Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
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• Not walking in craftiness
• Not handling the Word deceitfully
• Commending ourselves
Observations
• God’s truth needs no artificial aides
• The glory of the New Testament is so great it needs no decoration
• The Word of God—how it is handled is our responsibility.
How it is received is the hearer’s responsibility.
Questions that present out of 4:3-6:
• Is the response of men to affect the way we handle the Word of God?
• Do negative reactions to the Word cause us to lose heart?
• If this message is so glorious and powerful, why are so many indifferent to it?
Hostility to the gospel explained—4:3-4
• The condition of unbelieving men, v. 3
• The cause of the condition, v. 4: 1) The activity of Satan—this age . . .
: a) Has a wisdom that stands in total contrast to God’s wisdom; b) This age has a lifestyle that the believer is to reject; c) Has the power to sever relationships; d) Has a penetrating power
• Unbelief of men
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