Sermon Tone Analysis

How We Treat Others

Let love be genuine.

Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

10 Love one another with brotherly affection.

Outdo one another in showing honor.

11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

16 Live in harmony with one another.

Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

Never be wise in your own sight.

17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Intro

As believers how do we reflect and act different than the lost and in what way does it impact our community where we are?

Body

1.

To our Brothers and Sister in the Body

A. Love One Another

1) Let love be genuine.

Our Love is too be true it is based from the strongest the strongest word the Greek word for love that we have.

love that is based on God’s high moral

love (Christian) n. — a strong, non-sexual affection and regard for a person and their good as understood by God’s moral character; especially characterized by a willing forfeiture of rights or privileges in another person’s behalf.

1.

To our Brothers and Sister in the Body

A. Love One Another

1) Let love be genuine.

Love is to be

2) Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

3) Love one another with brotherly affection.

4) Outdo one another in showing honor.

B. The Attitude of Genuine Love

1) 11 Do not be slothful in zeal,

2) be fervent in spirit,

C. Actions of Genuine Love

1) serve the Lord.

2) 12 Rejoice in hope,

3) be patient in tribulation,

4) be constant in prayer.

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5) Contribute to the needs of the saints and

6) seek to show hospitality.

2. To our Enemies

A. Seek Good Not Evil

1) 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

2) 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

B. Seek Peace by Action

1) 16 Live in harmony with one another.

2) Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

3) Never be wise in your own sight.

4) 17 Repay no one evil for evil,

5) but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

6) 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

7) 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

C. The Turn of What’s Evil to Good

20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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[1] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

(2016).

(Ro 12:9–21).

Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

2) Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

our love for one another is out of a place of Goodness

our love for one another is out of a place of Goodness

3) Love one another with brotherly affection.

family loving adj.

— loving in a way characteristic of the relationship between husband and wife, mother and child, father and son, etc.

4) Outdo one another in showing honor.

B. The Attitude of Genuine Love

1) Do not be slothful in zeal, we can not be slow to act

"For to love is not enough, but there must be this also: or rather this also comes of loving, as also loving has its warmth from this, and they are confirmative one of another.

For there are many that love in mind, yet reach not forth the hand.

And this is why he uses every means to build up love."

John Chrysostom.

(1841).

The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans (p.

375).

Oxford; London: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington.

John Chrysostom.

(1841).

The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans (p.

375).

Oxford; London: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington.

2) be fervent in spirit, we must act in the right manor

C. Actions of Genuine Love

1) serve the Lord.

2) Rejoice in hope,

3) be patient in tribulation

4) be constant in prayer.

5) Contribute to the needs of the saints and

6) seek to show hospitality.

2. To our Enemies

A. Seek Good Not Evil

1) Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

2) Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

we are to be sympathetic with our enemies

B. Seek Peace by Action

much like the actions we do out of love to one another the church these we do even to our enemies

1) Live in harmony with one another.

Live in harmony with one another.

2) Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.

3) Never be wise in your own sight.

4) Repay no one evil for evil,