Sermon Tone Analysis

Order of Service

Welcome

Hymn - 850 Take my life and let it be

Psalm Reading

Prayer

Children’s Talk

Hymn - 785 - Only by grace can we enter

Notices

Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm

Friday 7pm - Online

Sunday Morning 11am

Tithes & Offerings - £

Main Prayer

Prayer Requests

Luke

That the Government may see the truth and solve Covid.

Melchizedec

I pray that I get good grades.

Jemima

I pray I do well in my mocks and GCSE’s

Jedidiah

If God permit, I will get in a good football ream.

Amen

Sigfreda

Pray that I will do well in my further exams and essays in University.

Birthdays

Ronke - Today!

Prayer Items

Hymn - 814 - Purify my Heart

Sermon Search

Genesis 17:10-17 Circumcision - “he who has bought with your money” (Employee’s)

When was Hell created?

Heaven & Hell not a place

Would there be sin if the Devil didn’t get thrown out from Heaven?

Everything takes place with in God’s Plan

Why does God test us?

If God can send anyone to warn or tell people about what is wrong in the sight of the Lord why do they not believe children but will look for authorities, Pastors etc., to tell them first or get angry because they feel they are not in a position to tell them?

Reading

Sermon

Pre-Amble

Song of Elizabeth - Love

Song of Mary - Faith

Song of Zechariah - Hope

“John is his name”

Speak & Hear again

Malachi Prophesy (516BC) (after Micah 722 BC)

Song of Zechariah

The Holy Spirit announces through Zechariah clearly the calling of John

Thanksgiving for the Messiah (v68-70)

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel - Give Him the Glory (Psalm 41:13, 72:18 & 106:48)

Angel told him - God has answered your prayer

Salvation of Gods People

He has visited & Redeemed his People

Political or Spiritual?

without fear in holiness and righteousness (v74 & 75)

forgiveness of their sins (v77)

power in battle (destruction to the enemy, Satan, & salvation to the people)

Name given to the Messiah

Points to Jesus

With execption of Isaiah, each provided proclaimation of part and collectively provide the whole proclaimation

Moses - the prophet whom God would raise up

David - The One who would sit on God’s right hand

Isaiah - Immanuel

Jeremiah & Zechariah - The Branch

Jeremiah - The Lord, our righteousness

Ezekiel & Zechariah - The Shepherd

Daniel - A Son of Man whose dominion is an everlasting dominon

Micah - Ruler in Israel

Malachi - The Angel of the Covenant

God spoke through the Prophets

God is fulfilling His Promise

The Great Deliverance (v71-75)

Deliverance

Promises to Abraham and the prophets

“saved from our enemies”, Jesus pictured as conquering Satan & his allies (sin, death, the grave, hell, the hosts of evil)

John 12, 16 & 33

Revelation 5, 12, 17 & 19

“from the hand of all who hate us” - more detail in vs 74-75

does not say those we hate or even to hate

God is fullfulling His Covenenat with Abraham

delivered from our enemies

enemies (original) - personal & national enemy

Zechariah was aware that our principal war is not with flesh & blood, but Satan

“serve him” - enemies is that which prevents us from serving God

“without fear”

“in holiness & righteousness”

holiness - not doing what God forbids

righteousness - doing what God demands

“before him”

in his prescence - acutely aware - the priesthood of believers

present their lives to God as a voluntary offering

“all our days”

not just a while

The Calling of John (v76-77)

Christ’s forerunner - a Prophet - A Messenger

He will point to the Messiah

The Messiah will give knowledge of salvation to His people in the forgiveness of their sins

The Messianic Salvation (v78-79)

Mercy of God

Sunrise - Name given to the Messiah