Sermon Tone Analysis

Jesus is coming!

There are many passages that address the fact that Jesus is coming again, along with the many other times He has previously come in judgment.

He is coming again not as a babe in a manger but as a conquering King.

If you had one word to use, to describe your feelings upon His return, what would it be?

Discomfort

Could the word be discomfort, I know you may not want to admit it, but it maybe pretty common for we know.

Everything hidden will be revealed (LK8:17)

Accountable for every word (Mt12:36)

Wonder if name in book of life (Rev20:15)

We know we all fall short of the glory of God (Rom3:23) and the wages of our sins is death (Rom6:23) but Jesus died for our sins.

but still we may feel discomfort standing before the Lord in His Holiness and our, well, not so holy.

Denial

Could the word be denial?

Denying the discomfort we may feel because of our unholiness when compared to God’s holiness.

Denial that we:

Need to know where we stand, what we believe, why we believe it

That there are those who we love, or loved that their eternity is uncertain or is condemned and we may not have said something, done something

We

consequences to sin because we are a Christian (not a sin, but lifestyle of sin)

Disappointment

Let that sink in just for a moment, do you ever feel like you have disappointed someone, but now we are talking about standing before the Lord.

Would you feel disappointment when you look back at your Christian walk and you see that you are a little uncomfortable, you have some denial going on and that disappoints you.

These are just a sampling of one word that may come to mind when you stand before the Lord.

Until then may I suggest another word?

Trust

Jn14:1

May we increase our trust in the Lord, our belief in the Lord and His promises by our being simply Christians studying God’s Word.

So we are not feeling any discomfort, denial or disappointment!

His place, the cross, started to be prepared before the world was created, before He was born in a manger in an unknown year, on an unknown day that we may recognize in this season, but may we remember daily our standing, our place was prepared for us by way of the cross.

And may we celebrate that, remember that, and acknowledge that in our lives.