Sermon Tone Analysis

Text: 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 John 1:12

Theme: Living into what we have been given.

14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[b]

The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:14-19 (17) ESV

12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12 ESV

ME: ORIENTATION: FIND COMMON GROUND WITH THE AUDIENCE

Kids and youth

What does our walk look like?

I am Strong walk, smart walk, loving

all about me walk.

Christ walk

spirit walk.

WE: IDENTIFICATION (MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU STRUGGLE)

We may all struggle with what a spirit walk looks like.

How do we know?

What is different?

It may be difficult but it can be easy with the right approach.

Transformation comes about when we walk in Christ.

GOD: ILLUMINATION (THE GOAL IS TO RESOLVE THE TENSION

I.

The love Christ compels me

14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

compels, controls

⑦ to provide impulse for some activity, urge on, impel, τινά someone ἡ ἀγάπη συνέχει ἡμᾶς 2 Cor 5:14 (so Bachmann, Belser, Sickenberger, Lietzmann, Windisch, OHoltzmann, 20th Cent.; NRSV).

Pass.

συνείχετο τῷ πνεύματι ὁ Παῦλος Ac 18:5 v.l.

the love of Christ constrains us.”

“the love Christ has for us,”

Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross for his people.

at Christ died for all,” and in the next verse, “he died on behalf of all,”

act of giving himself in death for the benefit of “all” certainly constitutes Christ’s expression of love.

Therefore all died

Example: Human terms Snarky with my wife on Friday.

Her response was to point it out and love me anyway.

My response: Take it in love and watch myself.

Spiritual terms look again to what compels me and repent

Communion is that time of repentance.

a. Do you not find something to repent of when you pray.

b. something that need work

We have concluded

κρίνω (krinō); κρίνομαι (krinomai).

vb. to judge, decide, dispute.

To oversee judgment or to pass a verdict, especially one of condemnation.

Living into what we have been given.

II.

Live for Christ

15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Because one died for all yes we have died with Christ.

This comes about by receiving him as Savior and then turning are lives over to Christ.

Because we have given our life over to Christ we are no longer are own.

We no longer belong to ourselves we belong to Christ.

What does that mean.

It is no longer about me it is about Jesus.

we do not live for the me we live for thee.

This is what salvation truly means.

We give are lives over to Chris, repent , receive, believe and live for Christ.

Living into what we have been given.

III.

regard no one in the flesh

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.

Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer

Spirit walking looks beyond the Physical to the spiritual.

a. everything has a spiritual purpose and if not why are we engaged in it.

regard:

② be intimately acquainted with or stand in a close relation to, know οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον I don’t know the man Mt 26:72, 74; cp.

Mk 14:71; Lk 22:57.

ὥστε ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐδένα οἴδαμεν κατὰ σάρκα 2 Cor 5:16.

Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., & Bauer, W. (2000).

A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., p. 693).

Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

of believers now living for Christ: “So, from this point on, we don’t understand anyone from a worldly perspective.”

The verb translated “understand” (οἶδα, oida) has to do with “having information about” or “knowing” something

We are Spirit walking

Living into what we have been given.

IV.

WE ARE A NEW CREATION

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Therefore

[5:17] The ὥστε (hōste, so that) clause at the beginning of verse 17 stands in parallel with the ὥστε clause in verse 16, both of which follow from the idea that those who are now alive in Christ no longer live for themselves:

New

καινός (kainos).

adj.

new.

This is a general word for “new.”

Paul does not use expressions for “born again” or “rebirth,” but he uses conceptually similar expressions for “new creation” and “new human being.”

A Christian is a “new (kainos) creation (κτίσις, ktisis)” (2 Cor 5:17; Gal 5:17); the phrase can also be translated “new creature.”

Similarly, a Christian is to take off the old human being, to be renewed (ἀνανεόω, ananeoō) in mind, and to put on the new (kainos) human being (ἄνθρωπος, anthrōpos), “who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth” (Eph 4:22–24); Col 3:9–10 has similar phrasing but with the word νέος (neos, “new”) instead of kainos and the word ἀνακαινόω (anakainoō, “to renew”) in place of ananeoō.

God’s renewal of all things through Christ goes beyond the creation of a renewed humanity; he promises a new (kainos) heavens and new (kainos) earth (2 Pet 3:13; Rev 21:1).

creation

The Christian is described by Paul as καινὴ κ. a new creature 2 Cor 5:17, and the state of being in the new faith by the same words as a new creation

pass away

③ to come to an end and so no longer be there, pass away, disappear (Demosth.

18, 188 κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν; Theocr.

27, 8; Ps 89:6; Wsd 2:4; 5:9; Da 7:14 Theod.; TestJob 33:4 ὁ κόσμος ὅλος παρελεύσεται) of pers.

ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται Js 1:10.

ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ Mt 5:18a; 24:35a; Mk 13:31a; Lk 16:17; 21:33a; cp. 2 Pt 3:10; Rv 21:1 t.r.