Sermon Tone Analysis

The Appearance of Grace

A. Grace brings salvation—

B. Salvation :

Cleansed from sin by the blood of Jesus—

Revelation 1:5 (KJV 1900)

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.

Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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v. 14—Redeemed; Purified; Gave—it was 100% God)

2. Delivered eternally from the penalty of sin—

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Judgment, Hell and the awfulness of both)

3. Assured of Heaven when we die—

John 14:1–3 (KJV 1900)

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

2 Corinthians 5:1–8 (KJV 1900)

1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Do you know Jesus?

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The necessity of the New Birth—John 3:3, 7 (Acts 16:31; John 3:16; John 6:47—all teach the simplicity of it)

—Confess and believe—You can be saved)

The Teaching of Grace

Teaches What to Avoid!

Ungodliness—

Anything that does not glorify God—

Anything that is not like God, not holy, righteous or pure; anything that does not honor God by word or deed, that does not show reverence and worship toward God; anything that does not obey God, that violates God’s commandments and goes against His will.

The grace of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, teaches us to deny ungodliness, to give up and to turn away from everything that is ungodly and does not honor and praise Him.

Worldly Lusts—

All the desires of this world that are not fit for heaven and could not be presented to God; all the desires that push us away from God; all the desires and lusts of the world that stir us …

• to look when we should not look

• to do when we should not do

• to get more when we should give more

• to be selfish and vicious when we should be sacrificial and kind

• to be sensual and immoral when we should be disciplined and pure

• to seek the recognition of men when we should seek the recognition of God

Worldly lusts are those desires that crave the possessions of this world, that attach us to this world, and that will remain in this world when we leave it.

We will go away and move on, but they will be left behind.

Worldly lusts are the desires that crave the sensual and selfish pleasures of this world, the very things that we would never want God to see.

Teaches What to Do!

Titus 2:12 (KJV 1900)

12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Live Soberly - Your Self in Mind

—Our Self—

Self-controlled, temperate, and disciplined.

It is restraining desires, lusts, and appetites.

It is never giving in to excess—to the lust for more and more.

It is controlling everything and using it for its proper purpose:

⇒ It is controlling the desire for sex and using it for marriage.

⇒ It is controlling the desire for food and using it for health.

⇒ It is controlling the desire for material things and using it to meet both the needs of one’s own family and the desperate needs of the world.

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The big change 2 Cor.

5:17)

Your Character—What you are when you are alone!

Live Righteously—Others in Mind

How do we do it?

Why do we do it?

Your Reputation—What people think you are!;

Not always true)

Live Godly—God in Mind

All we do should be to please Him—

(What you really are—Heb.

4:13)

The Looking of Grace

Blessed Hope

The word blessed means to be filled with happiness, prosperity, richness, benefits, the highest good - all the great and glorious benefits imaginable.

Beautiful Appearing

Glorious Union

We will see Christ for the first time and be united with Him forever.

Glorious Reunion

The dead in Christ will arise and we who live will be reunited with our loved ones and friends forever.

Glorious Transformation

We will receive our new incorruptible and eternal bodies.

Beloved Savior

Died for Us

The word “for” means that He died in our behalf, for our sakes, in our place, as our substitute.

Jesus Christ took our sins upon Himself, and paid the penalty for them.

Listen, Christ Bore

The verdict of sin, the pronouncement of guilty for us.

The condemnation of our sins for us.

The Punishment of our sins for us.

What was the verdict, condemnation, and punishment which he bore for us?

The guilt of our sins which is death.

God demonstrated His grace to the world when He gave His Son to die for the sins of men.

Redeems Us

He redeems us from iniquity.

We are guilty of iniquity, that is, of what has just been covered - of ungodliness and worldly lusts, of lawlessness, of disobeying and transgressing the law of God.

We are sinners - we have fallen short of God’s glory - and we cannot keep from sinning and being short of God’s glory.

We have been kidnapped, captured, and captivated by lawlessness and imperfection.

Therefore, we need to be redeemed, that is, set free and delivered.

The death of Jesus Christ was our ransom.

His death sets us free from sin.