Sermon Tone Analysis

***                                                **“Whom shall I send,  And who will go for  Us?” *     8~/3~/08 a.m.

 

*Is 6:8*   8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send,

     And who will go for Us?”  Then I said, “Here /am/ I! Send me.”

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*Is 6:8*   8  *I heard the voice of the Lord*, saying:    

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*hear* \ˈhir\ vb *heard* \ˈhərd\; *hear•ing* \ˈhir-iŋ\ [ME /heren,/ fr.

OE /hīeran;/ akin to OHG /hōren/ to hear, and prob.

to L /cavēre/ to be on guard, Gk /akouein/ to hear] /vt/ bef.

12c

*1*           *: *to perceive or apprehend by the ear

*2*           *: **to gain knowledge of by hearing *

*3*     *a*      *: **to listen to with attention : heed *

     *b*      *: **attend *〈/hear/ mass〉

*4*     *a*      *: *to give a legal hearing to

     *b*      *: **to take testimony from* 〈/hear/ witnesses〉 /vi/

*1*           *: *to have the capacity of apprehending sound

*2*     *a*      *: **to gain information : learn *

     *b*      *: **to receive communication* 〈haven’t /heard/ from her lately〉

*3*           *: *to entertain the idea — used in the negative 〈wouldn’t /hear/ of it〉

*4*           — often used in the expression /Hear!

Hear!/ to express approval (as during a speech) — *hear•er* \ˈhir-ər\ n[1]

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*Let us hear the Lord this morning*

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*2 Co 8:5*   ….

they first  gave themselves to the Lord, ….

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*Presenting ourselves to the Lord/  is/ our reasonable service*.

*Ro 12:1-2*   … *present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, /which is/ your reasonable service*.

*Everyone has the ability to serve*



*1 Co 12:7*   7 the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one …./:/

*In the Letters of Paul, there are four separate listings of the Spirit’s gifts *

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*1 Cor.

12:27-30; *27 *Now  you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

*28 And  God has appointed these in the church: first  apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that  miracles, then  gifts of healings, helps,  administrations, varieties of tongues.



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*1 Cor.

12:4-11; *4  *There are diversities of gifts*, but  the same Spirit.

5  *There are differences of ministries*, but the same Lord.

6 *And there are diversities of activities*, *but it is the same God  *who works all in all.

7*** But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit /of all:/* 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another  the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9  to another faith by the same Spirit, to another  gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10  to another the working of miracles, to another  prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another  /different/ kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

11 *But one and the same Spirit works all these things,  distributing to each one individually  as He wills.*

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*Rom.

12:6-8; *6 *Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is  given to us, /let us use them:/* if prophecy, /let us/ /prophesy/ in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, /let us use it/ in /our/ ministering;  he who teaches, in teaching; 8  he who exhorts, in exhortation;  he who gives, with liberality;  he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy,  with cheerfulness.

*1 Cor.

14:6*

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*The gifts of the Spirit vary from one believer to another *

 

*1 Cor.

12:29-30 *29 *Are all apostles?

/Are/ all prophets?

/Are/ all teachers?

/Are/ all workers of miracles?

30 Do all have gifts of healings?

Do all speak with tongues?

Do all interpret?

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1.      *prophecy* (Rom.

12:6; 1 Cor.

12:10, 28; cf. 1 Cor.

12:8; 14:6),

2.      the ability to *distinguish between true and false prophecy* is closely associated (1 Cor.

12:10; cf.

14:29 and 1 Thess.

5:19-21);

3.      *instruction* (Rom.

12:7; 1 Cor.

12:28; cf. 1 Cor.

14:6);

4.      *speaking in tongues* (1 Cor.

12:10, 28; cf.

14:1-19);

5.      *interpret speaking in tongues* 1 Cor.

12:10, 30; cf.

14:5, 13

6.

*caring for the needy* (Rom.

12:7-8):

*7.      **serving, *

8.      *encouraging* (TEV),

*9.      **contributing, *

10.  *performing acts of mercy*,

11.  *giving aid* (1 Cor.12:28:

12.  *helping*);

13.  *administration* (1 Cor.

12:28;

14.  *Healing* (1 Cor.

12:9, 28)

15.  *performing miracles* (1 Cor.

12:10, 28)  /gifts of wonder-working faith,/

16.  *the ministry of the word* (e.g., 1 Cor.

1:17; 4:17),

17.  *pastoral care* (e.g., Rom.

15:25-29; Philemon),

 

* The purpose the gifts of the Spirit is to serve ‘the common good’ (12:7), *[2]* *

 

*1 Co 12:7*   7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one *for the profit /of all/*/:/

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*But I’m not good enough to serve God*



*Is 6:5*   5 So I said: *“Woe /is/ me, for I am undone!

* Because I /am/ a man of  unclean lips,  And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;  

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*Your sins are covered and forgiven*

*Is 6:7*   *Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”

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*I am not a specially talented person*

*2 Co 8:12 *  12 *For if there is first a willing mind, /it is/ accepted according to what one has, /and/ not according to what he does not have.

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*The Lord Himself will equip you for the work He has for you to do*

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*Is 50:4-7*   4     “*The Lord God has given Me* The tongue of the learned,

     That I should know how to speak  A word in season to /him who is/ weary.

He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear

     To hear as the learned.

5     The Lord God has opened My ear;

     And I was not  rebellious,      Nor did I turn away.

6     I gave My back to those who struck /Me,/

     And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;

     I did not hide My face from shame and  spitting.

7     “For the Lord God will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced;

     Therefore  I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

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*The impact we have on others when answering the Lords’ call*

 

*2 Co 2:16*  16  To the one /we are/ the aroma of death /leading/ to death, and to the other the aroma of life /leading/ to life.

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*1 Ch 29:5*     Who /then/ is  willing to consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”