Sermon Tone Analysis

Mankind

We believe that both man and woman were created in the image of God to enjoy a personal relationship with Him.

As a result of deliberate disobedience they fell from their sinless state and they and all their descendants became sinners.

Consequently, they cannot save themselves and apart from the grace of God in Jesus Christ, they are condemned to a place of eternal torment.

We believe that both man and woman were created in the image of God to enjoy a personal relationship with Him.

As a result of deliberate disobedience they fell from their sinless state and they and all their descendants became sinners.

Consequently, they cannot save themselves and apart from the grace of God in Jesus Christ, they are condemned to a place of eternal torment.

In we read,

Nothing else that God made was said to in His own image.

Since God is Spirit, as Jesus says in , and not physical, the image of God is not a matter of physical appearance or characteristics.

Instead, the image of God seems to be the awareness of self, personal morality, having an eternal soul, and being created to be in intimate relationship with both God and other people.

Nothing else that God made was said to in His own image.

Since God is Spirit, as Jesus says in , and not physical, the image of God is not a matter of physical appearance or characteristics.

Instead, the image of God seems to be the awareness of self, personal morality, having an eternal soul, and being created to be in intimate relationship with both God and other people.

Nothing else that God made was said to in His own image.

Since God is Spirit, as Jesus says in , and not physical, the image of God is not a matter of physical appearance or characteristics.

Instead, the image of God seems to be the awareness of self, personal morality, having an eternal soul, and being created to be in intimate relationship with both God and other people.

Man’s sin was not accidental, but a deliberate rebellion against God’s command.

As God had warned Adam, at the moment Adam sinned he and Eve died spiritually, which means that they were eternally separated from God.

Romans 5:12-19

Turn to , please.

says,

Adam’s sin nature has been passed down through his descendants ever sin he himself sinned.

says that the many died because of the one man’s sin. says that the judgment following Adam’s sin brought condemnation to all who are in Adam.

says that because of Adam’s sin, death reigned over all humanity through Adam.

says that Adam’s one sin led to condemnation to all.

says that through Adam’s disobedience all his descendants were made sinners.

Adam’s sin nature has been passed down through his descendants ever sin he himself sinned.

says that the many died because of the one man’s sin. says that the judgment following Adam’s sin brought condemnation to all who are in Adam.

says that because of Adam’s sin, death reigned over all humanity through Adam.

says that Adam’s one sin led to condemnation to all.

says that through Adam’s disobedience all his descendants were made sinners.

It is impossible for anyone to give themselves spiritual life.

We are utterly incapable of helping ourselves in any way.

We cannot do anything that the Lord will honor.

Every act of a sinner, even those acts that other sinners think to be good, simply brings more condemnation.

We are not largely helpless, or mostly helpless, or even almost completely helpless.

We are utterly helpless.

This is because God’s judgment is not simply a matter of measuring whether our good works outweigh our sinful works.

Adam personally offended God and incurred the wrath of God, and every single one of Adam’s offspring is born under the full weight of the wrath of God.

And so, apart from the grace of God, given freely by God because of the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, there is no hope.

Salvation

We believe we are saved solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ alone.

This salvation was purchased by the substitutionary death and shed blood of Jesus Christ for the sins of every person and is offered to everyone as a free gift.

The person who has trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior is eternally secure, and can enjoy the assurance of salvation.

We believe that at death believers enter eternal glory and that unbelievers enter eternal torment.

We believe that we are saved solely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:1-9

Ephesians 2:1-9

says this,

Every human being is born dead in trespasses and sins, and is by her or her very nature a child of wrath, just as is true of every other human being.

What makes the difference?

God!

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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God!

Every human being is born dead in trespasses and sins, and is by her or her very nature a child of wrath, just as is true of every other human being.

What makes the difference?

God!

Because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sin, God made us alive together with Christ – and here Paul emphasizes, by GRACE you have been saved.

God made us alive, raised us up together with Christ, seated us with Christ in the heavenly places, so that eternal would reveal the fullness of His grace and kindness.

For, Paul says, by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, but rather is the gift of God.

Which part is the gift of God?

All of it is.

The richness of God’s mercy.

The great love He had for us when we were dead in sin.

Being made alive with Christ.

Being raised with Christ.

Being seated with Christ.

The exceeding riches of His grace and kindness.

It is all a gift from God.

We contribute nothing to our own salvation; all we can bring is our need for salvation, and even that began with what we received from Adam.

Because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sin, God made us alive together with Christ – and here Paul emphasizes, by GRACE you have been saved.

Look at what God did when we were dead:

He was merciful to us.

He loved us greatly.

He made us alive together with Christ.

He raised us up together with Christ and seated us in heaven with Christ.

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He did this for His own glory, to display the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

He gave us the faith by which we are saved.

He did all this when we were dead.

So, as every aspect of our salvation is God’s gift to us, it should be clear that we cannot lose our salvation.

The Lord Jesus tells us,

So, as every aspect of our salvation is God’s gift to us, it should be clear that we cannot lose our salvation.

The Lord Jesus tells us,

So, as every aspect of our salvation is God’s gift to us, it should be clear that we cannot lose our salvation.

The Lord Jesus tells us,

Jesus says in

How can a Christian be sure of their own salvation?

The little letter of First John tells us what sort of fruit true Christians display.

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?

How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.