Sermon Tone Analysis

America is baptizing the church.

CONNECTION

Story about meeting Ali

What’s the problem being addressed?

Notes about John addressing gnostics and church must also draw the line

Problem/Solution

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Solution: “John gives us an example of how to address this issue.”

The church didn’t stand by and get cooked

John was with him.

Why wouldn’t we believe someone who was with Him.

Let’s look at what John had to say about Jesus.

INSTRUCTION

1 John 1:1-4

“The word started changing me.”

“It was important for me to stay in light because His is Light.”

“I began to fight for that.

Refusing to go back.”

APPLICATION

America is baptizing the church.

We have to draw the line.

Frog story

There was a frog in the pot and they wanted him out of the pot.

They didn’t want him to jump out of the pot so they begin to warm the pot up a few degrees every day until the frog was cooked.

What changed was the frogs atmosphere he didn’t even realize that he was being cooked.

He didn’t realize that his life was in jeopardy.

Much like America over the last 4 decades we’ve been slowly indoctrinated and baptize into The secular culture and secularism has invaded the church to the point where the gospel is not truly being preached.

Just like the frog we’ve been paw boil slowly.

Additional Notes:

Darrow Miller, “If the church does not disciple the world, then the world will disciple the church.”

Light/Darkness

Theme; Light has a dual nature in the natural/supernatural;

All Scriptural mention of light has this duality

GOD is the SOURCE of natural and spiritual light ()

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light has color (spectrum, frequency), unseen light, heat

light has energy (power), light radiates, light mediates

light undergoes transformation: reflection, refraction, diffusion

Light as:

God's Purity () God's Glory () God's Knowledge (, )

God's unchangeability () God's Vengeance/Justice ()

God's Favor () God's salvation () God's Blessing()

People as the Light of the world: (), Moses on Sinai ()

Gospel as the Light: ()

Calling to Live in the Light: (, )

False Light ()

Lux Aeterna ()

Darkness:Spiritual Reality vs. Natural Reality ()

: "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see, may see."

: "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me,shall not abide in darkness."

This is nothing new In the Apostle John days the gnostics denied that Jesus was here in bodily form.

They believe Jesus was a spirit but that he was not a human.

Many Christians today say they followers Jesus but don’t truly live out the Scriptures matter fact they don’t even read their Bible they don’t even study the Bible they don’t allow the word of God to cleanse them to wash them to purify them to sanctify them.

Jonathan McReynolds NO GRAY

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The apostle John didn’t stand for this they immediately new the truth was being tampered with that it was being assaulted.

So they began to set the record straight to begin to tell the followers of Jesus that they have truly seen and touched Jesus Christ.

And that he was real and that he was here on this earth.

This is nothing new In the Apostle John days the gnostics denied that Jesus was here in bodily form.

They believe Jesus was a spirit but that he was not a human.

Many Christians today say they followers Jesus but don’t truly live out the Scriptures matter fact they don’t even read their Bible they don’t even study the Bible they don’t allow the word of God to cleanse them to wash them to purify them to sanctify them.

The apostle John didn’t stand for this they immediately new the truth was being tampered with that it was being assaulted.

So they began to set the record straight to begin to tell the followers of Jesus that they have truly seen and touched Jesus Christ.

And that he was real and that he was here on this earth.

Many people today say yes there is a god yes I believe in Jesus but don’t really follow Jesus they deny the power thereof.

They keep on doing their own thing.Jonathan McReynolds NO GRAY

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Many people today say yes there is a god yes I believe in Jesus but don’t really follow Jesus they deny the power thereof.

They keep on doing their own thing.

Jonathan McReynolds NO GRAY

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I submit to you that in times like these we need to hold onto the foundation of the gospel, the truth of the gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.

There’s a song that says in times like these we need a savior and in times like these we need and anchor so be very sure be very sure that your anchor holes and grips a solid a solid rock.

That rock is Jesus he’s the only one that rock is Jesus he’s the only one so be very sure that your anchor holes and grips a solid rock.

So what are we going to do about it?