Sermon Tone Analysis

Lost Opportunity

When I lived in SC there was the guy that would wander around out small town.

He was a little on the crazy side.

When you talked to him you knew he wasn’t playing with a full deck.

However, in our small community people treated him kindly with a hint of sadness.

As time went on I learned this man’s back story.

In high school he was a great basketball player.

So great that he won a full ride at one of the top colleges.

They had given him a check to buy a bus ticket and on the day he was supposed to go he cashed the check and instead of buying a ticket he drank, smoke, and sniffed the money.

He lost the best opportunity he could have had.

The potential that he had was gone in an instant.

He never got an education and he drank, smoked and sniffed the rest of his life away.

He could have pulled his family out of poverty.

He could have led a highly successful life.

The only thing he had to do was behave himself and do the right thing.

The Covenant

We agree, by the aid of the Holy Spirit:to walk together in Christian love, faithfully seeking by all means to grow in grace and in understanding of the truth of God;to pray and work for the kingdom of God, seeking to have His will done in our lives, in our homes, in the affairs of our community and world, and to contribute to the support of the Church at home and abroad;

to walk together in Christian love, faithfully seeking by all means to grow in grace and in understanding of the truth of God;

to pray and work for the kingdom of God, seeking to have His will done in our lives, in our homes, in the affairs of our community and world, and to contribute to the support of the Church at home and abroad;

to be faithful to our commitments, watchful of our manner of life and speech, and careful to guard the name of the Church and its members;to faithfully take the Word of God as the guide for our conduct, to remember each other in prayer, aid each other in sickness and distress and do unto others as we would have them do unto us, remembering always to set a worthy example.When we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other Christian Church where we may carry out the principles of God’s Word.

to faithfully take the Word of God as the guide for our conduct, to remember each other in prayer, aid each other in sickness and distress and do unto others as we would have them do unto us, remembering always to set a worthy example.

Today we attack the next line in the covenant that we made when we became members of ACBC.

And if you are not a member today, that’s fine.

Wherever you attend, this is a promise that every Christian should be making to each other.

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When we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other Christian Church where we may carry out the principles of God’s Word.

to be faithful to our commitments, watchful of our manner of life and speech, and careful to guard the name of the Church and its members

I’M GOING TO HIT THESE QUICKLY FOR THE SAKE OF TIME AS THESE ARE LIKE THE BUS TICKET TO A FULL RIDE TO SUCCESS.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE THING..... BEHAVE YOURSELF.

Faithful to Our Commitments

Manners Matter

Watchful of What We Do and Say

James 2:

James 2:21

These verses mask off.

Despite the fact that God’s grace is sufficient, it does not excuse us from our actions.

Romans asks us...

rp 6:1-2

Romans Tells Us

ro 6:

So We Think and Practice

Ro 6:

Guard the Church.

Guard its Members.

We build, not tear down.

Righteousness comes from God and God alone and our cause never helps

Hebrews 3:

Command with a Promise

1 ki 6:

So Joseph got to work read 1 kings 6:14-....

Now I am not a detail person.

I like getting to the basic truth of a matter.

If it is true that all commands are fulfilled by loving your neighbor as yourself, then if at anytime I ask myself if what I am doing comes from a heart of love, and the answer is no, I need to change what I’m doing.

Other people are detail people.

They want to know what the rule is because they feel that God is worthy of us making sure that we follow every rule.

Solomon took great care to get everything right.

Most of us are somewhere in the middle.

We follow some rules perfectly and others we don’t care that much about.

We behave in this area while we expect God to understand while we let other areas go slack.

God is somehow perfectly both.

It is from Him that we see following one command makes us follow all commands.

It is from Him that we see the great detail with which He created every little thing down to the freckles in our skin.

When we behave ourselves,

EVERY PROMISE GIVEN IN THE BIBLE TO MANKIND IS AVAILABLE TO US!!!

Here’s what is important.

We need to be mindful to do everything we can to follow every part of His word.

We need to understand that God’s great grace is that He sent His Son so that when we sin....

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