Sermon Tone Analysis

*How to Break Free of Bad Habits—Part 4 of 4*

 

/51//“You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears!

You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit!// //52//Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute?

They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One.

And now you have betrayed and murdered him—// //53//you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it.”/*

Acts 7:51-53*

 

 

/28//A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

29No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code.

Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God./ *Romans 2:28-29*

 

 

 

*THE HOLY SPIRIT FREES ME FOR GOD’S PRAISE*

 

 

*When I Stop Resisting** [HIS COUNSEL FOR MY BAD HABITS]*

 

 

/7//But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.

Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.// //8//When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:// //9//in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;// //10//in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;// //11//and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned/.*

John 16:7-11*

 

 

 

*When I Stop Resisting** [HIS COUNSEL THROUGH OTHERS FOR MY BAD HABITS]*

 

 

/As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another./

*Proverbs 27:17*

 

 

/18//I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.//

//19//“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven./

20/ //For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them/.

*Matthew** 18:18-20*

 

 

 

*When I Stop Resisting** [HIS USE OF ME TO COUNSEL OTHERS WITH BAD HABITS]*

 

 

/20//But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.//

//21//Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.//

//22//Be merciful to those who doubt;// //23//snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh./*

**Jude 20-23*