Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

Waste Not

I just got back from vacation yesterday and was down in the south.

I spent some time around the Cumberland Gap and on the Appalachian Trail, saw a few parrots and visited a fort that was founded by Daniel Boone.

As we were going through the fort, it struck me at how much use they got out of all the animals they killed and ate.

They did not waste anything, which got me to thinking.

Hide

 Instead of just ripping off and chucking the deer’s hide to the side, save it.

Hides can be tanned into numerous items from custom bags to buckskin clothing, as well as put on a wall or thrown over your couch in your man cave.

Head

Save the brains from your kill and learn to brain tan the hide with it like Native Americans used to do.

The skull can be turned into a European Mount to display around the house or your cabin at deer camp.

Antlers have a million uses from knife handles, wall displays, coat racks, dog chews, and so much more.

Legs/Hooves

A deer’s hooves can be melted down and used as a natural glue for bushcrafting projects.

Take the whole lower part of the leg and turn it into a cool custom gun rack that can be mounted to a wall or over your fireplace.

Innards

Intestines, after a thorough cleaning, can be used as sausage casings.

If not damaged during the hunt, the liver, heart, and kidneys are all edible and should be taken away with the meat.

While it may be hard to get past mentally, the tongue is considered a delicacy when prepared correctly.

Fat/Sinew

Deer fat can be slowly boiled down and rendered into tallow.

Tallow is great as a healthier cooking grease, waterproofing metals, lubrication, a leather conditioner, and more.

Sinew can be dried and used to back traditional bows, make bow strings, strong cordage, or sewing thread for your deer hide projects.

Bones

Use the bones to make broth for cooking deer meat stews and soups.

Clean the bones up as best as you can before boiling and baking them.

Toss them to your family dog as a special treat.

Dry the bones out and burn them.

Bone burns longer and hotter than fire wood and will help you maintain a great fire to warm yourself after hunting for the day at camp.

Make various primitive items such as bone tools, arrowheads, and more to display around your home or office.

With these tips all that should be leftover from your kill is a very small gut pile, some eyeballs, and the spinal cord.

Toss these to the side for the scavengers to finish off and not one single item from your kill will go to waste.

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Context

Chapters 5-10 of the Gospel of John center around religious occasions or feasts.

In Chapter 5, the religious occasion was the Sabbath and Jesus healed a lame man on the Sabbath day.

The man was called out due to the sin of carrying his pallet on the Sabbath, which was considered work, which then the fact that he was healed by Jesus on the Sabbath and Jesus was accused of “working” on the Sabbath, because He healed on that day.

Then Jesus equated Himself with God, by stating that His Father was working even on the Sabbath, and there arose a question of authority.

Was Jesus blaspheming by equating Himself with God, by calling Himself the Son of God? Jesus gave us 5 witnesses that have given testimony to who He is:

John the Baptist ()

The Witness of Works (or miracles) ()

The Witness of the Father ()

The Witness of the Scripture ()

The Witness of Moses ()

The next few discussions starting in chapter 6 will center around the Passover, which we will discuss in a little more detail later.

Scripture

Observations

This is coming off of the heels that Jesus claimed to be equal with God when He healed on the Sabbath

Jesus just revealed Himself as the Son of God

This is the second Passover (of three) mentioned in this Gospel

The people recognize the generosity of Jesus & want to make them a king

I think that the people recognized the corruption of their religious leaders that they had in the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Scribes, and the Zealots.

They also recognized the cruelty of the Roman Caesar as well as the Roman military that was ever-present in Israel.

They were a conquered people and here was a man that was claiming to be the Son of God, who seemed to be interested in their personal needs.

They were allowed a king, currently they had that was not Jewish, he was a Herod.