Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.1UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.1UNLIKELY
Fear
0.14UNLIKELY
Joy
0.55LIKELY
Sadness
0.64LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.6LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.19UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.92LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.86LIKELY
Extraversion
0.09UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.49UNLIKELY
Emotional Range
0.71LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Over the past few weeks, our church family has experienced the worst part of life in this world.—Death.
Dr. Davis’ uncle, Bill Burchell’s father.
Others have experienced the pain of death, separation, from loved ones over the past several years as well.
God knows the pain of separation.
He experienced that pain when His creation was separated from Him by the rebellion of sin.
He experienced it when His own Son was put to death on the cross.
He experiences it when His loved ones, His saints suffer and die.
Where is the hope?
Where is there comfort when death comes to all?
Some say the pain passes with time.
Some try to ease the pain by seeking other escapes and comfort.
However, the pain of death remains.
Is there any real Hope and comfort?
And what about dealing with the fear of our own death?
Hope and comfort only come from Jesus, in the form of…
Well, what Hope and comfort did Jesus give to Mary and Martha in John 11?
Hope and comfort come in the Resurrection!
Resurrection, life after death is the hope for us when we are separated by death.
When Jesus raised Lazarus to life in this world, it was to show the power and glory of God.
God wants us to know that there is life after death.
He also wants us to know with confidence that He is the God who gives life after death in this world.
Jesus first told this to Martha, but then, He showed it was true by raising Lazarus to life again from the grave!
God has the power to do what He says, even giving new life and restoration to bodies that have died and decayed!
This gives us assurance and hope in the face of death.
Today we are going to look a little more at the coming resurrections in God’s plan.
When will the resurrections take place?
My kids crack me up.
Already I am getting questions about how long until Thanksgiving.
Which is the first gauge for when Christmas is coming...
But, they are not unlike me.
When something good is coming, don’t we long for it?
Don’t we wait expectantly?
When is it going to happen?
What will the resurrection be to?
Then, we want to know what it will be like.
What is going to happen.
What will we be getting.
These are good questions, and we want to live in expectant hope of the ressurection.
So, lets look and see what the scriptures have to say.
Let’s pray.
Job 19 Resurrection
The first reference to resurrection that we have in the Old Testament is in Job.
Job chapter 19.
Job likely lived either during the lifetime of Abraham, or the lifetime of Joseph.
We are not sure when, but we know it was in the time period before there was a nation of Israel.
Now as we go through the resurrections, we want to ask the questions:
Who is being resurrected?
What nature of resurrection: Is this physical or spiritual resurrection?
When is this resurrection?
What is the outcome of the resurrection?
Job is a good example of a man who simply loved and obeyed God.
Let’s call this:
Pre-Christ Saints Resurrection
Nature of Resurrection: Physical
When: When Christ takes stand on the Earth
Outcome: Life
Job knew that death comes to all men.
But Job had confidence that there was going to be a future resurrection, and it would be a physical resurrection.
He would see his Redeemer with his own eyes long after his flesh had returned to dust.
So the Nature is a Physical Resurrection.
Notice when it takes place: When the Redeemer takes His stand on the earth.
According to other scriptures we have looked at in the past, will be after the tribulation, the great wrath of God being poured out on the world.
The outcome is that Job will be raised to life.
Notice He is expecting and looking forward to his resurrection, and being with his savior.
This is definitely to life, and not to condemnation.
The next reference we will look at is Daniel 12.
Pay attention to the details so we can answer the questions,
Physical, or spiritual, who, when, and what outcome.
Daniel 12 Resurrections
First, who is being resurrected?
Who are the people referred to in this passage?
Daniel’s people — i.e.
The nation of Israel.
Israel’s Resurrections.
Did you notice there are two resurrections mentioned here?
Look again at Daniel 12:2.
Notice there is are many who will be raised to life, and the rest to everlasting contempt.
I am using the NASB here because I feel this translation gives the best sense of the original in the English.
First, in this verse God speaks of many, not all, rising.
Those that rise will rise to everlasting life.
Then it speaks of others rising.
Or, as some Hebrew scholars translate it, “the rest, who did not rise.”
Who are they?
The ones that were not a part of that many that rise first to everlasting life.
Those will rise at another time to everlasting contempt.
Early Jewish rabbis also saw this in the grammar and talked about it in their teachings.
Unfortunately, some people use this passage to teach one universal resurrection, in which some rise to life, and others to condemnation.
However, that is not what this passage says in the original grammar.
It is speaking of two resurrections, separated by some period of time, with two different results.
Later in Revelation, God explicates the period of time in Revelation 20.
Revelation gives more detail about these two resurrections.
Notice the two resurrections have the same outcomes.
One is to life, and the second is to condemnation.
This first resurrection is a resurrection of righteous persons, righteous because of their faith in Jesus, to live and reign with Jesus.
The second resurrection, which will be 1000 years later, is to condemnation and death.
Jesus spoke of these two resurrections in John 5 as well.
Jesus speaks of the same two types of resurrections to His disciples.
Those who do good, and Jesus later explains the good that is needed is to have faith, they rise to life.
Those who do evil, rise to be condemned.
From Daniel, to John, to Revelation, it is all the same.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9