Sermon Tone Analysis

Shawn / General

Moving from the old to the new / Spiritual Growth; Change /

Transitions in your life to be more useful for God and the Church

THE CALLED OUT CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT THE AMERICAN DREAM!

Illustration of the American Dream:

Born August 3, 1977, an American football player in the year 2000, when he was 23 years old he attended the NFL Combine in hopes of being selected for the NFL draft.

He achievements in the combine, include the slowest 40 ever to be recorded by a quarterback, and in all honesty, the only thing notable about his combine was how awful it was.

however, he didn’t give up and was drafted in the 6th round.

The NFL drafted him as a backup quarterback, with no expectations of him ever starting or being a major contributor.

His first start came a year later when the starting quarterback was injured.

Mark Rypien, one of the opposing quarterbacks at his first start said, “I had been looking forward to seeing Drew [Bledsoe], being a former Washington State Cougar, and instead, I got to see this scrawny-looking kid from Michigan take the filed and perform admirably under the circumstances.”

Well, that was in 2001, and on February 3rd, 2019, Tom Brady won his sixth Superbowl.

But that isn’t what is interesting.

What is interesting is Tom Brady’s answer to a 2005 60-minute interview.

Tom says, “There’s times where I’m not the person that I want to be.

Why do I have three Super Bowl rings, and still think there’s something greater out there for me? . . .

I mean I’ve done it.

I’m 27.

And what else is there for me?

Introduction

Let’s start with something everyone is somewhat familiar with.

Let’s talk about football just for a little bit.

When I was in high school, I wanted nothing more than to be 6 foot 4 and 220 pounds.

I figures if I had that, I could play in the NFL.

However, having the most talent and ability is still no predictor of success, but it helps, trust me.

In the NFL, they use a physical battery of tests through a process called the combine.

This is where they can see the raw physical ability of athletes in trying to determine who to draft in the NFL.

There are two primary tests.

First, is the 40 yard dash and the second is the vertical jump.

In 2008 an athlete named Vernon Gholston, who played one season for Ohio State, as an outside line backer and pass rusher.

However, at the combine, he blew it up with 4.6, 40 and 35 in vertical.

Keep in mind, he is 6 foot three and 270 pounds.

The dude is huge and ran faster than some wide receivers.

He was picked with the 6th overall pick in the draft.

That means the team was looking for this guy to produce and be a game changer.

He never recorded a single sack and after three seasons was out of the league, and not because of injuries.

However, you all know about Tom Brady, who was picked in the 6th round, had a 5.28 40 yard dash, which is terrible.

Just keep in mind he ran the slowest 40 yard dash of any quarter back in NFL history, and still holds the title.

Yet, he was won six super bowls.

What is my point in this: SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE BUT WHAT YOU DO WITH IT!

A. Interrogatories:

• First, ask yourself what is failure?

Definition:

1. Lack of success

2. the omission of expected or required action

3. the action or state of not functioning (Like heart failure)

• According to these definitions, you can fail both by omission and commission.

I. Failures in the Old Testament

1.

I want to look at a story in the old testament.

It is in I kinds 13:14-20.

It is a story of an unnamed prophet.

KJV 1900

14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah?

And he said, I am.

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.

But he lied unto him.

19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

2. The Lord gives him very specific instructions: Do not eat bread or drink water there, but go back the way you came.

a.

You go into the world, you are to preach the gospel.

Don’t eat their bread, don’t drink their water, just turn around and go back the way you came!

B. The world will entice you and lie to you.

a.

This is a prophet!

Friendly fire!

b.

The world will say come on, it’s not that bad.

Just relax, have some fun.

NO SIR.

NO SIR.

1. IT IS WRITTEN:

KJV 1900