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In our Sunday school class we started teaching through the sermon on the mount.
Someone tell me what do you know about it?
So, we are talking about how Jesus is teaching the true disciple how to behave as a follower of Christ.
Jesus is walking through with the Disciples the different things in life He knows is important in the life and behavior of a follower of Him.
In Chapter five He sets them straight on things they have learn wrong through the “religious leaders.” in chapter 6 He teaches them how to pray, about having a real heart for God, and about trust.
We then come to chapter 7 and Christ draws His sermon to His disciples to a close He draws the comparison of two’s.
He talks about the two relationships they have right, the two paths to walk, the two types of teachers, and the two foundations you can have in your life.
So, tonight we are going to look at the first of these pairs that deals with relationships.
Introduction
How many tonight have a friend?
How many have a best friend?
Do ever have fights with that friend?
How had a best friend that is no longer your best friend?
Was is maybe because you or that friend betrayed you?
There was once a man who had a friend named Bill who he betrayed Let the forgiven betrayer tell the story of his “golden friend” in his own words:
Bill is one of my very few life long friends.
That is not to say that we have very much in common or that we share any of the same interests or skills or hobbies.
We are friends because we connect at the level of life values.
We are passionate about building the same kingdom, and that cause is larger than any issues of our lives.
But several years ago I betrayed Bill.
In my immaturity, I said some things that hurt him deeply, and would have provided any lesser man with reason to abandon the relationship.
God used the resulting pain and confrontation to wake me up, and to cause me to see my error and to confess my sin.
It was a hard moment for both of us, but perhaps the most significant time in defining our current friendship.
Bill never allowed my failure to destroy our relationship.
He forgave me fully accepting my sincere apology, and never mentioning the issue again.
We are brothers in the battle of life.
Bill is the kind of golden friend we all need in this life.
But, if the truth be known, we would all have to admit we like “the Golden Rule” when it benefits us.
And we may not find ourselves so quick to offer its grace to another as Bill did.
It all boils down to a choice, a determination to go the extra mile for someone in need.
The choice is made more difficult when the other person has deeply wounded us.
Jesus made this choice, and he expects the same of his children.
It is a golden road that can make all the difference in relationships.
Tonight in our text we see that the true disciple needs to have two relationships in the right place.
See Self and Others Accurately
This is one of the most misused and misunderstood passages in the all the Bible.
It is important to understand that Jesus was not making a blanket prohibition against all judgment and discernment, but only against that which is done in self-centered pride.
A good summary of his meaning is, “Do not judge others until you are prepared to be judged by the same standard.
And then, when you exercise judgment toward others, do it with humility.”
It is impossible to carry out many of the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount without exercising humble judgment concerning others.
It is one thing to exercise judgment, and quite another to have a judgmental attitude.
It is so easy to judge another person, especially if we think we have a little bit to urge us on.
but this does not mean that we have license to sin nor that our sin is excused.
we are not to continue in sin, not by criticizing nor by doing any other evil.
But we must acknowledge our sin and weakness and remember that the person who really knows is God, and we are to always be seeking after Him
Here is the reality of verses one through six.
Let go of your know pride and your sin if your going to judge another, be ready to be judged by the same standard.
Also, let go and let God deal with the problem.
Let God fight your battles.
Because Christ goes on the the true Disciple to say just this point.
Take your problems to the Lord.
See the Father as Your Provider
The true disciple takes his or her problems, mistake, or cares to the Father.
The principle of persistent reliance on the Father as loving provider certainly applies to all these “good things.”
This is the simplest, most obvious meaning, and it would further underscore Jesus’ teaching against anxiety over daily needs in (ch 6:25-34)
Turn to luke 11.
I’ll close with this reminder.
in verses 5-13
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