Sermon Tone Analysis

Pillars of Grace

We Believe God Reveals

We Believe God Creates

We Believe God Redeems

God sent Jesus, His Son, to live the perfect life we could not and die the death our sins deserve.

When we accept Jesus’ sacrifice, we claim eternal life.

In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation may better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator.

This perfect atonement vindicates the righteousness of God’s law and the graciousness of His character; for it both condemns our sin and provides for our forgiveness.

The death of Christ is substitutionary and expiatory, reconciling and transforming.

The bodily resurrection of Christ proclaims God’s triumph over the forces of evil, and for those who accept the atonement assures their final victory over sin and death.

It declares the Lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every knee in heaven and on earth will bow.

The Promise

Review of Great Controversy theme

What did Jesus Do?

Propitiation.

Turning away of anger by the offering of a gift.

The word was often used by the pagans in antiquity, for they thought of their gods as unpredictable beings, liable to become angry with their worshipers for any trifle.

When disaster struck it was often thought that a god was angry and was therefore punishing his worshipers.

The remedy was to offer a sacrifice without delay.

A well-chosen offering would appease the god and put him in a good mood again.

This process was called propitiation.

Bakers Encyclopedia of the Bible

Why Did Jesus Die?

It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ.

We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones

The life of Christ

From Heaven to Earth

Earth to the Cross

Cross to the Grave

Grave to the sky