Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

What’s in it?

The Bible has been described in many ways.

(Manual for life, Manual for the next life, Book of Doctrine, Love letter from God to Man, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, etc) Are these correct?

Yes and No.

When we look at what’s in the Bible we will see all of these and more.

we see an incredible flow of History through the eyes of Men and God.

The Bible is a unique book in that it is a collection of writings from many different authors over a span of 1500 years.

The collection has a historical flow from creation into our future.

There is a consistency withing the Bible that we see a connection between all the writings into one unfolding story.

Derouchie, Jason S. “Jesus’ Bible: An Overview.”

What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared about: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible.

Ed.

Jason S. DeRouchie.

Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2013.

30.

Print.

all quotes in this sermon are from this book.

Facts about what’s in the Bible.

(K.I.N.G.D.O.M.)

K - KICKOFF AND REBELLION

Creation, fall, and flood (ca.

?

B.C.)(Genesis 2:4-11:9)

Creation

God created the World and Man in His Image.

Fall

Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree God commanded them not to through the influence of Satan.

Genesis 3:15 (ESV)

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Sin and Judgment

People continue to live in sin and the hearts of people grow in wickedness.

God sends Judgment on the earth with the Flood saving Noah and his family.

I - INSTRUMENT OF BLESSING

Patriarchs (ca.

2100–1850 B.C.)(Genesis 11:10-50:26)

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob

Genesis 12:1–3 (ESV)

1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

God called Abraham and established a covenant relationship with him and his children.

God promises to bless the world through Abraham’s descendent.

Israel in Egypt

God informs Abraham that his descendants would be in slavery, and He would deliver them.

(Gen 15:13-14)

Through the life of Joseph the descendents of Abraham all moved to Egypt.

N - NATION REDEEMED AND COMMISSIONED

Exodus, Sinai, and wilderness (ca.

1450–1400 B.C.)(Exodus - Deuteronomy)

Exodus

Exodus 3:7–8 (ESV)

7 Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

God through plagues and miracles delivered the Israelites from slavery and brought the to Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai

God establishes a Covenant relationship with the Israelite people with a Law, Tabernacle, and rules for worship.

Wilderness

Israelites wander in the wilderness for 40 years before entering into the Promised land.

G - GOVERNMENT IN THE PROMISED LAND

Conquest and kingdoms (united and divided) (ca.

1400–600 B.C.)(Judges - Kings)

Conquest

Under the leadership of Joshua, God lead the Israelites to conquer the promised land.

After the conquest, The land was divided up for the 12 tribes of Israel.

United Kingdom

Under the Kings of Saul, David, and Solomon

Jerusalem became the central city where the Temple was built.

God promises to David that he would have a king on the thrown forever.

Divided Kingdom

After a civil war the nation of Israel split into 2 nations.

Israel, Northern 10 tribes.

Judea, Southern 2 tribes.

Israel had no kings that honored God, Judea has some good and some bad kings.

The Nation of Israel was living in defiance and worshiping other gods.

God continued to send Prophets to call the people to repent and return to Him.

“In all, one principle governed God’s actions during the united and divided kingdoms: “Those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed” (1 Sam.

2:30).

Whether dealing with barren woman or priest, prophet or king, shepherd or warrior, Israelite or foreigner, God acted for his glory (Josh.

24:14; 1 Sam.

2:1–10; 6:5–6, 19–20; 12:20–22; 15:22–23; 17:46; 1 Kings 8:43; 18:36–39; 2 Kings 19:19, 34).” (Derouchie, Jason S. “Jesus’ Bible: An Overview.”

What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared about: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible.

Ed.

Jason S. DeRouchie.

Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2013.

37. Print.)

D - DISPERSION AND RETURN

Exile and initial restoration (ca.

600–400 B.C.)(Daniel - Chronicles)

Israel - Assyrians 722 BC

Judea - Babylon 586 BC

Return - 538 BC

“Yahweh cast Israel from the Promised Land because of their failure to live for him (2 Kings 17:7; 2 Chron.

36:16), but he also promised that, in the latter days, “the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed” and that “one like a son of man” would receive “dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him” (Dan 2:44; 7:13–14).”

(Derouchie, Jason S. “Jesus’ Bible: An Overview.”

What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared about: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible.

Ed.

Jason S. DeRouchie.

Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2013.

37. Print.)

God is sending the punishment of the Exile, but also sending messages of his restoration.

O - OVERLAP OF THE AGES

Christ’s work and the church age (ca. 4 B.C.–A.D. ?)(Matthew - Jude)

“But when the fullness of time had come” (Gal.