Sermon Tone Analysis

Calvary Christian Church

*A Thanksgiving*

Gary Gumm

November 19, 2006

 

\\ Order of Worship

Children’s Church Dismissal

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Jeremiah 6 : 16-19

 

*Stand *at the crossroads and look

*Ask* for the ancient paths

*Ask* where the good way is

          -- *Walk *in it and you will find rest for your souls

 

*But you said, 'We will not walk in it*

 

I *appointed* watchmen over you

          *You said, 'We will not listen*

 

SO

 

I am *bringing* disaster on this people

          *BECAUSE* they have NOT

                   - *LISTENED* to my words

                   - *REJECTED* my law.

\\ *A Thanksgiving*

/A “TRADITIONAL”  GIVING OF THANKS . .

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Jeremiah 6:16-19

 

*INTRODUCTION*

*Top 10 Things People Think About During a Sermon*

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The pot roast!

9  What does the pastor wear under his robe?

8  Will the person behind me ever sing in key?

7  90 minutes till kickoff !

6  Did I turn off the curling iron?

5  Will the ceiling fan   fall   and hit my head?

4  How many people have lost more hair than me?

3  How would the hymn sound if  “Rascal Flats”   sang it

2  Are there any doughnuts left?

1  How much longer?

(Jeremiah 6:16-19)  This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the *ancient paths*, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

*But you said, 'We will not walk in it*.' 17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!'

But you said, 'We will not listen.'

18 Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will happen to them.

19 Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, *BECAUSE they have not listened to my words* and have *rejected my law*.

Last year – Nobel Prize Winner Interview

            - What Would You Present Differently

                        --  Commencement Speech to 1960s College Class vs.  Today’s Graduates?

1  Materialism - Specifically the Chase for Money ~/~/ Corruption

                                    2  Morality

                                    3  Context and History  – Relationships ~/ Vocation ~/ Civic~/Political

                                                Collective Conscience and Education

                                   

Our nation’s founders left numerous records providing clear insight into their personal choices and priorities.

The majority declared /Christ as Lord/ of their professional, public, and private lives.

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*AS DESCRIBED in an Encyclopedia Article*, Thanksgiving is a civil holiday observed annually in the United States on the last Thursday in November.

- The custom originated in 1621, when Governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony appointed a day for public praise and prayer after the first harvest, *and the practice spread throughout the other New England colonies.*

Traditionally, the president issues a proclamation, calling on the citizens, all Federal officials, and others subject to Federal authority to observe the day as one of national thanksgiving and prayer.

The governors of states concur in the president's proclamation and also recommend the citizens to observe the holiday, and all public business is suspended.

- The first national observance was when *President Washington,* at the request of Congress, recommended Thursday, 26 November, 1789, to the people of the United States "as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God".

This proclamation *exhorted the people to "beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best".*

It was the first observation of the day on the date that present custom holds it.

In 1817 Thanksgiving Day was first officially noticed in New York State, and by 1859 its observance had spread to twenty-eight states and two territories.

In 1863 President Lincoln made his first proclamation, naming the last Thursday of November as a day of national observance--which President Johnson also selected in 1867 and President Grant in 1870.

*/Since then there has been no change, the last Thursday in November being named in each year's proclamation/*.

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This was 3 part Charge to the American People.

I.  *Consider the word President Washing used was “Beseech” -  Beseech (or today, urgently petition) God     Middle English -- request or beg for urgently and anxiously*

 

  In November 1789, President Washington proclaimed that Americans should */petition/* God to:

*-  PARDON*  our  national and personal transgressions.

*-  PROMOTE* the knowledge and practice of genuine religion and virtue.

*-  GRANT* all humankind prosperity in accordance with His will.

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THE FIRST CHARGE WAS FOR PETITIONING GOD TO PARDON OUR TRANSGRESSIONS with His Grace.

ENGLISH USAGE - TRANSGRESSION - INFRINGE or go beyond the LIMITS

            -- a moral principle

            -- other established standard of behavior

 

BIBLICAL USAGE - Image of SIN

            -- OVERSTEPPING the limit

            -- Breaking of, God's LAW in general

            -- the TEN COMMANDMENTS

            -- specifics in the TORAH (Case Law)

 

*Consider Jeremiah Chapter 6, *

 

God’s concern is for every aspect of a person’s life

formal worship and moral behavior is NOT enough

God’s people are called to serve Him and Glorify Him with their whole being

 

(Amos 5:21-24)  "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies.

22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.

Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.

23 Away with the noise of your songs!

I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

As used in the bible, Law refers BOTH

            - revelation of the will of God in the OT

            - "traditions of the elders" in the NT (for example, Mark 7:5)

 

Discussion of Law is one of the primary concepts in the Bible

            - a commandment

            - a decree

            - a judgment

            - a custom

            - a prohibition

 

- The first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch) are known as books of the Law because they are based on the commandments which God revealed to Moses.

 

- The Hebrew term most frequently translated "law" in the Old Testament is torah (> 200 times)

 

CONCEPT of TORAH: instruction received from a superior authority on how to live - :"the way of life for faithful Israelites:

- closely linked to that of covenant in the OT

- Torah is a gift of God to His people

- Obeying the Torah would result in His blessing (Ex.

19:5,6)

- The Ten Commandments are a summary of the Law (Ex.