Latest / Scripture Unscripted / Matthew chapter 28
Transcript
- 0:01Matthew, Chapter 28. Let us pray, Jesus our Lord.
- 0:08God Almighty thank. You for these.
- 0:09Words on the page. Thank you God, for all the many
- 0:12things that you've already done for us today.
- 0:14Thank you Jesus for breath and their lungs.
- 0:16Thank you Jesus. For all of the.
- 0:18Ways that our mind works Lord and the.
- 0:20Ability. The ability.
- 0:22To reason and to think, and to come to you.
- 0:24God let us come together, Father and just.
- 0:26Reason over these words that you've.
- 0:28Given us, Father, I pray in the name of Jesus, you.
- 0:31Give us a. Supernatural understanding God,
- 0:34I pray in the name of Jesus that you.
- 0:35Help us to see you on every page, every jot, every title,
- 0:39every period, every. Comma.
- 0:40God is you. You are the.
- 0:42Word and the Word became flesh. So Jesus, we.
- 0:44Exalt your. Holy Name.
- 0:46Jesus, keep us. From the Tempt.
- 0:48Of Jesus forgive us, Lord, as we forgive those who.
- 0:51Have wronged us, God, I pray in the name of Jesus.
- 0:54It will be. Covered in the.
- 0:55Blood today, God. I pray that we can enter into
- 0:58the holiest of. Holy places.
- 1:00Father, I pray in the name of Jesus and it'll.
- 1:02Be all about. You and always.
- 1:03Be about you. It's always.
- 1:04Been about you, we cry out marinoth the come, Lord come,
- 1:08yes. Lord Jesus, we.
- 1:09Love you Father, we love everything about you.
- 1:12You're so kind. You are so good.
- 1:14You are wonderful and amazing and magnificent.
- 1:18Yes, Lord, we worship you in spirit and truth.
- 1:21Yes, Lord, we want more. Of you, yes, Lord, help us.
- 1:25Help us, God, to see you rightly.
- 1:27Help us to see you high and lift it up.
- 1:30Help us, Lord, to know you more, to love you more, to seek you
- 1:34more, to hunger for you God to hunger.
- 1:37For your word God, let us hear the.
- 1:39Still small voice today and obey God I pray you will increase
- 1:43our. Obedience to you.
- 1:44Increase our obedience. To this word.
- 1:47Father, I pray in the name of Jesus.
- 1:49That you'll show up today and show off today.
- 1:51It's all about you, King Jesus. It's always been about you, King
- 1:54Jesus. We love you, King Jesus, and
- 1:56this in your holy and precious name, that we pray.
- 2:00Amen. Let's start in verse one.
- 2:05In the end of the. Sabbath as it.
- 2:10Began to dawn. Toward the first.
- 2:13Day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary.
- 2:19To see the sepulchre. What's he talking about here?
- 2:24In verse one well, we know that all of.
- 2:27This is after Jesus. Brutal murder on the cross here.
- 2:35So many of the disciples missed it.
- 2:38Here we can see the religious folk of that day afraid and.
- 2:43Shaking in their boots. That Jesus's.
- 2:46Words might actually come to fruition, that he might actually
- 2:51rise. On the third day.
- 2:53And you can. See here how.
- 2:55They are going. To the place where he was
- 2:59placed. In the tomb and let's see what.
- 3:03Happens and you can see that this.
- 3:04Mary Magdalene and this other Mary there a few Marys that
- 3:09followed him around his mother, the Mary that the seven.
- 3:14Devils were cast out of. And then there was the Mary.
- 3:17Who was? James and Joseph's mother.
- 3:22And you can see. That somehow in Scripture we
- 3:26could get twisted and turned around when we're talking about
- 3:30the different Marys. There was the Mary at Bethany.
- 3:33But we need to lock in and we need to know.
- 3:36That God. Does not mince his words.
- 3:39And he tells you exactly. Who he's talking about.
- 3:42And so whenever we dive in, whenever we really start peeling
- 3:46back the layers, it's not some vague names on a page.
- 3:51These are real. People in a real time in a.
- 3:53Real Place Friends, verse 2. And behold.
- 3:57There was a great earthquake. For the Angel of the Lord
- 4:00descended from heaven, and came, and rolled back the stone from
- 4:03the door, and sat upon it. This is him bossed.
- 4:08Up. This is the Angel sitting in the
- 4:11finished. Work of Jesus Christ, this is
- 4:16this. Mighty move of God that opened
- 4:19up the tomb? Not so.
- 4:21Jesus could leave, but so that we.
- 4:23Would have a witness to what actually happened, friends. 3.
- 4:30His countenance was like lightning in his raiment, white
- 4:33as snow. I don't know if you've ever been
- 4:36outside. I don't know if you've ever
- 4:37been. Close to a.
- 4:38Lightning strike, but it is blinding and it is deafening and
- 4:43here. You can see.
- 4:44This Angel glowing you. Can see it.
- 4:47Very much. Like how Jesus?
- 4:49On the mount of Transfiguration this.
- 4:51Glory, that is. Exuding from this angelic.
- 4:54Host here. For and for fear of him, the.
- 4:59Keepers did shake. It became his dead men, so you
- 5:02remember in the. Last chapter how the Jewish
- 5:06leaders. In the.
- 5:08Religious Pharisees, how they went.
- 5:10To Pontius Pilate and asked for a seal and asked for a guard and
- 5:16he had sent Roman soldiers to. Guard the outside of this.
- 5:22Tomb so that none of the. Words that Jesus spoke would
- 5:26come true. So that they couldn't.
- 5:28Try to steal his body and make. Up some kind of fable.
- 5:32This is how you know. That what he said to us is
- 5:35trustworthy and true. This is how you know that we can
- 5:38walk in it. Faithfully is because there's
- 5:41this is historical. This isn't just words on a page.
- 5:45In the Bible, this is historical.
- 5:47Proof and evidence, friends. Don't miss it.
- 5:53They became as dead men and that.
- 5:55Is the proper. Response when the Shekinah.
- 5:57Glory shows up. When the.
- 5:59Glory of God shows up. It is so.
- 6:02Heavy you cannot even minister. It is so heavy that it
- 6:05overtakes. You and I pray that.
- 6:07You have felt that. I pray that you have experienced
- 6:10that. We need a.
- 6:13Reverence. For the Lord we need a.
- 6:14Holy all for. The Lord friends 5 And the Angel
- 6:17answered and said unto the women, Do not fear you, for I
- 6:22know. That you seek Jesus, which was
- 6:25crucified. Bossed up, sitting there on top
- 6:30of the stone, and he says do not fear, do not be afraid anytime
- 6:34you see the angelic host. Show up, you hear those words.
- 6:38Do not fear, do not be afraid, for it is an awesome thing when
- 6:43the Lord. Shows up.
- 6:44It is. Overwhelming 6.
- 6:49He is not here. For he is.
- 6:51Risen as he. Said.
- 6:53Come see the. Place where the Lord lay.
- 6:55This is evidence. This is proof.
- 6:58This is him. Saying come in if you.
- 7:00Will if you. Need more of a solid foundation?
- 7:06Go into the tomb and look. Where the Lord?
- 7:08Lay and you will. See that he.
- 7:10Is not here, for he is risen, for he has gone ahead just.
- 7:14As he said he would. 7 And go quickly and tell.
- 7:19His disciples that he is. Risen from the dead, and behold
- 7:24he goes. Before you into Galilee, there
- 7:26you. Shall see him lo.
- 7:28I've told you so here. The Angel is telling this,
- 7:32ladies, and he's. Already silenced the.
- 7:35Opposition and he's telling the ladies and he's saying do not
- 7:38fear, but go and tell the. Disciples.
- 7:40That he is not here. He's not dead.
- 7:42They could not defeat him. The grave could not keep him
- 7:45friends. There is no grave.
- 7:49That we can go to for. Jesus, for he is alive, He is
- 7:52resurrected. 8 And they departed quickly.
- 7:56From the sepulchre with. Fear and great joy and did run
- 8:00to bring. The disciples word.
- 8:02What a. Mixture of fear.
- 8:04And great joy. This is what it looks like to
- 8:06follow after the Lord. It is a holy reverence before
- 8:10His. Countenance, It is a.
- 8:11Holy reverence. In his presence.
- 8:14And it is. Great joy.
- 8:16It is joy. About sounding it is.
- 8:18Joy. Everlasting it is.
- 8:20Glory to glory. Friends following after the
- 8:23Lord, it only gets better. Friends it is like a fine bottle
- 8:27of wine, it only gets better with time.
- 8:29Friends he can completely satisfy.
- 8:32You and. Leave you longing for more and
- 8:36they quickly departed. This is expedience, friends.
- 8:40This is. What it looks like to follow
- 8:41after the Lord. We do not.
- 8:43Drag our feet. We go expedient.
- 8:46To tell others. 9 and as. They went to tell his disciples.
- 8:51Behold, Jesus met them saying All hail, and they came and held
- 8:59him by the feet and worshipped him.
- 9:07Imagine that as they are running to tell the.
- 9:09Disciples as they're. Doing the Lord's work as they're
- 9:12doing the Lord's business. He meets them there and it's no
- 9:16different. For us today.
- 9:17Friends, when you were running the.
- 9:19Race the Lord. Will come alongside.
- 9:22Of you, you're. Yoked up with him and this is a
- 9:25friendly hello. All hail King Jesus, All hail
- 9:31him, friends, every knee and every tongue.
- 9:35All. Hail the Lord.
- 9:38King. Jesus and look at how they.
- 9:42Held him by the feet. He's in his resurrected body,
- 9:46friends, and they're holding him by his feet and they're
- 9:51worshipping him. He deserves all of our.
- 9:53Adoration. He deserves all of our
- 9:55attention. He deserves every.
- 9:57Oz and every fiber and every single thought take them all
- 10:02captive and make them obedient unto Him.
- 10:04He deserves it. Do not let your thoughts run
- 10:07rampant. Do not think that your thoughts
- 10:09are your own thoughts. You need to make sure as the
- 10:12thoughts enter into your mind, you analyze.
- 10:15Them by the. Word of God and kick out
- 10:17anything that does not belong, anything that is not.
- 10:20Holy and pleasing. Unto him even your very.
- 10:24Thoughts captive. Friends, for he is worthy and
- 10:27he. Is our.
- 10:29All sufficient sacrifice. And he is.
- 10:33The only one that is going to lead us home.
- 10:36And we need Jesus more than we need the very next breath in our
- 10:40lungs, friends. They worshipped.
- 10:43Him 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid, Go tell my
- 10:49brothers that they go into Galilee, and there.
- 10:54Shall. They see me.
- 10:57So here. After the.
- 11:00Sheep were scattered after the shepherd was struck.
- 11:05I'm sure that the. Disciples, unlike these women,
- 11:10by the way, I'm sure the. Disciples had thought.
- 11:13That it was game over. The gig was up.
- 11:19The master was dead. They killed their rabbi.
- 11:24And they're sitting and sulking in their.
- 11:28Self pity. And here, through the women's
- 11:35obedience to go. To see where they.
- 11:39Laid him. There was no way for them to
- 11:43rollback that stone. And there was.
- 11:45Guards posted up. There was a seal on the tomb.
- 11:50As they went, they were wondering who.
- 11:52Was going to roll back. The Stone.
- 11:57Where do you see the disciples? They're still at large.
- 12:05And here. Through these women.
- 12:07They are told that Jesus is. Alive and.
- 12:12He still considers them his brothers.
- 12:17Praise God, Hallelujah, he no longer calls.
- 12:19You slave, but he. Calls you friend.
- 12:23Praise Jesus. 11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the
- 12:28watch came into the. City and showed.
- 12:30Unto the Chief. Priest.
- 12:31All the things that were done. So imagine these Roman soldiers,
- 12:36they did not go to Pontius Pilate.
- 12:39These Roman soldiers, they did not.
- 12:41Go to the elected officials. Who did they go to?
- 12:48They went to the chief priest because.
- 12:52They knew that it was in their best.
- 12:54Interest to try. To come up.
- 12:57With a story. That would.
- 12:59Corroborate. Friends and you can see.
- 13:02It here that they are. Sly in this.
- 13:05Approach. Of not going to Rome, not going
- 13:09to Pontius Pilate, not going to their.
- 13:13Superiors. But who did they go to?
- 13:15They went to. The chief priests.
- 13:17Because they needed. A story. 12 and when they were
- 13:25assembled. With the elders.
- 13:27And had taken counsel. They gave large money.
- 13:31Unto the soldiers. Think about it for a second.
- 13:35If we are to take these words as literal as if we are to take
- 13:39these words as historical. If we are to take these words as
- 13:44trustworthy and true. And God.
- 13:46Breathed. Think about.
- 13:50What is being? Said here these guards of the.
- 13:55Tomb have gone. To the priest, and the priest
- 13:59have taken. Counsel and they've given.
- 14:02These guards a large. Sum of money 13 saying say you.
- 14:10His disciples. Came by night and stole him
- 14:13away. While we slept.
- 14:16This would have been. Worthy of death for the four
- 14:19soldiers that were posted up. Outside the tomb to all sleep at
- 14:24once. They were supposed to.
- 14:25Be on guard. Supposed to be two awake while
- 14:28the two rested and look at how they're.
- 14:30Saying that we. All fell asleep.
- 14:33All four of us fell asleep. This is ridiculous.
- 14:41Friends. This is.
- 14:45Not. A trustworthy this.
- 14:49Is not a. True.
- 14:52Way of trying to frame the disciples to come.
- 14:57This is a ridiculous story, This.
- 15:00Is an unbelievable. Story.
- 15:03And this. Actually, for us as believers,
- 15:06this. Actually gives us great
- 15:10confidence. That the words that we're.
- 15:12Reading are true. Because this would.
- 15:16Have never happened the. 4 guards would.
- 15:19Have never slept at the same time, and the disciples would
- 15:23not have been able to. Roll the stone.
- 15:25Back without being heard and whenever they.
- 15:28Go out to start the early church.
- 15:32And they start purporting an alive.
- 15:35Savior. Then they would have been asked.
- 15:39To produce the body. They would have been.
- 15:42Asked to produce. The account.
- 15:48Of Jesus. Being alive and here they are
- 15:54trying to come up with some falsehood that.
- 15:59Is a ridiculous. Notion.
- 16:02And that is how we know. That it is trustworthy.
- 16:05And true that. Jesus did raise.
- 16:09From the dead. Jesus did resurrect.
- 16:12Jesus did. Come back and appear to the
- 16:16multitude. To over. 500 before he ascended
- 16:19to the. Right hand of.
- 16:20God. This is trustworthy.
- 16:22This is true. We.
- 16:24Serve a risen Lord. 14 And if this come to the governor?
- 16:33'S ears. We will persuade.
- 16:35Him and secure you so conscious Pilate.
- 16:41Would have. Actually been completely fine.
- 16:47With the. Fact that.
- 16:50Jesus was. Dead he needed.
- 16:55Jesus to be. Dead and now that the.
- 17:00Chief priests here. Are corroborating that.
- 17:04Jesus is still. Dead and that there is no proof
- 17:08of any kind of. Resurrection there is.
- 17:10No proof of him being raised. Up on the.
- 17:12Third day. This would have been fine and
- 17:15dandy for Pontius Pilate. For Jesus to.
- 17:18Remain dead no matter how he remained dead whether.
- 17:21His body was there. Or not, he just needed the.
- 17:25Chief priests. To not make a big stink.
- 17:29About the fact that his guards had failed.
- 17:32Him. So this was a big to do here.
- 17:37This was a. Big hoopla.
- 17:40And for us on this? Side of.
- 17:43History we can trust and we can know.
- 17:48That there's. So many inconsistencies with the
- 17:51fact that. These soldiers.
- 17:56And these? Chief priests.
- 17:57Were trying. To corroborate.
- 18:00On, we can know that we know that we know that we know.
- 18:04That we. Serve a risen savior, and that
- 18:09is a. 100% trustworthy. And true 15 so.
- 18:16They. Took the money and did.
- 18:18As they were. Taught, and this saying is
- 18:21commonly reported among the Jews until.
- 18:24This day. So here Matthew is.
- 18:25Penning and writing and when people say what happened.
- 18:29To Jesus what? Happened to that miracle worker.
- 18:33They would say, Oh, his disciples.
- 18:35Came and stole the body and we know.
- 18:37That, that is ridiculous there. Would be no substantial
- 18:43evidence. That his disciples could have
- 18:47ever pulled that off. And here.
- 18:51Is how? We.
- 18:52Can. Trust and know that the.
- 18:54Sealing of the. Tomb and the posting of the.
- 18:57Guards. Was enough for.
- 18:59US. To be able to know that we know.
- 19:02That Jesus is alive. 16 Then the 11 disciples went away into
- 19:08Galilee, into a mountain where. Jesus had.
- 19:11Appointed them 17 and when they saw him they worshipped him.
- 19:15But some doubted, so imagine that even in the mix.
- 19:20Of the people. That are watching him there.
- 19:22Is this disbelief that he is actually there?
- 19:25That this is an. Astonishing.
- 19:29Fact. That Jesus is risen and he's in
- 19:34his resurrected. Body.
- 19:36And we know from the story of the man on the road to Emmaus.
- 19:40As they were. Kicking the can down the road.
- 19:43And they were. So incredibly sad.
- 19:48At the fact. That their rabbi.
- 19:52That they were following had been killed and murdered.
- 19:56Here he was. Shrouded and hidden.
- 19:59Because his resurrected body, it was something.
- 20:02Different about it. And it wasn't until he broke the
- 20:05bread that they realized who they.
- 20:06Were talking to and then he disappeared.
- 20:08This is amazing when we start to really.
- 20:11Peel back the layers to try to ask ourselves what is our
- 20:15resurrected? Body going to be like.
- 20:17And we can see it here. We can see.
- 20:20How Jesus moved amongst the people and was able to go.
- 20:24Through. Walls and material was nothing
- 20:27and it makes you wonder, It makes.
- 20:30Us get excited about what is. Next, friends we cannot even
- 20:35begin to imagine. We can only trust.
- 20:38What the Bible gives us. To be able to form what it's all
- 20:42going to be like and what it's going to look like, and it
- 20:44should make you. Just.
- 20:47Want to jump out of your skin? It should make you.
- 20:49Completely joyous of. What is to come, friends, when
- 20:53you. Start to really.
- 20:55Think about the same resurrection power living
- 20:59inside. Of you that rose Jesus.
- 21:02From the dead 18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying.
- 21:09All power. Is given unto me in heaven and
- 21:14in earth, the suffering servant having all.
- 21:20Power. And all glory and the Godhead 3
- 21:25and 1 represented right here. With all authority.
- 21:30Over heaven and earth. All authority over.
- 21:32Everything is seen and unseen. All authority over.
- 21:36Life and death. All authority.
- 21:38He snatched. The keys.
- 21:40Oh, death. Where is your sting?
- 21:43Oh hell, where is your victory? We serve.
- 21:47We worship a. Risen King.
- 21:52Praise the Lord. God, Hallelujah 19.
- 21:55Go you therefore. And teach all nations, baptizing
- 22:00them in the name of the Father, the Son, and of the Holy.
- 22:03Ghost so. Here's our great commandment.
- 22:07This Is Us being. Commissioned to go out.
- 22:10To the ends of the earth, to take the whole word to the
- 22:13whole. World Friends.
- 22:15I pray that. You take this commandment.
- 22:18Very serious, this. Is not a suggestion, friends.
- 22:21This is what we are. To be doing in the.
- 22:24Workplace. This is what we are.
- 22:27To be doing in our homes this. Is what we are.
- 22:30To be doing in our. Oi cost, this is what we.
- 22:33Are to be doing in our circle of influence.
- 22:36This is what we are to be. Doing in the.
- 22:38Airport, this is what we are. To be doing at the bus station
- 22:42this is. What we are.
- 22:43To be doing at the. Grocery store is what we are.
- 22:47To be doing in our small. Groups.
- 22:48This is what we are. To be doing for the rest.
- 22:51Of our lives for. Every moment of every day.
- 22:53That you have, that you should be.
- 22:56Going and telling everyone. Your salvation story and what
- 22:59the Lord has. Done for you, and if he did it
- 23:01for you, he can do it for them. And there's no.
- 23:04One too lost the Lord. Can't reach and we just scatter
- 23:08the seed and watch it. Grow.
- 23:11We plant and the Lord. Gives the growth.
- 23:14Friends, but we need to be found faithful friends, faithful,
- 23:18doing the Lord's work. For the rest of our lives.
- 23:23And we'll end on 20, teaching them to observe all things.
- 23:27Whatsoever I have. Commanded you, and lo, I am with
- 23:31you always, even unto the end of the world.
- 23:35Amen. So here we are to teach.
- 23:40All nations don't hold back from anybody, no matter what they
- 23:43look like, no matter what tongue they speak, no matter what
- 23:46language, no matter anything about them, no matter how
- 23:49distant they are. All nations friends, this is.
- 23:53The whole world. He's telling us that the power
- 23:57has been given to him. He's telling us to.
- 23:59Teach. He's telling us to go, He's
- 24:02telling us to baptize them. He's telling us.
- 24:05To observe. All the things that he spoke,
- 24:08he's telling us. That He is with us always and
- 24:15that is how we're able to go. That is how we're able to teach.
- 24:18That is how we're able to baptize.
- 24:20That is how we're able to reach the loss.
- 24:22That is how we're able to reach the unreached people groups is
- 24:26because of the power that He gives us and he's with us.
- 24:29Friends and the Indwelling. Of the Holy Spirit, friends, is.
- 24:33All that we need. We have all.
- 24:34The tools that we need, we do not.
- 24:36Need to raise. Up a bunch of funds to be.
- 24:39Able to go, You have the authority, you have the ability,
- 24:43you have all the resources available to you.
- 24:48Just trust and believe and. Increase your faith and the
- 24:51Lord. Will show you what to do.
- 24:52And when to do it and how to do it.
- 24:54And he? Tells us that this is how we are
- 24:59to live our lives. Friends and he tells us he's
- 25:02going to be with us. All the.
- 25:03Way to the end, the gates. Of hell will not prevail.
- 25:07Against. The church capital C.
- 25:11It is a solid rock. Built on the cornerstone.
- 25:15Of Jesus Christ. It's not dependent upon your
- 25:18wisdom. It's not dependent upon your.
- 25:20Might it's not. Dependent upon your resources.
- 25:24It's not dependent upon how charismatic you are.
- 25:27It's not dependent upon how big the.
- 25:30Congregation is or what the church?
- 25:32Is doing. It's dependent upon him and we
- 25:36fix our eyes upon him and he is going to bring us home friends.
- 25:41He's going to get us to the end. Friends, praise God, Hallelujah,
- 25:45we love you. Jesus, I hope you've been
- 25:47blessed. By this book here as we.
- 25:51End the book of Matthew. I hope that this has been a
- 25:54wonderful journey for you. This is where we should all.
- 25:59Start our journey. Is in the.
- 26:01Book of Matthew This is milk for the new.
- 26:05Believer. We can see how his life
- 26:10transforming whenever we are not offended by him and whenever we
- 26:15give him our all and we hold nothing back.
- 26:19We do not compartmentalize. Our lives but.
- 26:22We are completely. Sold out to the Lord.
- 26:25To the King of Kings and the Lord of.
- 26:26Lords we love. Him, King Jesus.
- 26:30Let's be loyal to our. King all the way to the end.
- 26:37Praying for every single. One of you.
- 26:42I love you. So does God.
- 26:49We'll see you back here tomorrow.
- 26:50God bless you.