Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Current Events

Barcelona Terror Attack: 13 Dead, Dozens Injured

THU, AUG 17

A terrorist drove a rental van onto the sidewalk along Barcelona’s popular Las Ramblas on Thursday, the latest in a series of low-tech terror attacks on European cities.

Tension Between North Korea and the U.S. Heightens With Joint Military Drills

SUN, AUG 20

Relations between North Korea and the U.S. continue to be strained, with Kim Jong Un’s plan for possible retaliation against the American territory of Guam still on the table and new North Korean propaganda showing the U.S. capitol hit by missiles.

Rally of white nationalists and supremacists at the University of Virginia that turned into a “tragic, tragic weekend.”

THU, AUG 17

LEFT: Chanting, “White lives matter!” “You will not replace us!” and “Jews will not replace us!” several hundred white nationalists and white supremacists marched Friday as part of a Unite the Right rally at the University of Virginia that resulted in violence and three deaths the next day.

RIGHT: Members of the Black Lives Matter movement stage a counter-protest at the rally on Saturday.

(Photos by Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)

A terrorist drove a rental van onto the sidewalk along Barcelona’s popular Las Ramblas on Thursday, the latest in a series of low-tech terror attacks on European cities.

These are troubled times, what does the Bible tells us about it:

Scripture Reading

Scripture Reading

And how do we respond to this, my proposal:

My proposal:

I. Don’t be misled

II.

Don’t be alarmed

III.

Understanding God’s Agenda

Let’s Pray

Before we go to the points, I want us to understand two things, first that these verses are NOT JUST A REMINDER for us to be careful and not to be misled, not only a reminder that there will be rumors of war, by the way it’s not rumor anymore because it already happened and it is happening all around us, this verse is a WARNING.

Reminder - just tells you that you have to remember something, it just make you think like “Oh I remember now” you know, it’s just like passively or in passing you were being reminded of something or someone.

Warning - on the other hand, is like a message informing of a danger to come, it makes you alert.

You are not just passively being aware of it, but it makes your whole being in a verge of stressful state to the point of wailing!

Again, the Bible says -

As we continue, I want you to think about these following questions:

Reminder is like thosre billboard that you pass by, saying things about some product, they remind you to buy.

warning is lie

How do we look at things happening now all around us?

Are we affected?

If we are, what do we do about it?

I. Don’t be misled

So heres the scenario, they came from a gathering, He talked about the temple buildings being torn down His disciples were in a state of shock and bewilderment because they figured out it was about His second coming and the end of age and then He said, “watch out that no one mislead you!

What’s that suppose to mean?

Matthew 24:4-5

So heres the scenario, they came from a gathering, He talked about the temple buildings being torn down His disciples were in a state of shock and bewilderment because they figured out it was about His second coming and the end of age and then He said, “watch out that no one mislead you!

What’s that suppose to mean?

It’s like the disciples were saying “whoah, this dude is crazy, He’s scaring us!! Now He talks about destruction, and probably annihilation!

That’s what the disciples were thinking, but check it out, that’s why they asked,

Matthew 24:3

So heres the scenario, they came from a gathering, He talked about the temple buildings being torn down His disciples were in a state of shock and bewilderment because they figured out it was about His second coming and the end of age and then He said, “watch out that no one mislead you!

What’s that suppose to mean?

So heres the scenario, they came from a gathering, He talked about the temple buildings being torn down His disciples were in a state of shock and bewilderment because they figured out it was about His second coming and the end of age and then He said, “watch out that no one mislead you!

What’s that suppose to mean?

Yes it’s about the second coming, yes it’s about the end of age, but why talk about someone misleading you?

Have you ever experienced that after hearing somebody talked about what they believe in, it was very inviting that it made you have second thoughts about your own belief?

Sometimes it’s not really recognizable at first because of the way they present it, that’s why people are easily attracted to it.

Before when we hear this warning, we immediately think of other religions that contradicts what the Bible teaches about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and the Biblical doctrines, but today the enemy is now using what we believe in and twisting it, now it’s really hard to draw the line unless you are really grounded in the scriptures what is lurking inside the church now is called “Progressive Christianity” it’s another topic but,

Alisa Childers, who began researching on this said:

Identifying the signs is not always obvious—sometimes they are subtle and mixed with a lot of truth.

Progressive Christianity can be persuasive and enticing, but carried out to its logical end, it is an assault on the foundational framework of Christianity, leaving it disarmed of its saving power.

Why do you think this is important?

Why did Christ started off with this, it’s very easy just to say “there’s a war and you be ready”!!! Again, the situation here is He was talking to His disciples, those who believe Him.

I believe Jesus was not so much concern about how to handle wars, rumor of wars, earthquakes, etc.

He was so much concern about their Christian life!!

He knows that even the ones who are really steadily serving Him might one day be led astray, He knows that even the elect will be deceived.

That’s why I believe the church was not just raised up to start programs and activities that fills in the yearly calendar.

It’s not about stuffing ourselves with “things to do” and when we do those things “religiously” we feel a sense of accomplishment in our Christian lives.

NOPE!

We are called to share the Light

We are called to witness what Jesus has done.

And that ONLY HAPPENS

when we study His word

When we practice it in our lives and when we share it to others.

When we keep on seeking Him, His presence.

If we crowd our lives with activities that gives us a sense of accomplishment, and that’s what we’ll get, a “sense” of accomplishment and people will say “good job”!!!

Why not desire for what will the Lord will say “....well done my good and faithful servant”!!!

Desire for God’s approval...

Don’t settle for anything else....

If we do this, if we have this mindset, looking for God’s approval instead of man, then we are in a state where we are conscious of our walk with the Lord and we are being seen as serious follower of Christ.

Tell me, who are the ones being troubled and restless about this major occurrences now?

Those who don’t have Christ!

Ask about the Christians, you will even hear them say.. Lord Jesus come!!! That’s why only those who are in love with the Lord Jesus, those who daily seek His presence is not being alarmed with what’s happening around.

II.

Don’t be alarmed

Now Jesus when He said “you will hear of wars and rumors of war, see to it that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, He is now addressing the disciples’ question, He wants to make sure first that they understood what is to be well founded and established in their faith.

Now that He said that, He breaks the news....there will be wars and rumors of war.

He is now addressing the disciples’ question, He wants to make sure first that they understood what is to be well founded and established in their faith.

Now that He said that, He breaks the news....there will be wars and rumors of war.

Ok Jesus was kinda asking them

“where are you right now in your walk,

where are you, are you secured?

Are you stable?

Are you sure you are in solid ground?

‘Cause when this comes down, when things happen, this is much much more than a problem of not being able to pay your monthly bill, this is much more than missing a complete meal in the table 3 time a day, this is much more than not having something to wear, ‘cause when this hits you, you won’t able to stand up, you won’t have a roof to cover your head, when this happens you will breath in radioactive fumes, when this happens you will only be the one left standing, all your love ones dead, are you sure you are ready?

Jesus is painting a grim picture of what to come.

The phrase “don’t panic” in another translation is rendered as “make sure” in greek it means “hor-a-o” which means :

To see with the mind, to perceive.

Jesus was telling them how things to come, looks like,

He was telling them how things will get worse.

[Go back and mention the introduction.....

[Mention the 3rd Jihad......there is one even more pressing concern and the government is not even lifting a finger to address the problem.

I’m talking about the Radical Islams.

In 1988, the FBI discovered a secret Muslim Brotherhood document which laid out their plans to replace the Constitution with Islamic Sharia law.

The Sharia Law is As a legal system, Sharia law is exceptionally broad.