Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.55LIKELY
Disgust
0.13UNLIKELY
Fear
0.11UNLIKELY
Joy
0.54LIKELY
Sadness
0.53LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.77LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.11UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.83LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.98LIKELY
Extraversion
0.09UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.8LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.82LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
INTRODUCTION:
*Open your Bibles with me to Romans 11
Illustration: While you find your place, let me tell you a story
A father made a giant bowl of popcorn for his oldest son to enjoy during a football game
The oldest son said he didn’t want it, and so the father offered it to one of his younger sons.
As the second child was eating, a third came in and asked if they could have some
The second brother refused to share until the father forced him to.
The two boys were eating when their sister came into the room.
She, too, wanted popcorn
They didn’t want to share, but made room begrudgingly
Finally, the oldest came back in the room to find his 3 siblings eating popcorn.
Suddenly worried there would be no snacks for him, he came to join them
And so all four of them ate what was given by their Father, the last as much as the first.
The first as much as the last.
TRANSITION:
In our journey down the Romans Road, we are in the last part of what has been a small mini-series entitled “Of Jews and Gentiles
Paul has been reminding us of the special place that Israel holds in the heart of God
God is not done with Israel-He will still save many
In fact, God used their rebellion to make a place for our salvation as Gentiles
And now, He is using our salvation to draw the Jews to Himself by jealousy
Over the last few weeks, we’ve continued to circle back to two verses that are key to understanding what we need to learn from this section if we want to follow Jesus well.
The first is Romans 9:6
Remember, not all of Israel is Israel, but rather those God has chosen for Himself, who believe by faith
Secondly, Romans 8:28
God is using everything and everyone to draw those that He calls to Himself, both for our good and His glory
And so, let’s pick up where we left off last week, in Romans 11:25
Pray, INVITE THE CHURCH TO SIT
*LISTENING GUIDES OUT
Sometimes, it is easy for us to lose the forest for the trees.
It is easy to get a calloused heart as one who is saved towards the lost and dying
We look at the Muslim world, full of people who hate us because of the God we serve, and we are tempted to feel the same way, to treat them as though they are more evil than others
We look upon those who practice sins that are heinous and egregious to us, and we are tempted to treat them with contempt and disdain for the things that they do and the way that they live
We even look at an Israeli state, where more than 70% of Jews profess to be atheists today, and we shake our heads and wag our fingers at them
After all, don’t they all deserve the misfortune they face in today’s world?
They are the ones that have rejected God
They are the ones that have chosen to sin
They don’t deserve a second chance at the Gospel, when they hate those that would carry it to them.
But this morning, as we close this discussion of Jews and Gentiles, we find in Israel some lessons that need to sink into the depths of our heart
In Paul’s reminders about Israel, we find a picture of the heart of God
Look at verse 25 again:
All of Israel will be saved.
Now, Paul is speaking of those that are the “true” Israel, those that God has set apart for Himself...
but ALL of them will be saved
they won’t be saved because they do anything to earn it
they will be saved because Jesus will take away their sins, just as He has done for you
If you’ve got your listening guide this morning, this brings our first point to us, that
There are many people that we think are a lost cause that God will save
Notice here, who does it say saves Israel?
Who will take away their sin?
Who will remove the ungodliness from Israel?
THE DELIVERER, Jesus Christ
It is easy to look upon an unbelieving nation of Israel and to pass judgment
They had God’s Law
They have always been His chosen people
They are the race of the Messiah
THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE!
Remember, God allowed their rejection to harden in them so that you could be saved
let this draw you to compassion for those that God would save among them
It’s easy to look and the lost and unbelieving nation around us and think the same thing, isn’t it?
After all, the Bible is freely available, isn’t it?
Yes, but many have never heard of it
Surely, everyone has heard, haven’t they?
No, they haven’t
Anybody that wants to go to church can, right?
Not by a long shot in many places in this country
REMEMBER, friend, that you were once a lost cause
A Gentile, born outside of the family of God
A sinner, who deserved death for your crimes
One who had not heard, or who had denied the power of the Gospel
If God saved you, He can save others to, and His Word promises He will
If God saved you from among the nations that hate God, surely He is capable to save those He chooses from among Israel, or anywhere else that He chooses
The only difference between the saved and the unsaved, the dead and the living is the blood of Jesus
Let’s continue with verse 28:
The second thing we need to make note of this morning is this,
There are many enemies of the Gospel that God still loves and will save
How can you be an enemy of the Gospel, and not an enemy with God?
You cannot!
Those who hate the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who hate Christians and Christ’s church are enemies of God
Isn’t this reason for us to ignore and to shun the Muslim?
Should we not refuse him compassion for his hatred?
Isn’t this reason for us to hate the Jews, for they live in arrogance and look down on the rest of the world, even as we help them to remain a sovereign nation?
Isn’t this reason for us to hate the homosexual, the cross-dresser, the flagrantly immoral who are openly antagonistic toward Christians and the Gospel we proclaim?
shouldn’t the enemies of God be our enemies as well?
Let us not be so short-sighted, friends
You and I were enemies with God
You and I lived in flagrant disobedience
You and I were arrogant in our sin, deserving death
Jesus loved us enough to die for our sins when we were His enemies
Jesus loved us as His enemies enough to make us coheirs with Him to the heavenly Kingdom
God used Jewish rejection of Christ to bring you salvation
Now, He will use your salvation to draw the Jews to Him in jealousy
Verse 32 makes all of these things so clear:
every man, woman child, Jew, and Gentile is guilty of sin
THEREFORE, in His justice, God can show mercy to whomever He chooses
Remember: It is God that calls us, it is God that saves us
ANYONE can be saved from their sins by turning to Jesus
ONLY those that turn to Him will be saved
Not because of who you are, but because of His grace
This is just before God because ALL are guilty and all are saved the same way
And maybe the hardest thing for us to understand is that in all of these things God is glorified
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9