Sermon Tone Analysis

@PAGE NUMBER = SF103

@TITLE = DAVID AND JONATHAN ‑ FRIENDS FOREVER

@LEVEL ONE = 1SA 18:1,3; 2SA 1:4‑5, 11‑12; 17; 2:1

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@ILL TITLE = Obituary

@ILL TEXT = Joseph Shane Sutherland, 17 of Soddy‑Daisy, died Saturday in a local hospital.

He was a member of the junior class at Soddy‑Daisy High School.

@ILL TEXT = Suvivors include his parents, Michel and Deborah Templeton Sutherland; two brothers, Adam and Bill Sutherland, all of Soddy‑Daisy; grandmothers, Barbara Ann Sutherland Collins, Soddy‑Daisy, and Carlene Templeton Whitt, Atlanta; several aunts and uncles.

@LEVEL TWO = Death is always difficult to face

@LEVEL TWO = Especially the death of a young person

@LEVEL TWO = Especially the death of a friend

@LEVEL TWO = David and Jonathan were best friends

@SCRIPTURE = 1SA 18:1,3

@LEVEL ONE = 1A.

REAL FRIENDSHIP IS BASED ON LOVE AND COMMITMENT AND WILL ENDURE FOREVER.

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@SCRIPTURE = 2SA 1:4<R>And David said unto him, How went the matter?

I pray thee, tell me.

And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

@LEVEL ONE = 2A.

SOMETIMES FRIENDS ARE SEPARATED BY TRAGEDY.

@SCRIPTURE = 2SA 1:11‑12<R>Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:  And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

@LEVEL ONE = 3A.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MOURNING THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

@SCRIPTURE = 2SA 2:1<R>And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?

And the LORD said unto him, Go up.

And David said, Whither shall I go up?

And he said, Unto Hebron.

@LEVEL ONE = 4A.

A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD WILL PROVIDE THE STRENGTH AND DIRECTION NEEDED TO GO ON WITH LIFE.