Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Attention:

Need:

BRIDGING SENTENCES

[Subject: Modifier:]

Textual Idea:

Main Idea: Does Your Care and Prayer Match the Need of the Lost in Your Life?

Interrogative: Well, what is their greatest need and I’ll tell you if my care and my prayer match it...

The greatest need of the lost is being released from their eternal death sentence by the grace of God through the shed blood of Christ on the cross who is their substitute.

Transition:

Body

Satisfaction

1.

Does Your Care and Prayer Reveal A Desire to See People Saved?

Explanation

Brothers and sisters in the Lord - Paul is writing to the church at Rome about a people near and dear to his heart - The Jewish nation.

We have already seen how Paul feels about he Jewish brothers and sisters in Romans 9…

Do you see this guys heart for this heritage?

I’m Finish by decent.

By birth family is from Kalava, MI.

I don’t have the same passion for their salvation that Paul has for his people.

Paul has a “heart’s desire” - It is his earnest wish that his people are saved.

Paul’s heart desire affects his prayer to God - Paul’s desire is affecting his prayer life.

Okay, so Paul understands the ultimate reality of his Jewish brothers and sisters if they do not repent and have saving faith in Christ.

What is their ultimate fate?

Eternal separation from God in hell for all of eternity.

I think it is interesting that Paul exhibits such a strong desire for the Lost Jews.

It makes me ask.

The question why?

Why does he care so much that he would honesty prefer to change places with them if he could?

Do you find his spirit as astonishing as I do?

What is the difference between Paul’s attitude toward the lost and yours?

Honestly this is quite convicting to me.

How did Paul become so passionate for his lost brothers and sister of Israel?

Well, he wrote about what awaited them in 1 Thessalonians

For Paul’s Jewish brothers and sister, eternal destruction awaited them.

Paul understood that eternal mean eternal and that after this life is over for them, they are not over.

They will writhe in punishment and torment eternally paying off their sin debt that could have been paid for them if they just would have repented of their sin and placed their faith and trust in Jesus.

Paul’s desire for their salvation is inspiring.

Paul’ desire for their salvation is convicting.

Paul’s desire for the salvation of others should be our desire as well.

We should care about the eternal souls of those around us whether we know them personally or not.

There is no way Paul could have known all the Jewish people personally, yet he longed for their salvation.

Do you long for the salvation of your family?

Do you desire to see your friends cross the line of faith?

Do you care if the people of this world trust Christ as their savior?

Do you pray to the Lord about the salvation of your family, friends, and people groups around the world?

What is your hearts desire regarding the fate of those

“Have you no wish for others to be saved?

Then you’re not saved yourself, be sure of that!” — Charles H. Spurgeon

Argumentation -

Application - You will find time for your passions.

What are you zealous about?

Does the gospel fit into your framework of zealousness?

What steps could you take to increase your zeal for something near and dear to the heart of God.

Review: Does Your Care and Prayer Match the Need of the Lost in Your Life?

Does Your Care and Prayer Reveal A Desire to See People Saved?

2. Does Your Care and Prayer Reflect Their Great Misunderstanding?

Explanation

“For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God...” - “I can clearly see that the Jews are enthusiastic for God!”

“but not according to knowledge.”

- Literally “without knowledge.”

You know that person.

The person who is an expert on any given subject because they watched a YouTube video and did “research” at the University of Online.

Maybe even a better example of “Zeal without knowledge” is all the comments after someone writes a post about say abortion and then all of a sudden there zealous experts coming out of the woodwork espousing their vast stores of wisdom for all the world to read.

UGH!

Or even better, the Hollywood actor who is trained in pretending, pretends to be an authority in geo politics and thus lectures Americans in the way more perfect.

All examples are of Zeal without knowledge.

And the Jews too were Zealous for God, yet without knowledge.

In what way were the Jews ignorant?

They were ignorant of God way of making people right with Himself.

In fact, they were not only ignorant, they were determined make their own way to God by following the Law.

Allow me to take just a moment to give the Biblical process of obtaining a right relationship with God.

Humanities Problem

GOD IS HOLY

GOD’S PRESENCE DEMANDS SINLESSNESS

YET WE ARE NOT HOLY OR SINLESS

SEPARATION FROM GOD

Scripture declares all people to be sinful.

To “sin” means to miss the mark.

The Bible declares “all have sinned and fall short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God” (Rom.

3:23).

In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and God must therefore judge sinful man.

THE FUTILITY OF OUR WORKS

Scripture also teaches that no amount of human goodness, human works, human morality, or religious activity can gain acceptance with God or get anyone into heaven.

The moral man, the religious man, and the immoral and non-religious are all in the same boat.

They all fall short of God’s perfect righteousness.

After discussing the immoral man, the moral man, and the religious man in Romans 1:18-3:8, the Apostle Paul declares that both Jews and Greeks are under sin, that “there is no one righteous, not even one” (Rom.

3:9-10).

Added to this are the declarations of the following verses of Scripture:

No amount of human goodness is as good as God.

God is perfect righteousness.

Because of this, Habakkuk 1:13 tells us God cannot have fellowship with anyone who does not have perfect righteousness.

In order to be accepted by God, we must be as good as God is.

Before God, we all stand naked, helpless, and hopeless in ourselves.

No amount of good living will get us to heaven or give us eternal life.

What then is the solution?

God’s Solution

God is not only perfect holiness (whose holy character we can never attain to on our own or by our works of righteousness) but He is also perfect love and full of grace and mercy.

Because of His love and grace, He has not left us without hope and a solution.

Who is this Jesus?

What qualifies Him to save us?

How Do We Receive God’s Son?