Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

VS. 18 I DID NOT KNOW THAT MY UNDERSTANDING HAD EYES IF MY UNDERSTANDING HAS VISION OR PERCEPTION AND PAUL IS PRAYING THAT THE EYES OF THE UNDERSTANDING BEING ENLIGHTENED, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING COULD BE BLIND

IF MY UNDERSTANDING HAS VISION OR PERCEPTION AND PAUL IS PRAYING THAT THE EYES OF THE UNDERSTANDING BEING ENLIGHTENED, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING COULD BE BLIND

ENLIGHTENED

*********PRAY*********

WHEN WE HAVE BLIND SPOTS IT MEANS THAT THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE DIDN’T SEE SOMETHING COMING

WHEN WE ARE BLIND IT MEANS THAT WE DIDN’T SEE SOMETHING COMING

IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT I COULDN’T SEE IT COMING

IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE HAVE AREAS WHERE WE DON’T HAVE CLEAR VISION

WHEN WE ARE DRIVING A VEHICLE, WE CALL IT A BLIND SPOT

TO BE BLIND SIDED IS TO BE UNAWARE OF SOMETHING THAT IS COMING OR NEAR OR ASSOCIATED WITH ME

I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BUT I DIDN’T THEREFORE I WAS BLINDSIDED

HAVE YOU EVER GONE THROUGH SOMETHING AND YOU DIDN’T SEE IT COMING

AND YOU SAY, IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY

I WOULD HAVE PREPARED DIFFERENTLY

AND LOOKING BACK, I NOW SEETHINGS THAT I DIDN’T SEE BEFORE

I WAS BLIND SIDED

BODY

AND TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROPERLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NATURAL MAN

1. THE NATURAL MAN

THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE NATURAL MAN

JUST NATURAL-

HE HAS FIVE SENSE THAT KEEP HIM IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD THROUGH WHICH HE ASSOCIATES WITH HIS ENVIRONMENT:

HE IS NATURALLY ALIVE BUT HE IS SPIRITUALLY DEAD

TO BE NATURALLY ALIVE-TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU

BUT NOT REALLY AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF YOU

NOT BEING RELATIVE TO GOD

WHEN IT SAYS DEAD, IT DOESN’T MEAN THE END OF LIFE

DEATH IN THE BIBLE MEANS SEPARATION

ANYTIME THAT YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD, YOU ARE DEAD-BLIND TO HIM->YOU DON’T SEE WHY YOU NEED TO WORSHIP HIM

YOU DON’T SEE WHY YOU SHOULD PRAY, SEEK GOD

THAT’S THE NATURAL MAN

WHEN CHRIST COMES INTO OUR LIFE THAT IS WHAT HE COMES TO CHANGE ABOUT US

HE WANTS TO CHANGE US INTO POINT 2, THE SPIRITUAL MAN

2. THE SPIRITUAL MAN

THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS ALIVE UNTO GOD

HIS SENSES HAVE BEEN MADE ALIVE

WE ARE THREE PART BEINGS: SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY

THE NATURAL MAN IS ALIVE IN HIS BODY BUT SPIRITUALLY DEA

THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS ALIVE IN HIS SPIRIT BUT HAS CONCLUDED THAT HIS FLESH IS DEAD

I’M DEAD TO IT, I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE MY DECISIONS ACCORDING TO IT, NOT CONTROLLED BY IT, NOT LET MY EMOTIONS REACT TO IT

BECAUSE I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO LET THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECT ME

I AM IN THE WORLD BUT I AM NOT OF THE WORLD

I DON’T HAVE TO GO THE WAY THE WORLD GOES, BE UPSET WHEN THE WORLD IS UPSET, GIVE UP WHEN THE WORLD GIVES UP, REACT TO THE SITUATIONS THE WAY THE WORLD REACTS, BECAUSE I AM FED FROM A DIFFERENT IMPULSE

I AM NOT FED BY WHAT THEY SEE, I AM FED BY MY SPIRIT

THEREFORE, I AM A SPIRITUAL MAN

THE WORD SPIRIT IS THE WORD PNEUMATIKOS WHERE WE GET THE WORD PNEUMA WHERE WE GET THE WORD BREATH MEANING THAT GOD HAS BREATHED THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO ME

NOW I AM REACTING TO TAHT BRAETH AND NOT THE CONDITIONS AROUND ME

THAT’S THE SPIRITUAL MAN

MOST CHRISTIANS FALL INTO THE THIRD CATEGORY AND BEFORE YOU SHUT ME OFF AND SAY THAT’S NOT ME, LISTEN TO THE DESCRIPTION

BUT MOST OF US FALL INTO THE THIRD CATEGORY WHICH IS THE CARNAL MAN

THE CARNAL MAN

THE CARNAL MAN IS A SPIRITUAL MAN, HE IS A SPIRITUAL MAN BUT HE IS REACTING MAINLY TO EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES

THE WORD CARNAL-SARKIKOIS->IN THE GREEK MEANING FLESH-MEANING THAT I AM A FLESHLY CHRISTIAN

A CARNAL CHRISTIAN

GENERALLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CARNAL CHRISTIANS WE LOCK THEM INTO A BOX THAT WE CALL SIN

SO, IF WE ARE NOT DOING ANY OBVIOUS SINS, WE SAY THAT WE ARE NOT CARNAL

BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE THAT DEFINITION OF CARNAL, BECAUSE SINS IS JUST ONE FRUIT THAT COMES OUT OF CANALITY

SIN IS ONE FRUIT BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY FRUIT

I WANT TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND SAY THAT IF YOU ARE WORRIED THEN YOU ARE CARNAL

IF YOU ARE UNFORGIVING YOU ARE CARNAL, ANGRY, BE CONTROLLED BY FEAR, CONTROLLED BY JEALOUSY

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE CARNAL MIND IS AT ENMITY AGAINST GOD

MEANING THAT WHEN WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO REACT TO THE WORLD AROUND US THEN WE ARE AT WAR ON THE INSIDE

NOW THE NATURAL MAN HAS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO LIVE IN THE FLESH BUT HE IS DEAD UNTO GOD

THE SPIRITUAL MAN HAS CRUCIFIED HIS FLESH AND HE IS ALIVE UNTO GOD

HE HAS PUT HIS FLESH ON THE CROSS, HE MAY FEEL JEALOUS, INSECURE, DOUBTFUL, LUSTFUL, SINFUL

BUT HE SAYS, I AM NOT GOING TO REACT TO THAT.

THAT IS DEAD TO ME

I’M GOING TO EXPRESS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW

YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THAT YOU WANT

HE HAS PUT HIS FLESH ON THE CROSS SO THAT HE CAN PUT HIS FAITH ON THE THRONE

HE PUT HIS FLESH ON THE CROSS SO THAT HE CAN PUT HIS FAITH ON THE THRONE

ANYTIME THAT YOU PUT YOUR FLESH ON THE THRONE, YOU PUT YOUR FAITH ON THE CROSS

NOW THE CARNAL MAN: HE QUOTES SCRIPTURE, BUT IS STILL WORRIED.

HE CLAPS AND RAISES HIS HANDS BUT IS STILL ANGRY AND UNFORGIVING

THE CARNAL MAN IS RECEIVING SIGNALS FROM BOTH PLACES

THE TRUTH IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FALL INTO THE CARNAL CATEGORY

ONE MOMENT WE ARE BUILDING UP THE SPIRIT, THE NEXT WE ARE BUILDING UP THE FLESH

WE BELIEVE GOD THEN WE DON’T

WE HAVE THE VICTORY THEN WE WALK IN DEFEAT

ONE MOMENT YOU ARE SINGING PRAISE SONGS IN YOUR CAR, THE NEXT MOMENT SOMEONE CUTS IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THEIR CAR

YOU CAN BE A CHRISTIAN, YOU CAN BE SPIRITUAL, A PERSON OF FAITH BUT ACT IMPROPERLY TO SITUATIONS

WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE GOD AND WANT TO PLEASE HIM BUT THEN THERE IS A CONFLICTED REACTION WITH DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

ALL OF THESE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE REACT TO-WHAT WE SEE, HEAR, WHAT OUR SENSES ARE TELLING US ALL OF THOSE MAKE US CARNAL

IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL SENSES

IF WE HAVE SPIRITUAL SENSES, WE HAVE SPIRITUAL SIGHT

ELIJAH SAID, I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN-IN MY SPIRIT

HIS SERVANT SAID, IT MAY BE RAINING IN THE SPIRIT BUT IT IS DRY IN THE NATURAL

THE SERVANT IS LISTENING THROUGH HIS NATURAL EAR

ELIJAH IS LISTENING THROUGH HIS SPIRITUAL EAR

THE NATURAL EAR SAYS DROUGHT

THE SPIRITUAL EAR SAYS, THE RAIN IS COMING

SOMEONE SAY, THE RAIN IS COMING

WHEN YOU ARE SPIRITUALLY RESPONDING TO YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES AND YOU ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT, YOU WILL BE AT WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER

THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY SEE WITH THEIR NATURAL EYE AND YOU WILL TELL THEM WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL EYE AND IT WILL BE FRUSTRATING

I HEAR IT IN MY SPIRIT

YOU SHOULD HEAR THINGS IN YOUR SPIRIT THAT CONTRADICT WHAT YOU HEAR WITH YOUR NATURAL EAR

YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR THINGS IN THE SPIRIT THAT YOU DON’T SEE IN THE NATURAL

THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOOLISH TO NATURAL PEOPLE