Sermon Tone Analysis

Title: Be A Church That Gives

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Introduction -

Transition -

Main Idea: A Giving Church is made up of Faithful People

People Who Are Faithful in Sacrifice (vs.

1-2)

Lead in...

Explanation - Paul has spent the last eleven chapters laying out His brilliant understanding of Christian doctrine.

And now in chapter 12 he tells the church at Rome what to do about it.

This is the “So What?” factor.

Explanation

SO in light of all that I have said up until now, this is WHAT I want you to do about it!

In fact, In verse 1 Paul makes an appeal to them.

In other words, he is urging, imploring, pleading with his brothers and sisters in Rome to, now that they understand the tremendous mercies given (because of the last 11 chapters) them, offer up themselves up or present themselves as a sacrifice.

Now, a sacrifice, is usually dead.

At least that was the case through the Old Testament sacrificial system.

The lambs, goats, bulls, etc., were killed and their blood was used as a symbolic covearring for the sins of indivisuals as well as the nation.

Jesus then became the ultimate sacrifice as He offered His life on the cross as a ransom for many.

He was the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Of course, we know that Jesus death was a temporary situation because on the third day he rose from the grave.

He was, if you will, the first living sacrifice.

And now those of us who are in Christ have died with Christ and now we are alive with him too.

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And just as Jesus willingly offered up His life, we are to do just the same.

This is what it means to be a living sacrifice.

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Application -

Reiteration - A giving church is made up of faithful people

People who are faithful in Sacrifice

People Who Are Faithful in Function (vs.

3-8)

Lead in… “A believer’s consecration to God and his transformed lifestyle is demonstrated in his exercising his spiritual gifts in the body of Christ.”

BKC

Explanation -

Illustration -

Application -

Reiteration - A giving church is made up of faithful people

People who are faithful in Sacrifice

People who are faithful in Function

People Who Are Faithful in Love (vs.

9-12)

Lead in -

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Explanation -

Illustration -

Application -

Reiteration - A giving church is made up of faithful people

Conclusion

People who are faithful in Sacrifice

People who are faithful in Function

People who are faithful in Love

Conclusion

The question we all must grapple with this morning is to what level does my life reflect my sacrifice, function and love.

In other words do you see yourself as one who joyfully sacrifices for your God and this church?

Do you see yourself as one who uses your gifts and talent to further God’s kingdom and build this local congregation?

Do you see yourself as one who loves God and His people?

What if we turned it on its head?

Do you expect everyone to sacrifice for you?

Do you desire for everyone else to use their gifts to make you time at church more comfortable and enjoyable?

Do you want everyone to love you?

Main Idea:

Title: Be A Church That Gives

Text: 10

Text:

Introduction

Each Year I start the year off with a vision sermon.

It is part of my wonderful privilidged respnsbility to point in a direction that I and the leadership of this church believe we should go.

Over the years the themes were...

2014 - Equipping the Saints to do the Work of the Ministry

2015 - Bear One Another’s Burdens

2019 - You Are Gifted! - Know and Use Your Gift

2016 - God Cannot Use Your Silence - Share the Love of Jesus

2018 - Be On Make One -

2017 - Moving Forward On Your Knees - Being a Church of Prayer

2018 - Be On Make One -

2018 - Be On Make One -

2019 - You Are Gifted! - Know and Use Your Gift

This is such a crucial concept for any church to grab ahold of because when it does, good, godly, growth is inevitable.

Why can I say this so definitively and confidently?

Because when you know and use your gift you realize a couple of things.

First, you didn’t generate your gifting - your gift came from God and He is very purposed and particular about the gift He gave you.

Second, your gifting isn’t for your enjoyment - It is for the betterment and strengthening for this body.

Third, a focus on the spiritual moves us away from a man-centered approach to church growth.

So as I cast a vision for Allendale Baptist Church for 2019, it is my hope that we become a church who understands that God has gifted each one of us (if you are a believer) for His good purposes.

And that you, individually discover and develop you gift so that this local body become all that God desires for her to be!

Imagine if every believer in this room truly understood and exercised his or her gift or gifts?

What would happen?

So this is why, for the month of January, I am bringing you a series of sermon entitled, “Be a church that Gives!”

And today, we are going to focus on one passage in particular that deals with the idea of Spiritual gifts, ...

Transition - And in this passage, the apostle Paul, after giving 11 chapters on heavy duty theology, tells the church at Rome how to apply all he has taught them.

And the very first thing he teaches them is to tap into the power of the Holy Spirit and offer their lives up and be the Giving Church God desires them to be...

And in this passage, the apostle Paul, after giving 11 chapters on heavy duty theology, tells the church at Rome how to apply all he has taught them.

And the very first thing he teaches them is to tap into the power of the Holy Spirit and offer their lives up and be the Giving Church God desires them to be...

Main Idea: A Giving Church is Made up of Faithful People

Transition - There are three challenges for us in this passage and the first one is...

1. Be a People who are faithful in SACRIFICE (vs.

1-2)

Lead in…Sacrifice sounds painful, and it is because it requires death.

But in the case of this passage, it’s not a physical death that Paul is talking about...

Explain -

Vs. 1 - Paul, writing to the church at Rome and pastoring them from afar, has an appeal for them.

He is, in fact, pleading or urging them, in light of the previous 11 chapters of his carefully laid out theology - to do something with it.

He urges them “by the mercies of God” (Which is what chapters 1-11 clearly demonstrate) to offer themselves up as a “living sacrifice”.