Sermon Tone Analysis

OUR FATHER------------------------------RELATIONSHIP

1: the state of being related or interrelated 〈studied the relationship between the variables〉

2: the relation connecting or binding participants in a relationship: as

a: kinship

b: a specific instance or type of kinship

3 a: a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings 〈had a good relationship with his family〉

b: a romantic or passionate attachment[1]\

a: to admit as being lord or sovereign

b: to admit as being of a particular status

c: to admit as being one entitled to be heard: give the floor to

d: to acknowledge the de facto existence or the independence of

2: to acknowledge or take notice of in some definite way: as

a: to acknowledge with a show of appreciation 〈recognize an act of bravery with the award of a medal〉

b: to acknowledge acquaintance with 〈recognize a neighbor with a nod〉

3 a: to perceive to be something or someone previously known 〈recognized the word〉

[1] Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).

Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.

(Eleventh ed.).

Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

John 1

2 Corinthians 14-18

2 Corinthians 6:

Ephesians

WHICH ART IN HEAVEN-------------------RECOGNITION

1: to acknowledge formally: as

a: to admit as being lord or sovereign

b: to admit as being of a particular status

c: to admit as being one entitled to be heard: give the floor to

d: to acknowledge the de facto existence or the independence of

2: to acknowledge or take notice of in some definite way: as

a: to acknowledge with a show of appreciation 〈recognize an act of bravery with the award of a medal〉

b: to acknowledge acquaintance with 〈recognize a neighbor with a nod〉

3 a: to perceive to be something or someone previously known 〈recognized the word〉

[1] Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).

Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.

(Eleventh ed.).

Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Job 34:21-

Proverbs 8

Proverbs 15:

HALLOWED BE THY NAME -----------------ADORATION

Adoration is intense admiration culminating in reverence and worship, together with the outward acts and attitudes which accompany such reverence.

It thus includes both the subjective sentiments, or feelings of the soul, in the presence of some superior object or person, and the appropriate physical expressions of such sentiments in outward acts of homage or of worship.

In its widest \

sense it includes reverence to beings other than God, especially to monarchs, who in oriental countries were regarded with feelings of awe.

But it finds its highest expression in religion.

Adoration is perhaps the highest type of worship, involving the reverent and rapt contemplation of the divine perfections and prerogatives, the acknowledgment of them in words of praise, together with the visible symbols and postures that express the adoring attitude of the creature in the presence of his Creator.

It is the expression of the soul’s mystical realization of God’s presence in His transcendent greatness, holiness, and lovingkindness.

As a form of prayer, adoration is to be distinguished from other forms, such as petition, thanksgiving, confession, and intercession.

II.

Outward Postures

In the OT and NT, these are similar to those which prevailed in all oriental countries, as amply illustrated by the monuments of Egypt and Assyria, and by the customs still in use among the nations of the East.

The chief attitudes referred to in the Bible are the following:

A. Prostration Among the Orientals, especially Persians, prostration (i.e., falling upon the knees, then gradually inclining the body, until the forehead touched the ground) was common as an expression of profound reverence and humility before a superior or a benefactor.

It was practiced in the worship of Yahweh (; ; , Jesus in Gethsemane; ), and of idols (; Dnl.

3:5f), but was by no means confined to religious exercises.

It was the formal method of supplicating or doing obeisance to a superior (e.g., ; ; ; ; ).

B. Kneeling A substitution for prostration was kneeling, a common attitude in worship, frequently mentioned in the OT and NT (e.g., ; ; ; ; , Jesus in Gethsemane; ; ).

The same attitude was sometimes adopted in paying homage to a fellow creature, as in .

“Sitting” as an attitude of prayer (only ; ) was probably a form of kneeling, as in Moslem worship.

C. Standing This was the usual posture in prayer, like that of modern Jews in public worship.

Abraham “stood before the Lord” when he interceded for Sodom ().

Cf. .

The Pharisee in the parable “stood and prayed” (), and the hypocrites are said to “pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets” ().

D. The Hands These postures were accompanied by various attitudes of the hands, which were either lifted up toward heaven (; ) or outspread (; ; ), or both ().

E. Kiss of Adoration The heathen practice of kissing hands to the heavenly bodies as a sign of adoration is referred to in , and of kissing the idol in ; .

The kiss of homage is mentioned in , if the text there is correct.

Kissing hands to the object of adoration was customary among the Romans (Pliny Nat.

hist.

xxviii.5 [25]).

The NT word for “worship” (GK.

proskynéō) means literally “kiss before.”

See also Postures.[1]

[1] Edwards, D. M. (1979–1988).

Adoration.

In G. W. Bromiley (Ed.),

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (Vol. 1, p. 55).

Wm.

B. Eerdmans.

Psalm 8

Luke 1:46-50