Sermon Tone Analysis

Proclamation of the Word

10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink.

For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.

7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.

9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 10 nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.

God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’

” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

8 But what does it say?

“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Introduction

What we do matters.

The choices we make matter.

In our focus scripture Paul urges us to resist temptation and promises that God will support us as we strive to be faithful.

What is faithful living?

what does it look like?

Telemachus

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Telemachus

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That idea was embodied by a monk named Telemachus.

We don’t know when Telemachus was born, but we know he died on January 1, 404 AD, because on January 1, 404 AD, there was a gladiatorial match taking place.

Now, Christians usually avoided these gladiatorial matches, but Telemachus’ conscience was so bothered that this match was going on after Rome had converted to Christianity that he went to the gladiatorial match.

In the middle of it, he jumped down into the arena and separated the gladiators and said, “Don’t do this.

Don’t kill each other.

You can’t do this.

This is murder.”

There are different variations of the story, but the earliest account we have says that “the crowd was so incensed that he interrupted their entertainment that they stoned him to death.”

He gave up his life to prevent murder in the arena, and he was killed by the audience.

Connection to the Word

When the emperor heard about this, his conscience was so affected by it that he issued an immediate ban on all gladiatorial combat, and there was never another gladiatorial match in Rome — because of Telemachus.

A monk put his life on the line.

His example and his courage in standing up for the truth, for the idea that human beings have a right to live and murder therefore is wrong, changed an aspect of Roman culture that had existed for hundreds of years.

Connection to the word

Faithful living is having our eyes, our goals on those of God.

Telemachus was not focused on himself when he jumped into the arena that day, he was focused on the name and reputation of God.

If Christianity is the religion of Rome then Romans should be living like they are Christians.

That is no different for us today, is it?

If we are followers of Christ then we should be living, as Christ lived.

Paul said it this way, he spoke of living in such a way that was “pleasing to God.” Or if we wanted to say it negatively as in our focus scripture living in such a way that “displeased God” as most of the Israelites did in the wilderness.

God was with the Israelites, his provision and protection covered them as a cloud.

1 Corinthians 10:1-5

God was not pleased with most of them

Exodus

Exodus 14:

If the wilderness generation failed by rejecting the hidden Christ who sustained them in their journey, how much more will the Corinthians, fail if they reject (test) a revealed Christ?

Exodus

Exodus 14:

Moses and Aaron are disqualified - Not from Salvation but from God’s blessing of entering the promised land

Exodus

Numbers 20:1-7

Numbers

Moses and Aaron are disqualified - Not from Salvation but from God’s blessing of entering the promised land

The failures of the Israelite people is our same failures of self-discipline - Connection to Lent.

Failure of Self-Discipline and indulgence

Idolatry - Exodus 32

Sexual Immorality - Exodus 32

Testing God - Numbers 21:6

Complaining - : 3-41

Paul is urgently and passionately asking for the Corinthians to remember how the Israelite failed to live faithfully and disappointed God

· Is God’s Power to save People

· Reveals God’s Righteousness

Righteousness:

· God always does what is Just and Right

· God is faithful to his promises

Condition:

· All Nations are trapped (Sin, Idolatry, Guilty of Enmity against God)

· Israel is not saved by the Law, in fact because they are God’s chosen people and were given the law they are (More Guilty) then all the other nations

Good News of the Gospel:

· God sent Jesus

· He became what we are

· So, we could become what Jesus is (Justification by Faith)

Paul is

· Justification by Faith

o New Status: Right with God & Forgiven

o New Family: Included in God’s People

o New Future: Transformed Life

· Who is in God’s covenant family?

o Those who have faith in the one who fulfilled God’s promise

Summary of Romans Chapters 1-4 (will help us understand the rest of Romans)

· All Humanity is trapped in sin and needs to be rescued (Ch 1)

· Rescue won’t happen by trying to obey the laws of the Torah (Ch 2)

· God’s righteousness has rescued the world through Jesus (Ch 3)

· God’s goal is to create the faith-based multi-ethnic family of Abraham (Ch 4)

Orientation: Living the Word

1 Corinthians 10:6-

These things are examples of what not to do for us

Focus Scripture: