Sermon Tone Analysis

Scripture

PRAY

S.T.A.R.T.

Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached

God our Father in heaven we praise you for your great and glorious grace!

For as your Holy Word says we are saved by grace though faith.

It is by and for this grace which you show and give to us that we praise you today.

Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached

Forgive us for our sinful shortsightedness today oh LORD.

Help us to live out this grace in our lives in real and tangible ways.

Forgive us when we rely on our own strength and not your grace.

Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached

Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached

Your word tells us that the obedience of faith comes through grace, therefore we ask that you might strengthen us to practice this obedient faith in our own lives, and we ask this in accordance with your grace.

Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached

We turn now to your truths in given by Paul as he seeks even now to complete the calling you have given to him by the same grace we too possess, the grace which comes from your promised Messiah Jesus!

Intro

Faith & Works....?

who is Paul?

what is this Gospel of God?

What is the purpose of the gospel of God?

What is Paul’s purpose for the drive he has in this letter?

Who is Paul?

What is “The Gospel of God”?

Why and for whom did Jesus come?

John Piper

Nature of Grace = Power of the Holy Spirit given by the resurrected Son of God

Effect of Grace = obedience of the faith

Goal of Grace = God’s Glory

John Piper

You cannot comprehend this book if you don't comprehend grace.

We will see it again and again.

It is at the heart of the book and the heart of the gospel and the heart of God.

Title & Text

Works of Faith

Nature of Grace = Power of the Holy Spirit given by the resurrected Son of God

Effect of Grace = obedience of the faith

Goal of Grace = God’s Glory

John Piper

You cannot comprehend this book if you don't comprehend grace.

We will see it again and again.

It is at the heart of the book and the heart of the gospel and the heart of God.

Through Whom

through Jesus alone

who is Jesus?

why is Jesus so central?

What must we grasp here?

1: We Have Received Grace

grace - definition

grace defined

grace applied

grace explored

Rom

Apostelship

Paul’s call by grace

Paul’s equipping by grace

Your call by grace

Your equipping by grace

Fatherhood,

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1 Tim 1.14

2: To Bring About The Obedience of Faith

what is obedience?

what is faith?

what does this statement mean?

Paul’s obedience by grace

Paul’s perseverance by grace

Your obedience by grace

Your perseverance by grace

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ch.

6:16; 16:26; 1 Pet.

1:2; [ch.

15:18; Acts 6:7]

Rom 16.26

1 Pet

Among ALL the Nations

- John Stott

We too, if we are to be committed to world mission, will have to be liberated from all pride of race, nation, tribe, caste and class, and acknowledge that God’s gospel is for everybody, without exception and without distinction.

This is a major theme of Romans.

I

3: For the Sake of His Name

Jesus is the ALL in All

His grace = His power

His grace = His authority

His grace = His glory

1 Jhn

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Among ALL the Nations

- John Stott

We too, if we are to be committed to world mission, will have to be liberated from all pride of race, nation, tribe, caste and class, and acknowledge that God’s gospel is for everybody, without exception and without distinction.

This is a major theme of Romans.

Including You -> Who Are Called -> To Belong -> to Jesus Christ

To Belong - to Jesus Christ

1 Cor.

1:2, 24.

So 1 Thess.

4:7.

See ch.

8:28, 30.

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1 Cor

1 Cor 1.24

Rom

1 Thes 4.7

Rev. 17:14; [ch.

8:28, 30]

Rev