Sermon Tone Analysis

And I am sure this week I in fact, I am confident this week that you have been reading through that amazing letter and as you were reading those versus you're like, wow, this is going to be exciting as we come together.

How many of you is your reading it this week?

That was your thought.

Surely you were reading ahead, right?

I mean, surely you would not come to church for preachers Bible.

I pray that as we go through this letter that you are engaging in God's word and allowing God's word to minister to your heart and your soul throughout the week.

And as we come together, that we are just rejoicing together as we look at the truth of God's word.

And as we have already, been opening up this letter Peter as if you seen has so beautifully and passionately, been describing this salvation that you and I have that God has offered and we've looked at the power.

Of this salvation wasn't that an encouraging message.

When we came and we looked at Salvation, we saw its power that it holds and has in our lives.

and not only that is, we looked at that we went on and we saw that this salvation has been God's plan from the very beginning,

What an encouragement that was.

But if we look at the power and Plan of Salvation, Peter comes to verse 13.

And he begins with therefore,

there is a result that should occur from this salvation that you and I have so graciously been able to enter into and receive

There is a hope we sang of that.

Hope did it weigh.

there is a hope in this salvation and because of this whole it should lead us you and me as the church to respond in a certain way, there is a response that is required of the hope that you and I have and Peter is going to address this beginning with therefore As of today, we look at the power or Star, not the power, the purpose, another P, their power plan purpose.

How's that for a little vacation, huh?

I don't do it often but it really work this time.

But this morning, we are going to look at the purpose of our Salvation was.

So what so to speak of why God has given us this wonderful salvation, there is a response that you and I should have This hole that we have, should engage us to respond.

We're going to look this morning at our call to action.

We're going to look in and consider our conduct in light of the cost.

That's why our Salvation came at a cost.

and then we'll look at the focus mindset that you and I should have

Peter, as he's been writing this letter,

To the churches.

Remember this isn't to a specific church.

This is to multiple church is going through difficult times suffering hurting.

If he's open this letter in, in a passionate but gracious manner he is offered a a tone of encouragement.

To those, he's writing to.

A tone of comfort and assurance.

And at times, it is almost appraised of the god that we have the very quickly as we look at our versus this morning.

But tone changes,

Is Peter is sharing with us what God has put on his heart.

The tongue goes from one of encouragement to engagement.

There is something that we need to do Church.

Peter's drawing that out for us.

You know what I like about Peter.

He gets straight to the point.

He does not mince words.

He realizes that time is short and he's just going to say it how it is.

And so as we look at this, this tone of Engagement

We're going to see that there is a life that you and I are to live.

Turn with me in 1st Peter, chapter 1, and we are going to begin in verse 13.

Follow along as I read these verses, therefore, prepare your minds for action.

Keep sober in spirit, fix your home, completely on the grace, to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

As obedient children.

Do not be conformed to the former lust, which were yours in your ignorance.

But like the Holy One.

Who called you be? Holy yourselves.

Also in all your behavior because it is written.

You shall be holy for.

I am.

Holy

doesn't mince words much does he?

There is a call to action.

For you and I to engage not isolate.

as we look at this call to action, Peter is not simply saying, hey Church, These are some good ideas for you.

Have you ever read the scriptures and thought it was a suggestion?

Church hear some some good things for you to do.

I suggest you do them.

Very seldom, actually, do we see suggestions?

If Peter is laying these things out.

He's declaring this is not a suggestion.

This is a command as the how you and I are to live.

This is great, I like this because you know what?

It should be crystal, clear, for us.

How many of you ever wondered guys?

What's your will?

What's your plan for my life if you ever wondered that?

Yeah, me too.

Guess what year it is?

Mystery solved.

We're going to look at this, this call to action.

It is the church over the ages has looked at these few versus here.

There's been a struggle sometimes.

In all honesty, sometimes there's been a feeling of in order to do this, we need to retreat.

We need to pull back.

in order for us to accomplish what God is saying, hear you and I need to isolate I've got it.

Let's become Hermits.

Flip hideout in a cave somewhere far, far away from anything of the world.

No news.

No. Social media.

No apps, no TV.

No electronics.

No people.

My goodness, then we could live how this is telling us to live, isn't it?

And over the years sometimes, the church is actually bought into that.

And they go Wednesday seclude themselves from the world around them.

No.

Peter here is not calling out a retreat.

Brother.

Peter is loudly declaring a battle charge.

Engagement.

Some of you, you hear that and you're like yeah others of you or like you know what that that that cave sounds really good.

Well church, I'm here to tell you.

God is not called us to isolation.

He has called you and I to engage.