Sermon Tone Analysis

different piece of the holy spirit

family

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Deuteronomy 6:1-13

the word was so important to the children of Israel and the families

tie them as symbols around their heads and their hands, write them on the door frames

whole nation of Israel - which at this time was considered the church - was to so concentrate on Gods word that when they went into another culture, they would influence the culture they were in instead of the culture influences them they were to do this by concentrating on the word of God, focusing all their attention on

it, teaching it to their children, to even put it on the doorframes of their homes but when we read the Old testament we learn that the children of Israel (the church) disobeyed, went into captivity over and over again, yet Gods love he kept calling them back there was a cycle that they did

Israel disobeys

Israel is oppressed

Israel cries out

Ged raises up a deliverer

israel is delivered

Israel is at peace

Israel disobeys

the cycle that was all thru the old testament - it effected families, it affected the church

bc at one point the pure blood of israel intermingled with foreigners and what was produced

were people with different belief systems and their views of god were not the same

then comes Jesus - and he gives us a new commandment that goes right along with -

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Love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you mind

old testament was an external serving of God but now we have an internal serving so

we dont have to put something on our doorframes at home - it is in our heart -

we dont externally have to wear something on our heads as a symbol we keep our mind centered on Gods word

but unfortunately we do the same as the Israelites - we disobey, we arent at peace in our homes or out church we have our own cycle that we live in.

God already gave us the ultimate deliverer and has already gave us all the tools, but still we fail

difference is now we live in age of Grace and we as humans even take that for granted.

Its ok if i.......god will forgive me but God looks on the heart he knows your cycle he knows your motives and this effects the family - personal and church family And my heart aches for God He loves us and wants the cycle broke over and over again he tells us that we are more than conquers , that we can do all things thru christ who strngthens me but we still rely on the flesh

vs. 5 in the new testament - all your heart all your mind all your soul

vs 6 - on your hearts now in your hearts

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God designed the family as a unit

Genesis 2:20-

started with Adam and Eve - he told them they could have it all - all but one thing and that one thing they wanted and they sinned

Genesis 2:

God gave them abundant life everything they needed but they decided they needed more of themselves than God their flesh got in the way - a cycle has started

Noah - Sin is going strong and God looks down and says its bad and he tells Noah to build an ark - he did but god didnt say just build the ark and take yourself and the animals - he said noah get your family get your wife and children and their spouses God cares about the family - the family unit and out of the family unit we are suppose to become a church family that shows the world that we are different

So lets go back to the New Testament - children of Israel are under the rule of the Romans and at the right time, Jesus comes on the scene Look at what the angel told Mary when she conceived Jesus

This is amazing, I will be a mother to the Lord!!

As his servant, I accept whatever he has for me May everything you have told me come to pass.

For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord, for the husband provides leadership for the wife, just as Christ provides leadership for his church, as the Savior and Reviver of the body. in the same way the church is devoted to Christ, let the wives be devoted to their husbands in everything.

And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride.

For he died for us, sacrificing himself to make us holy and pure, cleansing us through the showering of the pure water of the Word of God.

All that he does in us is designed to make us a mature church for his pleasure, until we become a source of praise to him — glorious and radiant, beautiful and holy, without fault or flaw.

Husbands have the obligation of loving and caring for their wives the same way they love and care for their own bodies, for to love your wife is to love your own self.

no one abuses his own body, put pampers it — serving and satisfying its needs.

that’s exactly what Christ does for his church! he serves and satisfies us as members of his body.

For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and lovingly hold to his wife, since the two have become joined as one flesh!

Marriage is the beautiful design of the Almighty, a great and sacred mystery — meant to be a vivid example of Christ and his church.

So every married man should be gracious to his wife just as he is gracious to himself.

and every wife should be tenderly devoted to her husband.

tells us how marriage is suppose to be.

It also tells us that marriage is a direct reflection of Christ relationship to us.

He is the groom and we are the bride.

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Genesis tells us that God breathed life into Adam and then took his rib and created Eve.

He told them to multiply So the family was established

look into the new testament and we see Jesus come onto the seen

Ephesians 6

Could God trust you over your family if he wanted to use you.

Joseph in is described as a man that was righteous and full of integrity God had to have someone as an earthly father to Jesus and a mother as an earthly mother to Jesus - it had to be people who served Him whole heartedly Someone who knew who he was and would do what he said to do

you are moms and dads What have you taught your children Do you obey or Mark - do you love the lord YOUR GOD with all your heart soul mind and strength

the family of America is failing even more upsetting is the family of God that is suppose to be the example of this new culture has become more like the world

Jesus brought a new kingdom we are different We are suppose to think different, behave different bc we are a family that has been chosen by god we accepted the invitation

Family - a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption enabling interaction between members of the household.

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strangers and foreigners - thats what the world is - they are outside of our family - our spiritual family

but you have accepted Christ you have known his Spirit you are to be different n you are a member of the church of Christ and you have full membership benefits

but just like in the garden of eden - you have all these benefits (all the trees they could partake of) but you choose to do things like the world and you bring heartache to your personal family and then into the body of christ you do the same

the church here is compared to a building - its a metaphor

the foundation of the building is the prophets and the

jesus is the cornerstone - its because of him and the doctrine of the apostles that they taught about jesus - they we become all fit together all fit into one body one building

its why we have to work together

we are to fit together with one goal - to serve and unite the body of christ - to become like jesus - to get people into our family to guide and help them by discipling but we fight amongst ourselves and immediate families are suffering and we are so busy trying to get god to help with our struggles (trick of the enemy) that we take our eyes off of the stuff we need to do stay fittly joined together in the church family

Satan wants us to take our eyes off of Jesus the chief cornerstone it doesnt say we will all be alike in the household of god actually it says that we will have different giftings and some are called to this and others called to that but we destroy and its grieving the heart of god

Ephesians

I Peter 4:17-

Passion

For the time is ripe for judgement to begin in God’s own household and if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the wicked and godless?

where is my church family when i have a son or daughter that is out in the world what will happen to them if you are behaving like you are barely saved?

We have a mission just like israel did in the old testament we are to bring this culture, this gospel of Jesus to a world who is dying and in trouble We are responsible to God for what we do.

Lets bring it in to our immediate families

Ephesians 5:22-

Passion

For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord, for the husband provides leadership for the wife, just as Christ provides leadership for his church, as the Savior and Reviver of the body. in the same way the church is devoted to Christ, let the wives be devoted to their husbands in everything.

and to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride.

For he died for us, sacrificing himself to make us holy and pure, cleansing us through h4e showering of the pure water of the Word of God all that he does in us is designed to make us a mature church for his pleasure, until we become a source of praise to him —glorious and radiant, beautiful and holy, without fault or flaw.

husbands have the obligation of loving and caring for their wives the same way they love and care for their own bodies, for to love your wife is to love your own self.

no one abuses his own body, but pampers it — serving and satisfying its needs thats exactly what christ does for his church! he serves and satisfies us as members of his body.

for this reason a man is to leave his father and mother and lovingly hold to his wife since the two have become joined as one flesh.

marriage is the beautiful design of the Almighty, a great and sacred mystery, meant to be a vivid example of Christ and his church So every married man should be gracious to his wife just as he is gracious to himself and every wife should be tenderly devoted to her husband

why does the enemy fight families and marriages so hard -

because marriage is a vivid example of christ and his church

your marriage is an example of Christ love and affection to you, his love and kindness, his caring and thoughtfulness.

and that is an example to the world outside the church that Jesus is real and he cares

families are being torn apart in the church - the world has come in and the culture of freedom and heaven on earth is being shattered bc of marriages -

offenses are in them - everyone is hurt and flesh rises up

we need to repent

i hear it in my office all the time but he ....... but she......... where is forgiveness where is crucifying my flesh like christ where is prayer and humbling yourself before the lord

sometimes it cant be helped i have seen many broken people bc their spouse did something god hears them and wants to heal them

some of you may have unbelieving spouses - my heart goes out to you

but when two believers choose to just fight and be bitter instead of taking responsibility for their own sin, where are we at

your confess christ as your savior, you have a church family and an immediate family that you are responsible to not for but to

i dont want to be like the children of israel and continue in a cycle that one minute im where god wants me to be and the next im offended and the offense becomes bigger than than what god has told me to do