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
0.14UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.11UNLIKELY
Fear
0.11UNLIKELY
Joy
0.54LIKELY
Sadness
0.54LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.73LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.8LIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.84LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.76LIKELY
Extraversion
0.2UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.6LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.55LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Being Called
Paul is in Athens, waiting for Silas and Timothy to join him.
He sees that the city if given over to the worship of idols.
Literally, the city is filled with idols.
So what does Paul do?
He opens a discussion in the synagogue and in the market.
He discusses, reasons, both with Jews and Gentiles.
Paul gets noticed.
Some philosophers hear Paul and wonder what this babbler, (literally, word picker), is talking about.
So they brought Paul to the Areopagus,
TheHill of Ares,
They wanted to know what Paul was teaching.
Because, not unlike today, there are those who are simply looking for something new.
Some new word or doctrine that will make all the difference.
Paul’s Speech
Notice, Paul did not start out with:
REPENT, for the end is near.
Or by calling them heathens.
He notes that they are very religious,
Even having an alter to an unknown god.
Let me introduce Him to you.
How many of us, when we encounter someone who is “spiritual” or atheistic, are more likely to start an argument than an introduction?
How do you react when someone who disagrees with you “comes out swinging”?
Paul starts right off with some context.
God made the world and everything in it.
He is Lord of heaven and earth
[kurios /koo·ree·os/] - Owner of heaven and earth
He doesn’t need your temples,
Or anything made by your hands.
Paul sets the stage by showing the this God the Athenians do not know is a big deal.
Bigger than they could imagine.
This God you don’t know, doesn’t need you.
He doesn’t need your idols to be worshiped.
He gives live, breath and all things.
The very life you have comes from Him.
Not only has this God you’re looking for made everyone,
They are of one blood.
We often talk about different races,
But there is only one race, the human race.
He determines where and when the live.
We think that we are in control,
But we are not.
He set the times and places of our being,
So that we should seek HIm.
We should see the grandeur of creation and look for its creator.
We grope for God,
Because we are small, limited beings.
He wants us to find Him.
Even though He is close, we find it hard to find Him.
We think of ourselves as independent,
But it is in God that we live, and move, and exist.
Even some of the Greek poets have said that we are God’s offspring.
If we are offspring of God, why do we try to find Him in inanimate things?
The Athenians had their idols of gold, silver, and stone,
The Israelites had their golden calf,
What are you worshiping?
Do you worship the words on paper, or its creator?
There is a day of judgement coming.
Are you ready for it?
God, in His mercy, has allowed time for people to repent,
But He will not wait forever.
God has ordained a righteous judge.
Christ the Lord is that judge.
God raised Him from the dead,
And THAT got the Athenian’s attention.
There will always be those who mock God and others who want to hear more.
There are plenty today who mock God and His ways.
Think of those who follow Jesus as backwards and foolish.
Our job is to spread the Gospel, not make people abide by it.
As the parable of the sower teaches us,
Some seed will fall on the road and be trampled, who other will fall on good soil.
We may never know which soil our seed will fall on,
But our responsibility is to scatter the seed and leave the increase to God.
Paul did not argue, he did not press for more time.
He simply departed.
And yes, some believed,
But not all.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9