Sermon Tone Analysis

Servanthood: Consecration

Opening:

God is calling us to a higher level.

God is calling you to a higher level.

God is calling me to a higher level.

That level is “Servanthood”.

Definition: Servanthood

Loving acts performed in the power of the Holy Spirit to meet the temporal and spiritual needs of those around us—and leaving the results to God.

Illustration: What we do for Christ as a group resembles a team.

This is a picture of Michelin’s Rugby team in France.

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A team unities together, works together, fights together, it strategies together for a common goal.

It’s very rewarding especially when all of the work you put in produces good results.

Family can be a team.

We’ve had families who wanted homes, who pulled the family together, strategized, sacrificed to get the goal.

When a team is in the game, in motion, it is working together in order to pull out a win.

But there is a crucial element to every game, that without it, the players would simply wear out!

It’s called a break!

A timeout! Halftime.

A time to refresh, recommit, re-calibrate, and when mistakes are found, correct them.

Likewise, we are a team.

our goal is to reach as many people for Jesus Christ as possible within our abilities and using our available resources.

But every so often, we cannot forget to take some time out and refresh, recommit, re-calibrate, and when mistakes are found, correct them or repent.

God set up timeouts for His people to corporately, collectively, regroup, renew themselves, re-calibrate, and if need be repent!

In sports it’s called half-time or time-outs, in the bible these times are times of “CONSECRATION”!

it’s a time of re-committal, rededication!

The Raiders gave him a great contract.

They tried to meet all of his needs and support him in the transition.

But almost within a week, there were reports of him not being satisfied with one thing or another.

it went from being upset about not being able to use the helment we wanted to having problems with his feet.

Not showing up for practice.

Finally, the Radiers organization got fed up and started fining him.

Well things went from bad to worst.

He finally forced a trade and now he is with the New England Patriots.

God set up timeouts for His people to corporately, collectively, regroup, renew themselves, recalibrate, and if need be repent!

In sports it’s called half-time or time-outs, in the bible these times are times of “CONSECRATION”!

it’s a time of recommittal, rededication!

Let the church shout, “CONSECRATION”.

PP- (NIV)

7“ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

PP- Today’s Topic is, “Consecration What is It?”

God loves us so much, that he set up ancient seasons, whereby we are to re-consecration ourselves unto HIM.

To refocus, renew our commitment, re-calibrate our spirituality, reconfirm the spiritual focus for the household.

just as a team has to take a break and refocus and recommit to a goal.

It appears that the Radiers were dedicated to him, but he wasn’t dedicated to them!

gives us the primary seasons of biblical consecration that God himself ordered.

PP- (NIV)

Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles.

No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed:

Each one of these Special seasons have spiritual significance.

PP-The Festival of Unleavened Bread/Passover is the Easter Season or the week we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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I though about it and this scripture came to mind...

(NIV)

Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

actively on IG and turning the NFL into a debate

In most team sports, for instance in football, baseball, soccer, lacross, there is something that is common

PP-The Festival of Weeks is also called Pentecost.

It is 50 days after Passover.

PP-The Festival of Tabernacles - This season is kicking off in two weeks!

This festival celebrates the completion of the agricultural year.

The Jews built booths or tabernacles (temporary shelters) to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt by the hand of God ().

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These are seasons of consecration that is earmarked on God’s calendar.

Characteristic of these seasons is corporate prayer, fasting, elevated reverence for God.

A heightened conscious of the presence of God, replacing trivial activities with activities that grow us spirituality.

PP- Question: I’ve already given my life to Christ, so why do I need to re-consecrate myself periodically?

(NIV)

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.

you were bought at a price.

Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Our Initial Consecration Is Once and for All

Our Initial Consecration Is Once and for All

Christ purchased us with His own blood, and now we belong to Him - (Justification).

But He does not force us to give ourselves to Him, (consecration or also called santification).

He waits for us to do this.

Each of us has to personally make the decision to give ourselves to the Lord Jesus.

PP- Answer: Just because you gave yourself to Christ, doesn’t mean that you are presently giving yourself to Christ!

In our walk with Christ there are so many variables that that we encounter that has the potential of interrupting our relationship with Him, unconsciously!

Answer: Just because you gave yourself to Christ, doesn’t mean that you are presently giving yourself to Christ!

In our walk with Christ there are so many variables that interrupt our relationship with Him, unconsciously!

In our walk with Christ there are so many variables that interrupt our relationship with Him, unconsciously!

Leviticus chapter 20 is one of those passages of scriptures that reminds us that just because you gave yourself to God, doesn’t mean that you are presently giving yourself to God, and that periodically, we must check and challenge our relationship with God.

Leviticus chapter 20 is one of those passages of scriptures that reminds us that just because you gave yourself to God, doesn’t mean that you are presently giving yourself to God, and that periodically, we must check and challenge our relationship with God.

PP- (NIV)

7“ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Have you ever had someone that you cared about, and wanted to make sure that they were alright and going to stay our of trouble.

Or, are you the person that others care about and want you to stay our of trouble.

Which everone you are, here is the point.

The person who cares for the one who is prone to getting into trouble will often say something like this, “Stick with me.

Stay close to me.”

God likes to stick close to you by hanging out with you!

This is What is showing us. it is filled with warning of traps.

PP-The trap of sacrificing your children to the worlds idol.

(NIV)

2“Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death.

The members of the community are to stone him.

Buying tickets to a concert for your teen were your teen is going to hear anti-christian language is putting your teen in the grips of satan.