Sermon Tone Analysis

God’s Word is Transformative

Through the years people have taken their shot at the Bible.

John Lennon has been quoted as saying that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus in 1966.

Although they were quite popular, they have been replaced by new faces.

But the word of God continues to grow in impact around the world.

The Beatles are not a world religion...

That is not how prophecy works.

Prosperity Gospel

More recently we have encountered people that tell us that we believe strongly can come to pass.

They believe that with enough faith any Christian should be able to prosper.

From Wikipedia

Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith)[A] is a controversial religious belief among some Protestant Christians, who hold that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth.[1]

Prosperity theology views the Bible as a contract between God and humans: if humans have faith in God, he will deliver security and prosperity.[2]

Paul also in his ministry appealed to the scriptures foretelling the birth, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.

The doctrine emphasizes the importance of personal empowerment, proposing that it is God's will for his people to be blessed.

The atonement (reconciliation with God) is interpreted to include the alleviation of sickness and poverty, which are viewed as curses to be broken by faith.

This is believed to be achieved through donations of money, visualization, and positive confession.

Ellen Gould White, The Acts of the Apostles in the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, vol.

4, Conflict of the Ages Series (Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1911), 221–222.

Paul also in his ministry appealed to the scriptures foretelling the birth, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.

“Paul also in his ministry appealed to the scriptures foretelling the birth, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.”

The Bible is God’s word

The Acts of the Apostles p. 221–222.

The Bible is God’s word

Source of life

Beautiful

Wisdom

Peace

Understanding

Discipline

It cuts to the essence of our being

And so, I thought, the anvil of God’s Word

For ages the skeptics’ blows have beat upon,

But though the noise of falling blows was heard

The anvil is unchanged; the hammers gone.

—John Clifford