Sermon Tone Analysis

We Need to Praise God for His Mercy (42:1)

The Special Son became the Humblest of Servants

Many in Christianity today are seeking to move from obscure servants to places of prominence -

God chose to show us Mercy when He sent His Son FIRST TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST… The Master who became the SERVANT

The Eternal Relationship - My Elect One...

Why would God choose to invite us, as sinful, sorrowful, stupid sheep into the PERFECT ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP HE ENJOYS WITH THE SON???

The Son Enabled as God’s Emissary to Bring Justice to the Gentiles

All of this was for the purpose of bringing Justice, which is equity and truth to the Gentiles

Have we ever given thanks to the Father for the Divine plan that Placed His Son into midst of suffering and made Him a partaker of the vilest of deaths – all in order that we might be made as Paul declares in

We Need to Pay Attention to the Way Jesus Lived (42:2-3)

His example of Quiet, Yet Firm Declaration of God’s Truth (42:2) –

Not concerned with marches, rallies, the public forum, only with living and teaching the Truth of God

Matthew 11:29-30

29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30

“For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Prince of Glory though He Is, yet as He walked this earth it was not with all the pomp and circumstance of a self-exalted Prince, but with all the humility of the lowliest of servants.

All this to fulfill the Scriptures (see Matt 12:17-21) and so that the Exaltation of the Son might await the careful timing of the Father…

Are we so willingly humble and patient with God’s will for our lives?

His example of Caring for the Weak (42:3a)

(not destroying a crushed reed) – Christ cares for the lives that are crushed and broken, “…come unto me all ye that laboar and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest…”

How carefully He moved and ministered so that even the most fragile of lives was tenderly touched and strengthened!

Do we follow His example?

Do we carefully tend the broken and crushed hearts and lives of our fellow man?

Do we offer that same eternal rest?

Do we even care how callously and carelessly we have moved within the body of Christ?

His example of Nurturing the Needy (42:3b)

(“smoking flax he shall not quench”) – Flax is the wick of a candle… The spirit that is dying, the person whose flame is fast flickering out can be nurtured and saved from being extinguished by the comforting Truth of Jesus Christ!

How many are the spirits of those we meet that are like a candle on verge of being extinguished?

How fearful for us it would be to have revealed how often we have quenched and snuffed out the hopes of others…

Have we considered how easy it is to bring one to the light of Jesus Christ and allow His glory and grace fan to life the last dying embers of hope in so many a weary heart?

We Should Pay Attention to His Purpose (42:4)