Sermon Tone Analysis

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"Let Us Go and Tell"

"Let Us Go and Tell"

Perpetual Silence

In Westmael, near Antwerp, there is a convent of trappist monks who live under the vow of perpetual silence.

They dress in rough sackcloth, their heads shaven and beards unkept.

They sleep on hard boards and eat bread, sour milk and vegetables.

Everyday, the monks go to the garden to look into an open grave which awaits the first monk to die.

Sharing the good news about God and Jesus Christ with others is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part.(,

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Sharing the good news about God and Jesus Christ with others is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part.(,

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Sharing the good news about God and Jesus Christ with others is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part.(,

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(ESV) — 1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

Believers are commanded to witness

(ESV) — 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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(ESV)26For consider your calling, brothers: ...

not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.27But

God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

(ESV)11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope...

12Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.13You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Something wonderful and great has happen.

The Lord God has made known this greatest event ( a turning point in history) and plus a revelation (the meaning of that event).

Note the greatest event (The Birth of Jesus) :

THE BIRTH OF JESUS (, )

Jesus Christ, God’s Son, entered this world on the greatest mission ever known in a most humble manner, through a virgin birth.

and particularly for our examining (Lu 2:8-20)

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE SHEPHERDS ()

Note: (1) The announcement of the angel, ;

(2) the praise of the heavenly host, , ;

(3) the visit of the shepherds to the manger, , ;

(4) the report of the shepherds to those in Bethlehem, ;

(5) the response of Mary and of all who heard the shepherds’ report, , ; and

(6) the return of the shepherds to their ordinary occupation, .

The news which is spread by the shepherds, and which Mary keeps in her heart, is ‘the saying which had been told them concerning this child’ (2:17).

It is the divine message which the angel brings concerning Jesus.

God:

Teaching: (1) God(a).

God Glorified: By the fulfillment of prophecy, 1, 7; by the birth of the Saviour, Christ and Lord, 14; by His believing children, 20.

(a).

God Glorified: By the fulfillment of prophecy, 1, 7; by the birth of the Saviour, Christ and Lord, 14; by His believing children, 20.

By the fulfillment of prophecy, 1, 7; by the birth of the Saviour, Christ and Lord, 14; by His believing children, 20.

Teaching (b).

God Reveals His truth: To lowly men, while at their post of duty, 8; if they will only believe, test, 15; testify, 17; return to their post and praise and glorify Him, 20.

To lowly men, while at their post of duty, 8; if they will only believe, test, 15; testify, 17; return to their post and praise and glorify Him, 20.

(a) The shepherds: Heard the Word, 10; believed, tested, 15; testified to, 17; glorified God for the Word, 20.

Teaching (2) What to Do with the Word (a) The shepherds: Heard the Word, 10; believed, tested, 15; testified to, 17; glorified God for the Word, 20.

Heard the Word, 10; believed, tested, 15; testified to, 17; glorified God for the Word, 20.

Kept, ponderéd the Word, 19.

Teaching (b) Mary: Kept, pondered the Word, 19.

Teaching (3) What to Do with Jesus (a)The shepherds:Heard of Jesus, 11; came at once to Jesus, 15; saw Jesus, 16; witnessed concerning Jesus, 17; praised God for Jesus, 20

The shepherds:Heard of Jesus, 11; came at once to Jesus, 15; saw Jesus, 16; witnessed concerning Jesus, 17; praised God for Jesus, 20

Heard of Jesus, 11; came at once to Jesus, 15; saw Jesus, 16; witnessed concerning Jesus, 17; praised God for Jesus, 20

Teaching (4) What Not to Do with Jesus Have no room for Jesus, shut Jesus Out, 7.

Have no room for Jesus, shut Jesus Out, 7.

“What then shall I do with Jesus?”

Christ has come!

His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension bring joy to us all.

If we want joy, we must have Christ.

He came to give joy and peace to all people.

If we have Christ, then we have joy.

Without Christ we cannot have joy, peace, or satisfaction.

Do you have Christ?

Croft M. Pentz

 Croft M. Pentz