Sermon Tone Analysis

This Week’s Theme: Growing in God’s Presence

Memory Verse: Genesis 28:15 “15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.””

Fallen Condition Focus:

Essence of the Text in a Sentence: On his way to Haran, Jacob’s journey is interrupted by God’s presence

Big Idea of the Text: God seeks to make Himself and His actions known so that you will respond with confession, admiration, and covenant

Sermon Objective: I want those in attendance to recognize God’s presence and respond to His presence.

Sermon Text: Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon Title: I Did Not Know It!

Introduction: PRESENT THE PROBLEM.

CONNECT MY AUDIENCE WITH THE PROBLEM.

GET THE AUDIENCE ATTENTION (BUILD ETHOS, BUILD TRUST, GAIN A HEARING) SHOW THE AUDIENCE THAT THEY ARE IN NEED (EX.

LACK OF LOVE, DEPRESSION, ETC.) APPEAL TO THEIR EMOTIONS AND THEN CALL THEM TO ACTION (PATHOS, APPEAL TO THEIR EMOTIONS)

Opening statement of interest: (use one or more of the following)

• A rhetorical question

• A startling statement

• A quotation

• An illustration or story

• A reference to the subject

• A reference to the occasion

Motivate audience interest in your subject by alluding to: (use one or more of the following)

• The practical value of the information for your audience

• A reason to listen

• The audience’s sense of curiosity

• Establish your credibility by:

• Alluding to any first-hand experience you may have had

• Alluding to sources of information you have consulted

Transition: SHOW THEM THAT THEY CAN FIND SATISFACTION IN WHAT THE WORD SAYS (LOGOS GIVE EVIDENCE, REASONING AND TRUTH) Provide orienting material by: (use one or more of the following) Previewing main points.

Defining any technical terms that you will be using.

State the big idea.

I. God Interrupts Life

Genesis 28:10-12

Exposition (What does that mean?

Explain it): Per the instructions of his father, Jacob set out to go to Haran (tell the significance of the city.

(great grandfather Terah and grandfather Abraham came to)

Gen 11:31-32 “31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.

32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.”

Illustration (Is it really true? Prove it, Give actual examples showing the validity of the point and when or where the point has worked effectively or where the belief has proven correct.

Application (What difference does it make?

Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe the conditions if your solution is actually carried out.

Picture the listeners in that situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your proposal will produce.

Negative Application: Describe conditions if your solution is not carried out.

Picture the audience feeling the bad effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce.

Contrast Application: Combination of 1 and 2. Begin with the negative method (undesirable situation) and conclude with the positive method (desirable solution).

God will interrupt your life to get your attention.

He will use the following:

People

Circumstances/ Hardships

Dreams

In what ways has God been trying to get your attention?

II.

God Instructs

Genesis 28:13-15

Exposition (What does that mean?

Explain it): God tells Jacob who He is

God tells Jacob what He will do

God reveals to Jacob what He doing

Illustration (Is it really true? Prove it, Give actual examples showing the validity of the point and when or where the point has worked effectively or where the belief has proven correct.

What is God telling you about Himself?

What is God saying He will do for you?

What instructions has God given you?

Application (What difference does it make?

Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe the conditions if your solution is actually carried out.

Picture the listeners in that situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your proposal will produce.

Negative Application: Describe conditions if your solution is not carried out.

Picture the audience feeling the bad effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce.

Contrast Application: Combination of 1 and 2. Begin with the negative method (undesirable situation) and conclude with the positive method (desirable solution).

III.

You must Infer

Infer means to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

A. Confession

Genesis 28:16

Exposition (What does that mean?

Explain it): God was in this place and did not know it

Moses did not know it Exodus 3.5 “5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place.

Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.””

Joshua did not know it Joshua 5.15 “15 Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.”

And Joshua did so.”

Samuel did not know it 1 Samuel 3:4-5 “4 that the Lord called Samuel.

And he answered, “Here I am!” 5 So he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”

And he said, “I did not call; lie down again.”

And he went and lay down.”

Elihu said Job 33:14

Here Jacob did not know it.

Why was he unaware of God’s presence

Are you aware of God’s presence?

B. Commendation

Genesis 28:17

C. Covenant

Genesis 28:20-22

Illustration (Is it really true? Prove it, Give actual examples showing the validity of the point and when or where the point has worked effectively or where the belief has proven correct.

Bethel means house of God

Application (What difference does it make?

Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe the conditions if your solution is actually carried out.

Picture the listeners in that situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your proposal will produce.

Negative Application: Describe conditions if your solution is not carried out.

Picture the audience feeling the bad effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce.

Contrast Application: Combination of 1 and 2. Begin with the negative method (undesirable situation) and conclude with the positive method (desirable solution).

What sin are convicted of committing today?

What steps will you take today to align your actions, thoughts, desires, and/or feelings with God’s Will?

Besides God, who do you need to get right with because of your sin? (Remember the 7 A’s)