Sermon Tone Analysis

Take it all off!!!

Now turn with me to

Now turn with me to

Now turn with me to

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

(Start illustration with putting on all these kinds of clothes.)

(Putting on anger, frustration, pain, hurt, performance, Prayer)

Put on Christ.

The problem is that many time we try to put on and never take off.

Often times we are more concerned with covering a thing than dealing with it.

Look how silly he looks right now ,but the truth is many of you look much sillier on the inside.

Covering… hiding..

When eden has a bad diaper, I have to deal with the crap (don’t be offended)

I have to take off the old one before putting on a new one.

There have been times the diaper is sooooo bad.

I would have to us put a new one on top of it and continue on but I have to deal with the old before putting on the new

In our text here in Zechariah we see a man by the name of Joshua.

This is not the leader of Israel that we see at Jericho, but rather the high priest after the Babylonian captivity.

Zechariah sees Joshua standing before (in the presence of) the angle of the Lord, and Satan standing by trying to resist him, and the Lord rebuked Satan and refused to permit him to stop the restoration of Judah and Jerusalem.

Now, the problem with Joshua here is that he was ministering in garment that were not proper for a high priest, they where filthy

He was told to take off these garments and put new ones.

Clean ones and in that way God would take away his inequities and clean him.

I always say, the past is not the past unless its pasted.

And often times the pain is so strong that we would rather bury it deep deep down that have to be reminded of it or deal with it.

Pain for instance, can manifest in unforgiveness and bitterness.

we can not continue to cover, hide, and put on

And after this change of clothing the angle gave him a futuristic and prophet message about the messiah.

Joshua before you can put on the new you must take off the old.

You don’t put on a clean diaper on top of a dirty one.

We must take off the old so that we can experience the new.

its hard to worship freely when you are so heavy.

thats why jesus says,

when we worship we lay our problem, we lay our care.. all of our heaviness and weight .

at his feet and we find rest.

Look at

they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat.

Eze 44:17-18

while you are here this morning take off everything that makes you sweat.

Paul says, “put on Christ” just before he says to put on, he tell us 8 things.

says but on Christ but before he says to put on he tell us what to take off.

he says two things

he says two things

he says two things

1.

Cast off the works of darkness.

2. Put on the armor of light

Romans 13:

Rom

3. Walk decently and well behaved

4. Stop reveling and drinking

5. Quit all immoral living

6. Refrain from quarreling, contention,, and jealously.

Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

7. Clothe selves with the character of Jesus Christ

8. Make no provision for lust.

Now the phrase to be clothed with a person is a Greek phrase signifying to take upon one the interest of another.

To enter into his vies and be wholly on his side, imitation him in all things.

Now turn with me to

Put off 7 things.

But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

The King James version say put off all things.

What things?

1. Anger

2. Wrath

3. Malice

4. Slander

5. Abusive speech

6. Do not lie

7.

And the old self

Now look at verse 10

and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

17

and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him — 11 a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Put on

1. Heart of compassion

2. Kindness

3. Humility

4. Gentleness

5. Patience

i want to read Verse 13

13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Now I want to close with talk about the new man.

Turn to

(take all that stuff off)

and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Now look at verse 23

ephh 4:23

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

the greek word for renew here is an-an-eoo meaning the whole course of life now flow in a different direction

and the word to put on here in en-duo meaning to cloth with,

the new nature must e put on and it must manifest righteousness and true holiness.

Joshua take it all off so that you can put me on.