Sermon Transcript Tone Analysis

I won preacher put in.

He said, even though the church was growing rapidly and expanding at an exponential rate, the church here in Acts is in its very embryonic stages.

It is forming, it is developing growing taking shape and we must recall the days in which they were living, they were not kicked back in the recliner texting their friends.

I'll see you at church tomorrow.

We'd invite you to church tomorrow.

They weren't witnessing on Facebook Messenger.

They weren't joining the church online for service.

Know they were living it out in person, risking their very lives, risking their lives, putting in literal, sweat, and work in tears and blood.

That came with serving the lord Christ at that time still does.

Sometimes today is this is the work it took on their behalf to formulate to build This Magnificent Body of Christ.

We now know and have in love today in our series.

As we read, I would remind you to remember where the church came from what we saw last week.

And then he's 5 verses that these five versus they primarily serve to us as a transition from one event to the next event.

They also served us they're going to give us some of these great characteristics.

We've been seeing their discipline, the church's grit tenacity fortitude, and today at Luke is going to give us a few more insights into what it takes to be a church that marches or if you would would you stand with me, please.

As we read from the word of God, the words are going to be on the screen.

Maybe they will remain there.

Maybe they will not.

I'm thankful for the the tech team doing.

They're they're very best doing a great job to keep things up and running or going to be in the book of Acts chapter 5 verse 12 through 16 spray as we prepare to re God, would you just prepare our hearts?

Prepare our minds to receive your word.

Father, just follow the leading.

The guiding of your Holy Spirit.

God would you teach us?

Lead us guide us grow us.

Draw us into you away from ourselves.

And into the light of the glory of Christ, I was so thankful for you.

Your instruction your word.

Father, we praise you this morning for it.

Would you receive the glory through all?

That is said and done.

In Jesus name, I pray, amen.

It's in the book of Acts chapter 5 verse 12. Luke says, now, at the hands of the Apostles, many signs and wonders were happening among the people and they were all with one Accord and saw them in sport ago, none of the rest are just, so she ate with them.

However, and the people were holding them in high esteem and more than ever Believers in the Lord added to their number multitude of men and women to such an extent, that they even carry the sick out into the streets.

Laid them on Cox and Matt.

So that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.

Also, the multitude from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together.

Bringing people who were sick or Afflicted with unclean spirits and they were all being killed.

You can be seated this morning.

And we praise God for his word.

Today I accept 5 or 12 through 16, a church that marches on, it was in the mid-1800s, in a young lady by the name of Julia.

Ward Howe after visiting some Union troops near Washington DC.

She Wrote lyrics to what is now a very famous him in the United States and for any of you music, I noted this at the service, I might as well tell you two are really in the music in my notes.

I said, she composed the lyrics.

So I thought you might find that funny.

The rest of you are like me in your life.

I don't get it.

Yeah, that's fine.

I didn't either.

A very famous him.

A very famous young as him has been references.

Being the United States is s national anthem.

It's been noted as being the more singable of the to.

The song has been a staple in the women's suffrage movement, two World Wars.

The Vietnam War Doctor, Martin Luther King Junior, famously quoted this him and his speech, how long after a 54 mile March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama.

This ham is referenced as being beloved by President Abraham Lincoln by Winston, Churchill.

It was sung at the Washington National Cathedral at st. Paul's Cathedral during the services Memorial services for the victims of the 9/11 attacks and we sung this very him this morning, hear the word, listen, listen to the words of the hymn.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

He is trampling out the Vintage where The Grapes of Wrath are stored.

He has loosed, the Fateful lightning of his terrible, Swift sword, his truth is marching on.

I have seen him in the watch, fires of 100 circling camps.

They have builded him an altar in the evening to do some dance.

I can read his righteous sentence by the gym and flaring lamps.

His day is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that she'll never call Retreat is something out the hearts of man.

Before his judgment-seat, all be swift, my soul to answer him, the jubilant my feet, our God is marching on Of course sounds like this Glory Glory, Hallelujah, Glory Glory.

Hallelujah.

Glory Glory, hallelujah.

Our god is marching on.

Listen to the very last stanza as its own comes to a close.

In the beauty of the lilies.

Christ was born across the sea with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.

As he died to make men, holy, let us die to make men free while our God is marching on what an appropriate him to sing on Veterans, the weekend of Veterans Day, that him is entitled The Battle, Hymn of the Republic.

Currently my prayer is that the Republic would come back to?

Remember, does resounding words, but I also cannot help But think of the early church, the church in the book of Acts.

A very similar desire.

Similar commitment.

Similar resolve in the hearts and minds of the people, the apostles, the church throughout the Book of Acts.

Surely they too would claim.

Our God is marching on, his day, is marching on.

His truth is marching on and his church is marching.

I'm going to look at five key takeaways from these five versus today revealed to us in this text characteristics, five short, but important items worth noting from the text.

That I'm a charge that Marches On number one, that is the purity of the church.

The purity of the church.

Let's start with answering the question.

What does it mean to be pure Pure or Purity by definition means free from contamination.

Cleanliness wholesomeness that which is unpolluted unpainted.

Unstained undiluted undefiled to be pure, pure means to be decent worthy Noble blameless, Guiltless spotless in the list, goes on.

That is God's desire for both his children and his church, as evidenced in the scriptures.

Jesus said, in Matthew 5:8, blessed are the pure in heart.

Paul told young Timothy set, an example for all believers and faith in love.

And in Purity, Colossians chapter 3, Galatians chapter 5 we are worn.

Sleeve from all impurities.

Paul in the book of 2nd Corinthians says it is his desire to present the church to the Lord Jesus Christ as pure.

And his words as pure as a virgin.

I want you to notice in the text today how Luke starts in verse 12 now Such a simple and a small word now.

His use of the word.

Now is very similar to the use of the word therefore in the scriptures.

What he's indicating here is a moving on.

I'm moving on word from where they have been a reference to what they have just walked through.