SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/28/2024 8:54 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “Intro to Matt. 28:1-10”
“Resurrection of Christ”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
28:1-10
Message of the verses: “1 Now after the Sabbath,
as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and
the other Mary came to look at the grave. 2 And behold, a severe earthquake had
occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled
away the stone and sat upon it. 3 And his appearance was like lightning, and
his clothing as white as snow. 4 The guards shook for fear of him and became
like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I
know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. 6 “He is not here,
for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. 7
“Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold,
He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have
told you." 8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and
ran to report it to His disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and greeted
them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then
Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to
leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.’”
I want to continue looking at the introduction to
these first 10 verses in Matthew chapter 28, by writing quoting from John
MacArthur’s commentary. “It is hardly surprising,
therefore, that the first sermon on the day the church was born focused on the
resurrection of Christ. After charging
his hearers with Jesus’ death, Peter declared, ‘And God raised Him up again,
putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be
held in its power’ (Acts 2:23-24). Peter
continued to preach the resurrection to his fellow Jews (Acts 4:10) as well as
to Gentiles (10:40).
“Paul preached the resurrection continuality. In the
synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia he declared that ‘God raised [Jesus] from the
dead’ and ‘He whom God raised did not undergo decay’ (Acts 13:30, 37). He proclaimed the resurrection before the
Sanhedrin in Jerusalem (23:6), before the governor, Felix (24:15, 21), and
before King Agrippa (26:8). The resurrection
is a central and strongly emphasized theme of Paul’s epistles. He declared that Christ ‘was buried, and that
He was raised on the third day according to the Scripture’ (1 Cor. 15:4), that ‘He
who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us
with you’ (2 Cor. 4:14; cf. Gal. 1:1), and that the Father ‘raised Him from the
dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places’ (Eph. 1:20; Col.
2:12). Paul longed to know Christ ‘and
the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings’
(Phil.3:10).
“Peter spoke of our ‘living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven’ (1 Pet. 1:3-4). In his vision of Patmos, John beheld the Lord Jesus Christ, who declared, ‘I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore’ (Rev. 1:17-18).
“The foundation of all our hope is expressed in Jesus’ own words: ‘I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies’ (John 11:25), and ‘Because I live, you shall live also’ (14:19).”
Lord willing I will complete this introduction to these
verses in the next SD.
9/28/2024 9:17 AM
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