Sermon Tone Analysis
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The Power of Connection
He took a child
A child
++No history
++No accomplishment
++No resources
++Nothing to offer
Status was a preeminent concern in ancient society; children had none
Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), Lk 9:46–48.
He sat the child by him
He is not looking at
++Our ability
++Our resources
++Our accomplishments
Jesus just wants someone
++To respond to His Positioning
++He can position
++He can sit beside him
Why Did Jesus ordain the twelve?
++That they should be with Him
++That He might send them to preach
This is the primary mission of ministry
The greatest gift you can give is yourself.
Everyone will give themselves to something.
++To Fame
++To Promotion
++To Money
++Power
The apostles made a choice.
They gave themselves to
++Prayer
++The Ministry of the word
Don’ t Be Distracted.
Ministry is based upon more than expressed needs.
Greatness Unleashed
We will never be truly great until we are satisfied being small.
Greatness Unleashed
++Introducing the text
GREATNESS is the measure of a relationship with God apart from performance or human achievement.
++To be UNLEASHED is to be no longer tethered to things that limit your ability to move beyond perceived limitations or boundaries.
Greatness connected to activity is measured by _comparison_
Greatness connected to who you are _cannot be measured_.
You have been Positioned
Chosen
Set aside
For God
Greatness comes from a relationship with God and service to one another.
Position is
++Established in connection
Jesus makes a declaration
++I am the true vine
There are other vines.....I am not the same… the true vine
Jesus makes a declaration
I am the true vine
++My Father is the husbandman
++He takes good care of me
++The goal of the vine is fruitfulness
Position is established
Established in connection
++Revealed in fruitfulness
Position is established
Established in connection
Revealed in fruitfulness
++Demonstrated by Faith
Jesus is
++The right connection
++The Access Point
++The Answer
Ambition can keep us from seeing him
The Power of experience
++The saw His works
++They were amazed
++They participated in the miracle
++They easily minimized
They had the wrong focus
They measured
++Accomplishments over Obedience
++By Comparison not by Compassion
++Human Success over Sacrifice
++By what they saw
To walk by faith
++Live life in process
++The Journey is as important as the destination
To walk by faith
Live life in process
The Journey is as important as the destination
++Rely on God
++To believe
To walk by faith
Live life in process
The Journey is as important as the destination
Rely on God
To believe
++Trust and Obey
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