Sermon Tone Analysis

Open your Bibles with me to the sixth chapter of the book of Ephesians.

Verse eight, "Knowing this, whatsoever good thing any man doeth the same shall he receive from the Lord".

Now how many people have that verse committed to memory?

Well you should.

Look at that.

"Knowing this, whatsoever good thing any man does the same shall he receive of the Lord".

Isn't that good?

Now verse 10. "Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord and then the power of his might, put on the whole armor of God".

That means you have to put it on... that you may be able to stand against the wilds of the devil for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers.

Now this is from the bottom up, not the top down.

Notice this.

Let's start again.

"Against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand, stand therefore.

Having your loins gird about with the truth, having on the breast plate of righteousness, your feet shot with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

Above all taking the shield of faith where with you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked and take the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God praying always.

With all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints".

So this is prayer armor.

Now go with me to the fifth chapter of the book of Mark.

Mark chapter five.

Now look up.

Let's begin reading with the 37th.

"There arose a great storm of wind and the waves beat into the ship so that it was now full.

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow and they awake him and say unto him, 'Master or rabbi, carest thou not that we perish?'

And he arose and he rebuked the wind and he said unto the sea.

He spoke to the wind and the sea, 'Peace.

Be still.'

The wind ceased and there was a great calm.

And he said unto them, 'Why are you so fearful?

How is it that you have no faith?'"

Now I've been saying that to you.

I wanted you to see that that's not something I just made up.

There it is right there.

Faith and fear will not operate at the same time.

"'How is it that you have no faith?'

And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, 'What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey?'"

A faith man and it'll obey you, faith woman.

Faith man.

Amen.

And they came over to the other side of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes.

Now I have had experience in this.

So, would somebody like to move this podium downstairs for me please?

I feel I'm preaching on sermon on the mount.

Thank you, sir.

Get down there where I can see the whites of your eyes.

Thank You, Lord.

Now, chapter five of the book of Mark.

"They came over to the other side of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes.

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit".

An unclean spirit.

A ruler of the darkness of this world.

One.

One unclean spirit.

Now I want you to see that so that you have good understanding now of what's about to happen.

I was standing at the foot of the bed of a man that had gangrene in his leg.

And I just walked up there and I put my finger, just right there on his foot and he growled at me.

And I said, "No you don't.

In the name of Jesus, get out of here".

And I believe I receive the power of God... Instantly delivered.

Instantly delivered.

Amen.

You have to deal with these things.

Prayer, now there are times you just keep praying for somebody and all that, but it comes a time that prayer won't be enough.

You're going to have to deal with the devil.

God's not going to deal with him.

He's already dealt with him.

Amen.

You have to realize this.

God created the heavens and the earth and he created man and gave the earth to the man.

That's the reason he had every right to commit high treason to God and turn this planet over to God's enemy.

It was morally wrong, but he had the legal authority to do that.

And his lease is about to run out.

It is just about to run out.

And the second it does, the horn is going to blow.

All right.

"He had his dwelling among the tombs.

No man could bind him.

No, not with chains because that he had been often bound with fetters or shackles and chains and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, the shackles broken in pieces.

Neither could any man tame him".

Now this is Sampson in reverse because this man had to be skin and bones.

But the strength was that unclean spirit.

One.

Just tear there.

There's this power of that demon had come on him and just ripped those shackles apart.

They couldn't tame him.

And always night and day he was in the mountains and in the tombs crying, crying and cutting himself with stones.

So he didn't sleep.

Now he's a cutter.

So anybody in the sound of my voice, that for some reason or other, you've started cutting yourself, Hey, you see right here, it's the spirit.

Now stop that.

But the only thing you have to deal with the devil to do it.

And if you haven't received Jesus as your Lord and savior, you do it right now.

You just say, "Lord, you just come into my heart and you just take me over.

Praise God.

And I'm tired of this.

I'm fed up with being fed up.

And I need you, Lord Jesus".

Now wonderful friend of mine, praise God, was baptizing some young women, some of them had been in prison and they were heroin addicts and some of them were cutters.

And Todd White, he baptized them in water and when they came up out of the water, the scars were gone.

Praise God.

So they thought he was some kind of God.