to which the ownership responded by saying trust the process, Basically trust that we know what we are doing.

prop- As I looked at the apostle philipp this week I couldnt help but see that he was a process guy.

He was a guy who had to think through and do everything by the book, He was an instruction manual kind of guy.

As we look at how God used Him, we will see how this was both an assset aswell as a hindernce for him and what it means for us.

1.

The Man

2. The Mindset

3. The Missing

The Man

His Spot in the Group

He was part of the second group of 12

(ESV)

16 He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

On the 4 list of apostles he is always 5th

It is assumed that means he was leader of second Group

Believed to be a Fisherman

- Didnt know what else to do so they went fishing

It is beleived that Philipp and andrew are the unnamed men

Not sure what to do they went and did what they knew best.

Was from same town as Philip and andrew

The Mindset

(ESV)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

His calling

43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.

He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

His calling

Called by Jesus

First time we see Jesus Phyicall seeking someone

He Sought all of them -

but here we see the physical pursuit

Called to follow

Called to come after

Called to learn from and be like Jesus

His Response

Went and found His friend

He had great news

Friendship is a great place for sharing Jesus

What did he say had happen?

We have found

What?

Didnt Jesus call him?

Why would he say this?

He was seeking Jesus

He was Faithful in the Word

Listen to his description

Moses in the law talks about

The Prophets wrote

He knew who he was looking for

Part of being a process person, you read all the manuals

His mindset was one of someone who was seeking, seeking knowledge, seeking to know whats next and also one who sought to do what was by the book

The Missing

His calculations

His process personality got in the way

He knew what was humanly possible but forgot what is possible with God

He has been witness to miracles

Water to wine

people healed

He still went back to calculations

Jesus this just isn't feasible

His apprehension

People wanted to meet Jesus

They came to philip

must have know he was close to Jesus

Philip doesnt just take them

He went and found andrew instead

Maybe he wasnt comfortable to just brihng people to Jesus or maybe he didnt know the proper process, but he was aprrehensive to bring them by himself

he didnt leave them hanging though

He knew who could help

Good thing to ask for help

but he was missing the boldness to do it himself

for us:

Are we in the instruction Manual ?

how would we describe Jesus

Are we letting our earthly mindset effect our view of God?

Are Missing the proper vision and boldness ?