1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,520 Hello and welcome to the Middletown Baptist Church podcast 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,480 where we are proclaiming the truth to the world. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,720 My name is Pastor Josh and I want to thank you for listening to 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:10,480 this podcast. 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,680 I hope that this podcast can be a blessing to you and strengthen 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,080 you in the word of God. 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,160 Now come along, let's look into the Bible and see what God has 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,440 for us here today. 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,720 So your Bibles turn to Matthew chapter 28 this morning. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:27,680 Matthew 28. 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,680 And it's hard keeping those tears back. 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,880 Coming up here just thinking about all that God has done here 13 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,560 at Middletown Baptist Church these past three and a half years. 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,280 And I promise you, I, I, I selected this sermon and this passage 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,560 before this last week's event. 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,720 So there's nothing politically tied to this or anything. 17 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,480 Just completely the Gospel of Christ, Christ's resurrection. 18 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,040 And I was praying about it and I said, what was the, what would 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,500 be the last message that I believe God want me to speak here? 20 00:00:55,380 --> 00:01:01,380 And the message today is to make much of Christ, to make much 21 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:04,620 of our risen savior, risen king Jesus Christ. 22 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:06,020 Appreciate the worship this morning. 23 00:01:06,020 --> 00:01:10,220 Every single song was just so enriching and meditating on thinking 24 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:13,300 about how we are praising our risen Savior and risen king. 25 00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:17,220 Well, the book of Matthew in the New Testament, there was a period 26 00:01:17,220 --> 00:01:21,320 of time for several hundred years right before Matthew that God 27 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:22,440 seemed to be silent. 28 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,360 Where is God? 29 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,080 Where was this promised Messiah? 30 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:26,840 Who is to come? 31 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:29,840 What's, where is he? 32 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,800 Who would he be? 33 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,680 We need some of the details. 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,760 In the Old Testament, he would come, be born in Bethlehem, he would 35 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,280 be born of a virgin woman. 36 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,360 But how would that all be tied together? 37 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:45,480 Well, Matthew wrote this book to prove that Jesus is the Messiah, 38 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:46,600 the eternal king. 39 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:50,290 Now Matthew was a Jewish tax collector. 40 00:01:50,290 --> 00:01:51,770 He became one of Jesus disciples. 41 00:01:51,770 --> 00:01:55,130 This Gospel forms that connecting link between that Old 42 00:01:55,130 --> 00:01:57,970 Testament period into the New Testament period. 43 00:01:58,450 --> 00:02:01,570 And so you see this emphasis on the fulfillment of prophecy. 44 00:02:01,890 --> 00:02:06,330 Jesus says in Matthew 5:17, think not that I am come to destroy 45 00:02:06,330 --> 00:02:07,570 the law or the prophets. 46 00:02:07,890 --> 00:02:10,770 I am not coming to destroy, but to fulfill. 47 00:02:11,410 --> 00:02:13,250 Matthew is filled with messianic language. 48 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:15,510 Son of David is used throughout Old Testament. 49 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:18,750 References are 53 quotes and 76 other references. 50 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:21,630 The Gospel was not written as a chronological account. 51 00:02:21,870 --> 00:02:25,590 Its purpose was to present the clear evidence that Jesus is the 52 00:02:25,590 --> 00:02:27,310 Messiah, the Savior. 53 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:30,910 Today we're looking at Matthew chapter 28. 54 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:33,990 Right before this, we had a whole period of events that were 55 00:02:33,990 --> 00:02:34,750 going on here. 56 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:36,590 You had Christ's crucifixion. 57 00:02:36,830 --> 00:02:41,510 He was scourged, he was beaten, he died, he was buried in 58 00:02:41,510 --> 00:02:42,110 the tomb. 59 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:47,620 And Here in Matthew 28 we see some excellent news, the best news 60 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:48,620 in the entire world. 61 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:53,980 We see in Matthew 28 here that Matthew records the last words of 62 00:02:53,980 --> 00:02:55,820 Jesus before his ascension. 63 00:02:55,980 --> 00:03:00,780 A bold mountain top commission for every believer in every every 64 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,380 place, for all time. 65 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:06,460 These words are not merely good advice, they are our marching 66 00:03:06,460 --> 00:03:08,940 orders before Jesus gives us commission. 67 00:03:09,020 --> 00:03:12,410 Matthew unfolds the narrative of the resurrection, the ultimate 68 00:03:12,410 --> 00:03:14,450 validation of his authority to send us. 69 00:03:15,090 --> 00:03:18,970 In this chapter we see three keys to living in the power of Christ's 70 00:03:18,970 --> 00:03:19,730 resurrection. 71 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:22,290 Number one, believe the resurrection. 72 00:03:22,530 --> 00:03:24,850 Number two, stand firm against opposition. 73 00:03:24,850 --> 00:03:27,570 And number three, go in Christ authority. 74 00:03:28,130 --> 00:03:31,930 And today we're going to see that God wants you to live and to 75 00:03:31,930 --> 00:03:34,930 go in the resurrection of the power of Jesus Christ. 76 00:03:36,210 --> 00:03:37,250 And there's three truths. 77 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,130 The first truth is this. 78 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:40,890 You must believe in the reality of the risen Christ. 79 00:03:40,890 --> 00:03:43,540 Look at verse 1, Matthew 28, verse 1. 80 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:46,980 It reads in the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward 81 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:49,460 the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other 82 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:51,380 Mary to see the sepulcher. 83 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:53,540 And behold, there was a great earthquake. 84 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:56,140 But the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and 85 00:03:56,140 --> 00:03:58,500 rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. 86 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:01,900 His countenance was like lightning and his Raymond white as 87 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:02,340 snow. 88 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:05,940 And for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead 89 00:04:05,940 --> 00:04:06,260 men. 90 00:04:07,870 --> 00:04:08,990 We will pause there for a minute. 91 00:04:08,990 --> 00:04:12,310 So first we see that you must believe in the reality of the risen 92 00:04:12,310 --> 00:04:12,550 Christ. 93 00:04:12,550 --> 00:04:15,790 We see here in verse one, it gives the time here, it gives a timestamp. 94 00:04:15,790 --> 00:04:19,470 It says in the end of the Sabbath, literally after the Sabbath, 95 00:04:19,470 --> 00:04:23,470 making it the first day of the week, what had just taken place, 96 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,870 Christ had just been crucified. 97 00:04:26,110 --> 00:04:28,670 His disciples were tempted to abandon him. 98 00:04:28,750 --> 00:04:29,870 And Christ was taken. 99 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:32,790 He was isolated, he was scourged, he was crushed for our 100 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:33,230 iniquities. 101 00:04:33,310 --> 00:04:36,780 Isaiah 53 talks about that, how he was crushed. 102 00:04:36,780 --> 00:04:38,140 He was bruised for us. 103 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:39,980 He shed his blood for us. 104 00:04:40,940 --> 00:04:43,500 The Bible declares that without the shedding of blood, there's 105 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:45,420 no remission of sins, no forgiveness of sins. 106 00:04:46,140 --> 00:04:49,900 And so it was necessary, it was essential that Christ had his 107 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:50,220 death. 108 00:04:51,580 --> 00:04:53,580 But his death wasn't just the end of it, was it? 109 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:54,460 No. 110 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:56,660 He had to rise from the dead. 111 00:04:56,660 --> 00:04:59,860 That's a clearing power and authority in his life that he would 112 00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:02,150 become the King and Lord of all. 113 00:05:02,710 --> 00:05:05,870 And so we see in verse one here, there's two ladies that come 114 00:05:05,870 --> 00:05:08,830 up to the resurrection, to the resurrection scene here. 115 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:10,550 Mary Magdalene and this other Mary. 116 00:05:10,630 --> 00:05:13,430 These are faithful women who have remained at the cross. 117 00:05:13,670 --> 00:05:14,790 But now they're here. 118 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:19,390 First at the tomb now remember these ladies, they had just witnessed 119 00:05:19,390 --> 00:05:20,270 Christ's crucifixion. 120 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:22,070 They had just witnessed his death. 121 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:24,070 And now they're here at the tomb. 122 00:05:24,070 --> 00:05:25,710 And they're, they're, they're, they're, they're waiting, they're 123 00:05:25,710 --> 00:05:27,270 seeing what's going, what's going to happen here. 124 00:05:28,270 --> 00:05:28,710 What happens? 125 00:05:28,710 --> 00:05:31,790 Look at the next verse there, verse two, it says, and behold, there 126 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:33,310 was a great earthquake. 127 00:05:33,470 --> 00:05:36,190 For the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and 128 00:05:36,190 --> 00:05:40,030 rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. 129 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:42,590 And so there was this earthquake. 130 00:05:42,590 --> 00:05:45,470 It was a divine disturbance that this was announcing. 131 00:05:45,550 --> 00:05:47,870 There was a major intervention going on here. 132 00:05:48,270 --> 00:05:50,030 There was, there was something major going on. 133 00:05:50,030 --> 00:05:53,510 You have this angel, this angel appears, a message with heaven's 134 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:53,910 authority. 135 00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:55,430 His appearance was like lightning. 136 00:05:56,870 --> 00:05:58,910 And so you, and so just visualize this scene. 137 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:02,790 You see these two ladies are there at the entrance of this tomb. 138 00:06:03,270 --> 00:06:05,110 And then you see this angel has come. 139 00:06:05,190 --> 00:06:09,110 And it's like lightning, this flash and then a huge shaking quivering 140 00:06:09,110 --> 00:06:10,710 of the ground as earthquake happens. 141 00:06:11,990 --> 00:06:13,670 What's the responses of these people? 142 00:06:14,470 --> 00:06:17,910 Always see the guards, they became as dead men. 143 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,600 They were fully alert, alive, right? 144 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,120 But then it says that their, that their response here, verse three, 145 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,800 verse four, it says, for fear of him the keepers did shake and 146 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,280 became as dead men. 147 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,480 What were they being forced to recognize with? 148 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,080 They were being forced to recognize that God, the power of 149 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,400 God, God's authority was intervening in this specific situation. 150 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,840 This angel, like comment, this angel was rolling away the stone 151 00:06:46,820 --> 00:06:48,660 like the rising sun, dispels the night. 152 00:06:48,740 --> 00:06:52,100 The resurrection of Jesus shatters the darkness of fear and 153 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,300 doubt forever. 154 00:06:54,340 --> 00:06:57,300 But the resurrection truth is not just an event to acknowledge, 155 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:58,580 it's a Savior to follow. 156 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:00,420 Look at verse five. 157 00:07:00,580 --> 00:07:04,060 The angel answered and said to the woman, fear not ye, for I know 158 00:07:04,060 --> 00:07:06,420 that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 159 00:07:07,460 --> 00:07:11,900 He looks at these ladies over here, he knows they were at the cross, 160 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:13,620 they were watching Christ be crucified. 161 00:07:13,620 --> 00:07:17,990 And he says, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, for I know who you're 162 00:07:17,990 --> 00:07:18,550 seeking. 163 00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:21,750 You're trying to find this man who had just been crucified. 164 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:24,070 But don't be afraid. 165 00:07:24,790 --> 00:07:26,310 Verse 6, he is not here. 166 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:28,390 Could you imagine? 167 00:07:29,110 --> 00:07:35,350 He is not here, for he is risen as he said. 168 00:07:36,230 --> 00:07:41,160 And that right there is a specific phrase of truth that has 169 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,680 completely transformed lives all around the world. 170 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,000 That simple truth that Christ is risen. 171 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,320 He was no longer in the tomb, he is risen as he said. 172 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,640 And so we see this angel's announcement, this contrast. 173 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,560 You have these women and these guards, right? 174 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,520 Believers, we don't have any fear in this world. 175 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:01,920 Why? 176 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Because we have the eternal hope through Christ. 177 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,640 And he says, it says, it says here that he literally said this. 178 00:08:09,090 --> 00:08:12,930 It means it was a fulfillment to what he said, God, that he was 179 00:08:12,930 --> 00:08:14,770 bringing that news that I'm going to rise from the dead. 180 00:08:14,770 --> 00:08:15,650 And that happens. 181 00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:17,490 He is risen. 182 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,730 God the Father raised him from the dead. 183 00:08:20,530 --> 00:08:21,130 Let's go on. 184 00:08:21,130 --> 00:08:23,370 It says, come see the place of the Lord Lay. 185 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:23,970 Verse 7. 186 00:08:24,210 --> 00:08:25,570 Go quickly. 187 00:08:26,370 --> 00:08:27,250 Don't just stop. 188 00:08:27,970 --> 00:08:28,770 Go and share. 189 00:08:28,850 --> 00:08:29,810 Go tell people. 190 00:08:30,050 --> 00:08:30,690 Verse 7. 191 00:08:30,690 --> 00:08:31,330 Go quickly. 192 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:34,010 Tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. 193 00:08:34,010 --> 00:08:37,430 And behold, he goeth before you into Galilee and there shall 194 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:38,070 ye see him. 195 00:08:38,070 --> 00:08:40,190 Lo, I have told you. 196 00:08:40,750 --> 00:08:42,670 And see, we see the sequence here. 197 00:08:43,150 --> 00:08:46,990 We see this, the sequence of experience with their force, of this 198 00:08:46,990 --> 00:08:49,470 encounter of Christ's resurrection. 199 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:53,230 But then they're commanded to go, go tell Christ's disciples, go 200 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:55,430 and declare this to his disciples. 201 00:08:55,430 --> 00:08:56,030 Verse 8. 202 00:08:56,110 --> 00:08:59,230 They departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy 203 00:08:59,550 --> 00:09:01,710 and did run to bring his disciples words. 204 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,800 And so we see this mingled, these mingled emotions here, right? 205 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,160 There's this awe and there's this celebration. 206 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,720 Do we have times in our lives where we have that fear and celebration, 207 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:12,880 Right? 208 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,880 Fear and celebration. 209 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,560 Here they were, they were excited because they said, look, 210 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,960 Christ's death is in the past now. 211 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,640 He has risen from the dead. 212 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:23,000 He has risen. 213 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 And they're going to declare it. 214 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:27,280 Verse 9. 215 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,590 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them 216 00:09:30,590 --> 00:09:31,870 saying, all hail. 217 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:35,630 And they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him. 218 00:09:36,270 --> 00:09:38,350 And so they obeyed God. 219 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:41,750 They obeyed the angel here, the messenger of God, saying, go 220 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:42,910 and tell the disciples. 221 00:09:43,070 --> 00:09:44,830 And Jesus meets them on the way. 222 00:09:44,830 --> 00:09:49,950 Could you imagine this, this encounter here where Christ had just 223 00:09:49,950 --> 00:09:52,510 been, just died and he rose from the dead. 224 00:09:52,750 --> 00:09:56,430 And now these ladies who are waiting to go tell his disciples, 225 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:57,760 they encounter Christ. 226 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:59,280 They encounter him. 227 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:00,800 And he says, all hail. 228 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,680 And what was their immediate response? 229 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:05,600 What was their immediate response? 230 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,880 Look at the last part of that verse there. 231 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:11,320 It says they and held him by the feet and worshiped him. 232 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:16,080 Their immediate response was not just a Jesus, you're here. 233 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,480 It was, I'm on your feet, Lord, you're resurrected from the 234 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:21,840 dead. 235 00:10:22,330 --> 00:10:23,130 Hallelujah. 236 00:10:24,170 --> 00:10:25,450 Praise you, God. 237 00:10:26,410 --> 00:10:28,010 You are worthy of my worship. 238 00:10:28,010 --> 00:10:29,530 You are worthy of my praise. 239 00:10:30,410 --> 00:10:32,490 You are worthy of everything in my life. 240 00:10:33,210 --> 00:10:35,370 We just see this humility from these ladies. 241 00:10:35,370 --> 00:10:38,050 They, they, they, they go down to his feet and they worship him. 242 00:10:38,050 --> 00:10:39,210 They say, you are God. 243 00:10:39,610 --> 00:10:40,410 You are God. 244 00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:43,250 Do you remember the first time when you encountered Christ in your 245 00:10:43,250 --> 00:10:43,530 life? 246 00:10:45,130 --> 00:10:46,090 Remember where you were. 247 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:48,410 I remember where I was. 248 00:10:49,410 --> 00:10:50,290 I was confused. 249 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:52,050 I was lost. 250 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:53,490 And I had. 251 00:10:53,490 --> 00:10:54,930 I didn't have a purpose in my life. 252 00:10:54,930 --> 00:10:57,250 I was just kind of doing my own thing. 253 00:10:57,650 --> 00:11:02,010 And then when I encountered Christ, the preacher was preaching 254 00:11:02,010 --> 00:11:05,210 about the last days, preaching about there was coming this punishment. 255 00:11:05,210 --> 00:11:09,010 One day I was forced to recognize that I cannot do anything 256 00:11:09,010 --> 00:11:10,930 in on myself to save myself. 257 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:14,370 And I encountered the risen Savior, Jesus Christ. 258 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,360 Remember right after you got saved, that joy that filled your 259 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,040 heart, the excitement of wanting to go and waiting to share. 260 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,920 Is that joy still real today? 261 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,840 Is that excitement still there? 262 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,560 Do you remember where you came from? 263 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,880 Paul said the Corinthians. 264 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,800 He said, for I delivered unto you first of all that which I also 265 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:35,160 received. 266 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,040 How that Christ was Christ. 267 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,960 Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. 268 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:43,880 He was buried and he rose again according to the scriptures. 269 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,960 Paul had that hope. 270 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,200 Paul shared that hope with the Corinthians. 271 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,320 And today we share that same hope with Christ. 272 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,680 We share that same resurrection. 273 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:56,320 That no matter what is going on in this world, that no matter 274 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,640 what's going on with transitions and different changes 275 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:03,320 and everything, that Christ is still the head of his church, that 276 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,320 Christ is in charge. 277 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,040 Christ is the one who we all serve. 278 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,050 He is the great shepherd, the shepherd who pursued after us and 279 00:12:10,050 --> 00:12:12,170 who continues to lead us and to guide us. 280 00:12:13,050 --> 00:12:14,370 Let's go on to the second point. 281 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:18,170 Here you must stand firm against deception and opposition. 282 00:12:20,330 --> 00:12:21,290 Look at verse 11. 283 00:12:21,530 --> 00:12:22,770 I go back to verse 10. 284 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:24,650 Then Jesus said to them, be not afraid. 285 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:29,450 Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they 286 00:12:29,450 --> 00:12:29,810 see me. 287 00:12:29,810 --> 00:12:32,170 So Jesus here says the same thing, don't be afraid. 288 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:33,460 Why? 289 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:36,420 Well, because back then you had the rulers, right? 290 00:12:36,420 --> 00:12:37,780 They had just killed. 291 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:39,060 They had just killed Christ. 292 00:12:39,940 --> 00:12:42,060 And now, and now he's telling him to go and share it. 293 00:12:42,060 --> 00:12:42,820 Don't be afraid. 294 00:12:42,980 --> 00:12:44,300 Don't be afraid of the gospel. 295 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:47,460 Don't be ashamed of the gospel of Christ where the power of God 296 00:12:47,540 --> 00:12:50,900 unto salvation to everyone that believe it to the Jew first 297 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:51,820 and also the Greek. 298 00:12:51,820 --> 00:12:55,140 We see here this, this command from Christ, don't be afraid. 299 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:58,260 Go and tell my brethren. 300 00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:01,150 And they go into Galilee and there shall they be, see me. 301 00:13:01,150 --> 00:13:01,630 Verse 11. 302 00:13:02,110 --> 00:13:04,710 Now when they were going, behold some of the watch came into 303 00:13:04,710 --> 00:13:05,150 the city. 304 00:13:05,870 --> 00:13:08,270 So now here's, here's some of that authority we're seeing coming 305 00:13:08,270 --> 00:13:11,670 out here and showing to the chief priests all the things that 306 00:13:11,670 --> 00:13:12,110 were done. 307 00:13:12,990 --> 00:13:14,510 And so you had these guards, right? 308 00:13:15,070 --> 00:13:16,270 They heard what happened. 309 00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:18,030 Verse 12. 310 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:20,910 When they were assembled with the elders, had taken counsel, they 311 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:24,270 gave large money Unto the, unto the soldiers. 312 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Right? 313 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:26,080 Okay. 314 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,000 Reality hit right? 315 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:28,440 Okay. 316 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,640 This has actually happened. 317 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:30,800 This truth is spreading. 318 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,160 But guess what? 319 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,000 We're going to spread lies. 320 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:37,440 We're going to go against what, what, what, what, What Jesus 321 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,200 was talking about. 322 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,560 Because we still want to be, we still want to be the authority. 323 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:41,920 We still want to take control. 324 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:46,640 We want to manipulate the, the people to follow our narrative rather 325 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,200 than following the narrative of this truth that Jesus has risen 326 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,040 from the dead. 327 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,800 The very soldiers who had been there at the side of the tomb, the 328 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,840 soldiers who had witnessed Christ's death, witnessed him dead 329 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:58,800 going in that tomb. 330 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,440 Who had witnessed the whole process of the angel having sat down 331 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,119 on the tomb and having seen this lightning, shadow of lightning, 332 00:14:07,119 --> 00:14:11,240 appearance of this angel and this earthquake happening, they allow 333 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,560 themselves to be bribed on. 334 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,120 They allow themselves to deceive. 335 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:16,880 They allow themselves. 336 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,630 Even though they witnessed the exact same thing as the ladies had 337 00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:23,950 experience and they chose to take this bribery. 338 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:24,470 Verse 13. 339 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:25,070 What do they say? 340 00:14:25,070 --> 00:14:27,030 What was this lie saying? 341 00:14:27,030 --> 00:14:30,830 Say ye, his disciples came by night and stole him away while we 342 00:14:30,830 --> 00:14:31,270 slept. 343 00:14:31,590 --> 00:14:34,790 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade 344 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:36,550 him and secure you. 345 00:14:37,190 --> 00:14:40,230 So now we see this fabricated story that's coming on the scene. 346 00:14:41,270 --> 00:14:44,030 These disciples, they came by night, right? 347 00:14:44,030 --> 00:14:47,510 How could the disciples come by night, right? 348 00:14:47,510 --> 00:14:48,870 There's, there's some fault in this. 349 00:14:48,950 --> 00:14:51,230 There's some faulty wording going on here. 350 00:14:51,230 --> 00:14:53,830 This faulty logic, this is logical, it's inconsistent with the 351 00:14:53,830 --> 00:14:54,390 facts. 352 00:14:54,950 --> 00:14:57,870 A couple of, a couple of realities back then was the penalty 353 00:14:57,870 --> 00:14:59,910 on the soldier's head was death. 354 00:15:00,870 --> 00:15:03,430 Why would they take the bribery, right? 355 00:15:03,510 --> 00:15:04,710 But they took the bribery. 356 00:15:05,910 --> 00:15:09,270 Christ's disciple abandoned Jesus at the garden with the arrest, 357 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:12,200 why would they want to show up now, right? 358 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,600 These disciples, they had been in Christ, right, When the hardest 359 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,680 of hard times were then, oh yeah, they're going to come and they're 360 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,440 going to come sneak it, sneak into the tomb of Jesus and take him 361 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,920 away, right? 362 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,200 No, they feared the Roman guard. 363 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,240 They were afraid of them. 364 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:25,760 Why would they go in there? 365 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,200 Why would they want to go in there and try to mess with the Roman 366 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:29,760 soldiers? 367 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,760 How could they know that the disciples took the body of Jesus 368 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,720 because they were asleep? 369 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,970 How could, how could they know they weren't keeping their watch? 370 00:15:39,690 --> 00:15:41,570 But this lie persists here. 371 00:15:41,570 --> 00:15:45,210 It says it is unto this day, verse 15. 372 00:15:46,330 --> 00:15:48,730 So they took the money and did as they were taught. 373 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:53,050 And this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this 374 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:53,329 day. 375 00:15:53,329 --> 00:15:57,050 And this lie, this lie has been a lie that has been consistent 376 00:15:57,050 --> 00:16:02,370 all throughout time, ever since on the garden of Eden, right? 377 00:16:02,370 --> 00:16:05,290 Yea, hath God said, doubting God's word, questioning God's word. 378 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,820 And then you had that promise where God said, there's going to 379 00:16:08,820 --> 00:16:09,980 be a Messiah who's going to come. 380 00:16:09,980 --> 00:16:14,060 Where sin originated with the fall of man, where man chose to disobey 381 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:14,420 God. 382 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:20,780 And as a result of that, God cursed the snake and said that there 383 00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:23,540 would be a seed that will come from the woman that would crush the 384 00:16:23,540 --> 00:16:27,820 head of the serpent, and that serpent would crush the heel of that 385 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:28,060 seed. 386 00:16:28,060 --> 00:16:30,180 And we know that's Jesus Christ, that prophecy there. 387 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,980 But that lie has been going on all throughout time. 388 00:16:34,510 --> 00:16:35,510 And then we see this lie. 389 00:16:35,510 --> 00:16:36,590 It continues to today. 390 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:37,870 There are influences. 391 00:16:38,110 --> 00:16:42,430 There are people out there today who have witnessed the gospel. 392 00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:44,790 They've witnessed people's lives being changed, and they've 393 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:45,790 chose to reject it. 394 00:16:46,510 --> 00:16:48,470 They've chose to say, I don't want it. 395 00:16:48,470 --> 00:16:51,790 And in fact, they're taking on their own lies. 396 00:16:52,270 --> 00:16:55,070 They're taking on their own deception, and they're going out 397 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:58,190 and they're trying to prevent people from receiving Christ as their 398 00:16:58,190 --> 00:16:58,930 personal savior. 399 00:16:59,560 --> 00:16:59,960 They're trying. 400 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:00,200 They're. 401 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,120 They're trying to go out and to declare a false narrative from 402 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:05,800 what the Bible says. 403 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,840 And so we see that this lie has persisted to this day. 404 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:12,760 The resurrection. 405 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,279 This is like a floodlight on our dark street. 406 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:15,800 Have you ever. 407 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,080 Have you ever been out in a really, really dark night and. 408 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,520 Or going outside your house and the floodlight pops on? 409 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,120 And I know for me it's, you know, sometimes I was like, I'm just, 410 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:27,880 you know, trying to walk out of the car or whatever, and then 411 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,400 the floodlight pops on. 412 00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:30,410 And. 413 00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:33,770 But with truth, though, truth, there's darkness. 414 00:17:33,770 --> 00:17:37,090 And when light pops on, there's two responses that people 415 00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:37,690 take, right? 416 00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:42,450 One response is, oh, thank you for popping that light on, because 417 00:17:42,450 --> 00:17:43,610 I couldn't see where I was going. 418 00:17:44,490 --> 00:17:47,370 But the other response is, why is that light on? 419 00:17:47,370 --> 00:17:48,410 Keep it away from me. 420 00:17:48,490 --> 00:17:51,370 I want to keep navigating and going in my own darkness. 421 00:17:52,810 --> 00:17:56,810 And so the lies of the world, they make the truth of the Great 422 00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:59,680 Commission all the more urgent. 423 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,000 And it is very urgent. 424 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,240 This message that God has for us is absolutely urgent, that we 425 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,960 maintain that we stand strong in the faith, being faithful to him. 426 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,040 But even before this trial had begun, even before this whole thing 427 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,280 had happened, Christ had declared. 428 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,040 It was determined that Christ must die. 429 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,480 There was no innocent until proven guilty in this situation. 430 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,640 False witnesses, they were sods. 431 00:18:23,290 --> 00:18:25,210 They were sought to testify against Jesus. 432 00:18:25,210 --> 00:18:28,250 Usually the religious leaders, they went through a whole elaborate 433 00:18:28,250 --> 00:18:30,970 system of screening witnesses to Ensure justice. 434 00:18:32,410 --> 00:18:34,930 These fault, these false leaders, they had gone, they had 435 00:18:34,930 --> 00:18:38,010 gone to the Roman government, they had gone to these soldiers and 436 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:43,250 they had said, hey, go and go and spread this lie, spread this 437 00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:44,650 false deception. 438 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:48,090 No defense was sought for Jesus. 439 00:18:48,170 --> 00:18:49,370 It wasn't even allowed. 440 00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:52,550 Luke 22:67, 71. 441 00:18:54,150 --> 00:18:57,430 Jesus was basically put on this trial. 442 00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:58,710 It was conducted at night. 443 00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:00,590 And this is actually illegal. 444 00:19:00,590 --> 00:19:05,829 Back during the time this trial was illegal, Mark 14, 53, 65 445 00:19:06,390 --> 00:19:07,870 and Mark 15, verse 1. 446 00:19:07,870 --> 00:19:10,790 This was illegal according to the religious leaders own laws. 447 00:19:10,870 --> 00:19:13,590 They were completely going against their own practices. 448 00:19:13,590 --> 00:19:14,870 They were being hypocritical. 449 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,200 But they knew, they knew what they were doing was wrong. 450 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,760 But they decided to do it instead. 451 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,200 They decided, they said, you know what? 452 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,440 There has been this exposing light. 453 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,880 There has been this truth that has been declared and I'm. 454 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,040 And we're still going to do what we want to do. 455 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,560 The high priest put Jesus under oath, but then after putting 456 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,440 him under oath, incriminating him for what he said. 457 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,740 Cases involving such serious charges were to be held, were to 458 00:19:41,740 --> 00:19:44,100 be tried only in the Sanhedrin's regular meeting place, 459 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:45,140 not in the high priest home. 460 00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:48,580 So you see, this entire thing was manipulated by these high priests. 461 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:49,220 They didn't care. 462 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:52,140 They were doing what they wanted to do by, by, by trying to 463 00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:54,580 manipulate this whole process through this entire thing. 464 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,220 Let's what's the last truth today we're going to see is this. 465 00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:03,500 You must go in the authority of the risen king. 466 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:04,340 Look at verse 18. 467 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:10,260 And the 11 disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where 468 00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:11,380 Jesus had appointed them. 469 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:13,580 And when they saw him, they worshiped him. 470 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:14,900 But some doubted. 471 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:18,740 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all power is given 472 00:20:18,740 --> 00:20:20,340 unto me in heaven and in earth. 473 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:23,860 Go ye therefore and teach all nation, Baptizing them in the name 474 00:20:23,860 --> 00:20:27,100 of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them 475 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:29,100 to observe all things whatsoever. 476 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:29,940 I have commanded you. 477 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:32,740 And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. 478 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,660 So we're seeing it throughout this entire passage. 479 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:37,820 There is this whole buildup going on. 480 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:42,740 First part of Matthew 28, you see the Sabbath, you see, you see 481 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:45,340 this, this first day of the week, this resurrection has happened. 482 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:50,820 And this angel tells the ladies, go, go, go share, go to this 483 00:20:50,820 --> 00:20:51,220 to go to. 484 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:52,380 Go to Christ's disciples. 485 00:20:52,540 --> 00:20:55,020 Jesus told the ladies to go on their encounter with him. 486 00:20:55,580 --> 00:20:59,260 And then the disciples have been told, go to Galilee. 487 00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:01,830 And so they're all gathering in this place. 488 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:02,870 They're all going to this place. 489 00:21:02,870 --> 00:21:06,710 This is a fulfillment of Jesus's Words back in chapter 26, 490 00:21:06,710 --> 00:21:12,070 verse 32, it says, as they came out, they found, oops, sorry, 491 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:12,870 wrong chapter there. 492 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:22,390 26, verse 32, it says, Peter answered and said unto him, it's 493 00:21:22,390 --> 00:21:22,750 again this. 494 00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:23,750 All right, verse 32, there he goes. 495 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:27,110 Verse 33, after I am risen again, I will go before you into 496 00:21:27,110 --> 00:21:27,750 Galilee. 497 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,400 And so we see that Jesus himself had told the disciples, he 498 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,960 said, I'm going to go before you. 499 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,840 I'm going to meet you there at Galilee. 500 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:36,560 Meet me there. 501 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,440 And so you just see this alignment. 502 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,680 You see this connection of Jesus being intentional. 503 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,920 He's bringing his 11 disciples together at the Mount of Galilee 504 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,040 into this mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 505 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,760 So then Jesus appears, right? 506 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,360 Finally, right? 507 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,880 He went through this whole process of the disciples. 508 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,240 They had left, some of them had abandoned him. 509 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:58,440 But they all came together and they. 510 00:21:58,440 --> 00:21:58,960 They're found. 511 00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,840 They're finally here. 512 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,160 Christ appears before them. 513 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:05,680 What was their response? 514 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,760 Verse 17, it says, when they saw him, they worshiped him. 515 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,280 You see this common theme, the resurrected savior, Jesus Christ. 516 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,810 The one who had said, if you tear this body down, this temple 517 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:25,610 down, it'll be raised up again in three days. 518 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:26,890 It'll be rebuilt in three days. 519 00:22:28,570 --> 00:22:31,930 The one who had said that, I'm coming to fulfill the Father's will. 520 00:22:32,090 --> 00:22:35,650 I'm the one who has come to fulfill what he has declared all 521 00:22:35,650 --> 00:22:36,250 throughout. 522 00:22:36,490 --> 00:22:37,889 All throughout the past, right? 523 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:41,650 That one seed, that one deliverer who would be that hope? 524 00:22:41,650 --> 00:22:42,730 It was Jesus. 525 00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:45,290 And he said, I'm going to come. 526 00:22:45,450 --> 00:22:46,810 I'm going to live that life. 527 00:22:47,050 --> 00:22:49,050 He gave his life as a ransom for many. 528 00:22:49,930 --> 00:22:50,810 He gave it up willingly. 529 00:22:50,810 --> 00:22:55,410 He said himself, he said, I give my life willingly as a sheep 530 00:22:55,410 --> 00:22:56,610 before her share is his. 531 00:22:56,610 --> 00:22:56,850 Dumb. 532 00:22:56,850 --> 00:22:58,010 He did not open his mouth. 533 00:22:59,290 --> 00:23:00,490 He humbled himself. 534 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:03,250 Philippians 2 talks about how he humbled himself. 535 00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:06,170 And he gave himself for us. 536 00:23:06,410 --> 00:23:07,130 Humbled himself. 537 00:23:07,130 --> 00:23:08,170 The death of the cross. 538 00:23:09,850 --> 00:23:13,210 And these disciples here, all these thoughts, all of these things 539 00:23:14,650 --> 00:23:16,810 here at this time, these disciples are seeing this. 540 00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:18,620 It says, what do they do? 541 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:20,380 They worship him, right? 542 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:21,900 You're risen from the dead. 543 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:22,540 Wow. 544 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:24,140 It actually happened. 545 00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:24,580 It happened. 546 00:23:24,580 --> 00:23:24,980 Some of them. 547 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:25,980 And it says here, though, even. 548 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:28,620 Even back during this time, it says that some of them doubted. 549 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:30,460 Some of them were still doubting. 550 00:23:30,460 --> 00:23:31,620 Some of them were still struggling. 551 00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:32,540 Is this really real? 552 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:33,980 This is. 553 00:23:34,060 --> 00:23:35,260 Did this actually happen? 554 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:37,660 I got a question for you. 555 00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:39,340 Where is your faith with Christ? 556 00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:41,180 Let's put aside. 557 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:45,240 Let's put aside everything that's going on in the world, but 558 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,800 let's take this simple message of the Gospel of Christ. 559 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,200 The death, the burial and the resurrection of Christ. 560 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,200 Are you living in that reality today? 561 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,000 Have you forgotten what Christ has done for you? 562 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,160 And you say, well, of course not. 563 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,360 I mean, it's easy, right? 564 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:06,440 Jesus died on the cross. 565 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,000 He was buried. 566 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,160 He rose again from the dead. 567 00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:12,230 No, but is that resurrection, the eternal life, that hope? 568 00:24:12,550 --> 00:24:16,950 Are you living with the reality that you have a hope in Christ, 569 00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:20,070 that your life is a continual thing? 570 00:24:20,150 --> 00:24:22,390 This isn't the end all be all here, right? 571 00:24:22,390 --> 00:24:25,670 It isn't just, okay, you got saved this one day and then you stop 572 00:24:25,670 --> 00:24:28,110 living for God, then you stop living for the Lord. 573 00:24:28,110 --> 00:24:32,550 No, it is a continual decision, a continual lifestyle decision. 574 00:24:32,630 --> 00:24:35,270 I'm going to continue to obey and to follow Christ. 575 00:24:36,190 --> 00:24:39,510 And you know, Pastor Josh had mentioned back in February, when 576 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:42,150 I was first made aware of this transition here, where it was like, 577 00:24:42,150 --> 00:24:43,790 lord, I love it here. 578 00:24:44,990 --> 00:24:46,670 I love it here at Middletown. 579 00:24:47,630 --> 00:24:49,870 And as we're going through this transition, Joy and I both, 580 00:24:49,870 --> 00:24:53,070 you were like, lord, this is where you're calling us to go. 581 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:57,150 And we have to be obedient to what he tells us to do. 582 00:24:57,470 --> 00:24:59,150 We must obey the message. 583 00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:01,510 And I love the theme this year, Pastor Joshua and preaching 584 00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:05,330 you on the theme of going, going and obeying the Great Commission. 585 00:25:05,410 --> 00:25:06,690 Are you going in your life? 586 00:25:07,650 --> 00:25:08,570 It could be anything. 587 00:25:08,570 --> 00:25:09,890 It could be in your workplace. 588 00:25:10,210 --> 00:25:11,890 It could be in your home with your children. 589 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:14,930 It could be as you get together with some. 590 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:16,610 With some of your friends at a local place. 591 00:25:17,730 --> 00:25:20,450 It could be when you're taking your kids into going grocery shopping, 592 00:25:21,010 --> 00:25:21,410 right? 593 00:25:21,410 --> 00:25:23,090 All throughout your life, the. 594 00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:28,050 The life of following Christ, the life of realizing that this light 595 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:29,100 is not the end. 596 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:29,660 All be all. 597 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:32,180 I must be sharing Christ with other people around me. 598 00:25:32,180 --> 00:25:34,300 I must be obedient by declaring it. 599 00:25:35,420 --> 00:25:37,100 I must be obedient by going. 600 00:25:37,820 --> 00:25:42,900 Verse 18, it says, Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, all 601 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:45,340 power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 602 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:46,900 It's important that I bring that up, right? 603 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:48,940 We're not just going out doing this ourselves. 604 00:25:49,740 --> 00:25:55,500 But it says all, all authority, all power is given unto 605 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:55,820 Christ. 606 00:25:56,350 --> 00:25:57,950 The supreme claim that Christ says. 607 00:25:57,950 --> 00:26:02,510 He says the authority, the right, the jurisdiction, the universal 608 00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:04,190 sovereignty is given to Christ. 609 00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:09,790 And he is commissioning every single one of us to go, every single 610 00:26:09,790 --> 00:26:11,630 one of us to go to fulfill that great Commission. 611 00:26:11,630 --> 00:26:13,230 So where is that for you in your life? 612 00:26:14,190 --> 00:26:16,590 Are you being faithful, leading your families in the home? 613 00:26:17,390 --> 00:26:20,430 Are you being faithful in taking care of your children in your 614 00:26:20,430 --> 00:26:20,550 home? 615 00:26:20,550 --> 00:26:21,350 Are you being faithful? 616 00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:21,670 Maybe. 617 00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:22,590 Maybe you don't have any children. 618 00:26:22,590 --> 00:26:23,710 Maybe you say, you know what? 619 00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:26,430 There is somebody who God's been Putting in my heart. 620 00:26:26,510 --> 00:26:29,070 Maybe it's a spiritual son, maybe it's a spiritual daughter, 621 00:26:29,470 --> 00:26:31,870 maybe it's a spiritual brother, spiritual sister in Christ 622 00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:34,350 that God's been burning on your heart about. 623 00:26:36,190 --> 00:26:39,630 Are you obeying God by being a gospel witness to that person? 624 00:26:40,830 --> 00:26:43,230 You see that person sitting in your workplace. 625 00:26:43,550 --> 00:26:45,070 You see that person discouraged? 626 00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:48,390 You see that maybe get your wife at home, she's exhausted, she's 627 00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:49,720 wiped out, right? 628 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,640 Honey, I'm gonna help you out, right? 629 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:57,480 Being a faithful husband, being faithful wherever God has you 630 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,200 doing in your life. 631 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,560 We see here that we're not just going in our authority, but 632 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,360 we're going in the authority of Christ. 633 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,880 Now we see the Great Commission and this, this is the 634 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:07,600 most exciting part. 635 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,760 I mean, it's all exciting, right? 636 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,960 But here is the really exciting part. 637 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,640 And this is what really is at the core of everything. 638 00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:17,670 For, for this charge for us today. 639 00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:22,110 We see Christ says in verse 19, he says, Go ye therefore and 640 00:27:22,110 --> 00:27:25,270 teach all nations, baptizing them them in the name of the Father 641 00:27:25,510 --> 00:27:29,310 and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all 642 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:30,070 things whatsoever. 643 00:27:30,070 --> 00:27:31,190 I have commanded you. 644 00:27:31,430 --> 00:27:35,350 And lo, I am with you alway even unto the end of the world. 645 00:27:36,150 --> 00:27:37,830 And so we see this Great Commission. 646 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,470 And so people have called it right, this Great Commission. 647 00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:43,980 This is, this is a final command that Christ gives his disciples 648 00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:46,140 to go, go and to declare. 649 00:27:46,140 --> 00:27:47,700 But what does he say to go do, right? 650 00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:49,340 I mean, what am I supposed to do? 651 00:27:49,340 --> 00:27:50,900 He says that go you therefore, right? 652 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:52,140 So what was that first commandment? 653 00:27:52,140 --> 00:27:54,660 Remember back in the context here, what did the angel told the 654 00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:55,460 disciples to do? 655 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:59,780 He told the disciples, he told the ladies to go, right? 656 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:02,580 Now Christ is here commissioning his disciples to say, 657 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:05,620 go, go share the gospel. 658 00:28:06,740 --> 00:28:09,500 When was the last time that you have personally witnessed to 659 00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:13,850 somebody who you saw was in that need of needing a savior in 660 00:28:13,850 --> 00:28:14,170 their life? 661 00:28:14,170 --> 00:28:17,290 Maybe you're in the, maybe in the audience today and you say, you 662 00:28:17,290 --> 00:28:18,730 know what I have. 663 00:28:19,050 --> 00:28:20,010 What is salvation? 664 00:28:20,170 --> 00:28:21,290 What are you talking about? 665 00:28:22,010 --> 00:28:25,570 Well, the gospel is very, very simple to understand, but there is 666 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:27,890 a heavy commitment to it following up after that. 667 00:28:27,890 --> 00:28:28,810 And I'll clarify. 668 00:28:29,690 --> 00:28:31,610 The gospel is simple. 669 00:28:31,770 --> 00:28:35,650 Romans 3, 23 states, for all have sinned and come short of the 670 00:28:35,650 --> 00:28:36,330 glory of God. 671 00:28:36,330 --> 00:28:37,210 Now, who has sinned? 672 00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:38,540 What does that verse say? 673 00:28:38,540 --> 00:28:39,100 There it is. 674 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:41,020 All, all of us have sinned. 675 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:42,020 We've all done bad things. 676 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:44,660 I mean, and there's clearly wrong things going on in our world, 677 00:28:44,660 --> 00:28:44,940 right? 678 00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,100 You can agree with me. 679 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:46,900 There's sin in the world. 680 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:47,740 All have sinned. 681 00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:49,100 Come short of the glory of God. 682 00:28:49,980 --> 00:28:54,140 Romans 6:23 states, the wages of sin is death. 683 00:28:54,940 --> 00:28:56,700 The payment of our sin is death. 684 00:28:57,820 --> 00:28:58,620 And the sin. 685 00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:01,020 That's the, that's all the wrong things that we have done. 686 00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:05,090 Lying, stealing, cheating, adultery. 687 00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:07,090 All those different. 688 00:29:07,170 --> 00:29:08,050 All those different things. 689 00:29:08,050 --> 00:29:09,170 If you've done one of those. 690 00:29:09,170 --> 00:29:12,410 James, the book of James, he says, if you have broken the law 691 00:29:12,410 --> 00:29:15,290 in one point, you're guilty of the entire thing. 692 00:29:15,290 --> 00:29:18,050 I heard an awesome illustration this last week where 693 00:29:18,050 --> 00:29:20,370 you have, you have all these different chains. 694 00:29:20,450 --> 00:29:22,610 It's a chain, different links coming down, right? 695 00:29:22,770 --> 00:29:25,170 And how many links does it take for that chain to break before 696 00:29:25,170 --> 00:29:26,930 you, before you, before you fall? 697 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,730 It only takes one of those links. 698 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:30,880 And that, and that's. 699 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,520 And that's all the different commandments, right? 700 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,280 All the different sins. 701 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,480 If you do one guess what you're guilty of. 702 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:36,880 All of it. 703 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:37,880 That's what the Bible says. 704 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,400 But there's hope. 705 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,640 The wages of our sin is death. 706 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,000 But the gift of God we've been talking about today, the gift of 707 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,360 God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Our Lord. 708 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:49,880 John 3:16. 709 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,640 For God so loved the world. 710 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,360 God so loved every single one of you. 711 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,870 Whether you're here in person, you're watching online, everybody 712 00:29:57,870 --> 00:29:59,750 in the entire world, God loves you. 713 00:30:00,390 --> 00:30:04,870 And God sent his only begotten son for you. 714 00:30:06,470 --> 00:30:08,950 They say, well, that's great, but what do I do with that? 715 00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:12,750 Romans 10, 9, 10 states that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, 716 00:30:12,750 --> 00:30:13,750 the Lord Jesus, right? 717 00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:16,310 You say, lord, I believe that you are God. 718 00:30:17,510 --> 00:30:19,910 Believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead. 719 00:30:20,150 --> 00:30:23,510 I believe, Lord, that you paid for my sins, that you died on the 720 00:30:23,510 --> 00:30:25,190 cross, that you rose again from the dead. 721 00:30:25,610 --> 00:30:28,810 I believe, and I trust in you to be my savior. 722 00:30:31,290 --> 00:30:33,690 I believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead. 723 00:30:33,770 --> 00:30:35,690 Thou shalt be saved. 724 00:30:36,490 --> 00:30:37,690 You could be saved today. 725 00:30:38,330 --> 00:30:40,690 You can be saved before you walk out these doors, before this 726 00:30:40,690 --> 00:30:44,770 live stream cuts off, you can be saved right now by acknowledging 727 00:30:44,770 --> 00:30:46,490 that God saying, lord, I have sinned. 728 00:30:46,730 --> 00:30:49,690 I acknowledge that you are God, that you rose from the dead 729 00:30:49,690 --> 00:30:52,390 and that you paid for my sins on the cross. 730 00:30:53,670 --> 00:30:56,710 Now, also with that, Pastor Johnson mentioned this before recently. 731 00:30:56,710 --> 00:31:00,830 It's been the same idea with me, where just because you get saved, 732 00:31:00,830 --> 00:31:01,910 it doesn't stop there. 733 00:31:01,990 --> 00:31:02,310 Right? 734 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:05,550 And I'm sure, as you know, some newer believers in here, you 735 00:31:05,550 --> 00:31:08,510 think to yourself, oh, okay, what am I supposed to do? 736 00:31:08,510 --> 00:31:08,830 Right? 737 00:31:08,830 --> 00:31:09,910 Well, there's. 738 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:10,950 There's some, thankfully, there's. 739 00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:12,630 There's some easy steps that you can take. 740 00:31:13,510 --> 00:31:15,350 The first step is to get A Bible. 741 00:31:16,150 --> 00:31:17,830 And just to read the Bible for yourself. 742 00:31:17,830 --> 00:31:21,380 The Bible says that thy word is a lamp unto my feet and light 743 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:22,180 unto my path. 744 00:31:22,420 --> 00:31:23,460 How are you Christian? 745 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:25,140 How are you doing in your time with God? 746 00:31:27,060 --> 00:31:27,820 New Christian. 747 00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:28,300 This is. 748 00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:30,740 This is a good first step here to get a Bible. 749 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:32,740 Second thing is this. 750 00:31:33,860 --> 00:31:36,260 Pray, talk to God yourself. 751 00:31:37,060 --> 00:31:40,380 Hebrews 4 talks about it, says that we have a great high priest 752 00:31:40,380 --> 00:31:41,700 who has passed in the heavens. 753 00:31:42,020 --> 00:31:43,460 Jesus, the Son of God. 754 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:45,460 Let us hold fast our profession. 755 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,160 Let us hold fast the calling that God has for us, that we are 756 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,320 sons, we are daughters of a living king, of a living God. 757 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:54,320 He is our father. 758 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,480 Romans 8 talks about that we have this liberty with Christ. 759 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,520 We have this freedom to approach him ourselves. 760 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,200 And so these are some simple steps to take. 761 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,440 We were called to go, and now listen. 762 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,360 So you're reading the Bible for yourself. 763 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,280 You're praying, you're talking to God. 764 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:15,220 But now here's where the next step comes in. 765 00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:16,420 Look at verse 19. 766 00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:18,420 It says, go ye therefore. 767 00:32:18,420 --> 00:32:21,540 Then it says to teach all nations. 768 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:25,660 God is not designed for you as a Christian to sit in your seat and 769 00:32:25,660 --> 00:32:26,820 do nothing else with your life. 770 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:32,740 God has called every single one of us in here to find where God 771 00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:34,660 has us to get plugged in and discernment. 772 00:32:35,540 --> 00:32:37,780 God has called you to get involved. 773 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:39,150 God has called you. 774 00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:40,990 You're a part of the body of Christ. 775 00:32:41,230 --> 00:32:42,550 God has given you a gift. 776 00:32:42,550 --> 00:32:46,950 God has commissioned you in this great commission to go and it 777 00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:48,910 says here to teach all nations. 778 00:32:48,910 --> 00:32:54,790 That literally means there to make disciples, to find people who 779 00:32:54,790 --> 00:32:55,470 you can lead. 780 00:32:55,550 --> 00:32:58,190 Who you can lead them through the gospel and say, here's how you 781 00:32:58,190 --> 00:32:58,830 can be saved. 782 00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:02,270 People who get saved, then after they get saved, take them and 783 00:33:02,270 --> 00:33:03,950 then grow them and disciple them. 784 00:33:04,990 --> 00:33:06,270 See, salvation is just not. 785 00:33:06,430 --> 00:33:07,710 Isn't just the finish line. 786 00:33:07,790 --> 00:33:11,310 We are called to live a life of obedience to him, walking and 787 00:33:11,310 --> 00:33:14,590 knowing God, following God, reading his Word, spending time and 788 00:33:14,590 --> 00:33:16,750 then going and investing in other people around us. 789 00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:19,310 Are you investing in somebody else today? 790 00:33:21,550 --> 00:33:24,270 You as a believer, are you investing in somebody else? 791 00:33:24,270 --> 00:33:27,310 Well, that's kind of hard because once I start telling somebody 792 00:33:27,310 --> 00:33:30,550 else how they're supposed to live their life, what comes back 793 00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:30,990 at you? 794 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:32,920 Well, are you doing that? 795 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:33,240 Right. 796 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,080 So it's a challenge, right? 797 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,400 Just like for these disciples, they're being. 798 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:37,720 They're being commissioned here, right? 799 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,840 This is a very heavy challenge, but it is an encouraging 800 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,200 challenge because you are not doing it in your own authority. 801 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,680 You're doing it in God's authority. 802 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,840 You're doing it with the authority of Christ. 803 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,560 His power in your life, go ye therefore teach all nations. 804 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,440 And then there's an identity that comes in with that, a public 805 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:56,800 identity. 806 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,040 You look at the next part of that verse, it says, baptizing them 807 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,080 in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 808 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,040 And so now there's baptizing, right now there's a public identity. 809 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,040 Okay, so you're saved. 810 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,440 You're learning how to walk with God. 811 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,560 You're committing to coming, to being connected with the church, 812 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:13,880 getting. 813 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,080 Getting plugged in other people. 814 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,320 I want me to learn how to be discipling disciple, to be a disciple 815 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:19,560 and discipling somebody else. 816 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,640 But then there's also a baptism. 817 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,760 And baptism is that public identity that each of us as believers, 818 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:26,600 we're called to do. 819 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:26,920 Why? 820 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:32,339 Because just as these people, right, the angel tells the lady, 821 00:34:32,339 --> 00:34:34,139 Jesus tells his disciples, right, to go. 822 00:34:35,259 --> 00:34:37,659 They're taking a public identity with Christ. 823 00:34:38,379 --> 00:34:41,339 And I'm not sure if you've realized that, but when you receive 824 00:34:41,339 --> 00:34:44,939 Christ as Savior, you are now taking on his identity. 825 00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:48,859 And there have been people in history who have taken on that identity. 826 00:34:48,939 --> 00:34:51,779 They have taken on that this commission, and they have died for 827 00:34:51,779 --> 00:34:52,059 it. 828 00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:54,470 They have died. 829 00:34:55,190 --> 00:34:57,830 And as a result of that, the church. 830 00:34:57,910 --> 00:35:00,750 The church grows in times of persecution, the church has grown 831 00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:04,550 through history of believers who have gone through those hardships 832 00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:08,909 to see how his church comes together, to live for God, to follow 833 00:35:08,909 --> 00:35:11,510 God, to say, look, this brother over here has died. 834 00:35:11,590 --> 00:35:13,150 Let's continue picking up the torch. 835 00:35:13,150 --> 00:35:14,390 Let's keep living the faith. 836 00:35:14,870 --> 00:35:20,360 Let's keep passing on the torch of the gospel and that gospel 837 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,680 message, making disciples and baptism, taking that public identity, 838 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:29,160 coming up here and making your statement to say, I identify with 839 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:29,480 Christ. 840 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,080 If you have not been baptized yet, talk to Pastor Josh. 841 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,840 Make that next step in your life personally for what you need 842 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,200 to do between you and him. 843 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,120 So there's this great commission. 844 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,080 But then look at the. 845 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:43,800 The next part here. 846 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,400 In verse 20, it says, Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 847 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,400 I've commanded you. 848 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,360 And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. 849 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,040 And I should make. 850 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,000 I should make that a point. 851 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,480 The first part of verse 20, there we're saying, teaching them 852 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,959 to observe all things whatsoever I've commanded you. 853 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:04,120 Everything that Christ has shown to you, everything that you 854 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,840 have learned in your own walk with Him. 855 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,160 God wants you to share that with others. 856 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,200 And so teaching them to observe all these things. 857 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:15,420 The last part of verse 20, he says, Lo, I am with you alway, even 858 00:36:15,420 --> 00:36:21,860 unto the end of this constant, unbroken presence, you have Christ 859 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:26,380 once again as that great high priest, that faithful God who will 860 00:36:26,380 --> 00:36:26,820 lead you. 861 00:36:26,820 --> 00:36:27,940 He will guide you. 862 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:29,100 He will strengthen you. 863 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:31,620 When you're weak, he will lead you. 864 00:36:32,020 --> 00:36:35,820 When you have times of loss in your life, he will fill the void 865 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:36,340 in your life. 866 00:36:36,420 --> 00:36:36,900 His love. 867 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:37,940 He'll fill you with his love. 868 00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:39,490 He'll fill you with his peace. 869 00:36:39,650 --> 00:36:43,210 He'll fill you with the ability to keep moving on for what 870 00:36:43,210 --> 00:36:44,130 he's called you to do. 871 00:36:45,810 --> 00:36:48,490 When a commander gives his final orders before departing, the 872 00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:49,490 troops carry them out. 873 00:36:50,050 --> 00:36:53,810 Matthew 28 is Jesus's final earthly words to his followers here. 874 00:36:53,810 --> 00:36:57,970 And he comes wrapped in his resurrection, glory, unwavering authority 875 00:36:57,970 --> 00:37:01,930 and unfailing presence of our great commander in chief, Jesus Christ 876 00:37:01,930 --> 00:37:02,450 himself. 877 00:37:05,020 --> 00:37:06,740 There's three different truths here tonight. 878 00:37:06,740 --> 00:37:08,940 I want to emphasize these things as we're wrapping up here. 879 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,740 Number one, the tomb is empty. 880 00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:13,500 Believe it. 881 00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:15,820 Believe it and talk about it. 882 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:17,740 Don't be ashamed of the gospel. 883 00:37:17,980 --> 00:37:19,020 Romans 1:16. 884 00:37:19,020 --> 00:37:21,500 Paul said, I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. 885 00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:25,260 For it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, 886 00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:28,780 everyone that believeth you believe Christ as Savior. 887 00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:32,060 You have his power in your life to do what he wants you to do 888 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:33,850 to fulfill that great commission. 889 00:37:33,930 --> 00:37:34,650 Number two. 890 00:37:35,530 --> 00:37:38,810 The world will lie and the world does lie. 891 00:37:39,930 --> 00:37:42,010 But we are called to stand firm. 892 00:37:42,490 --> 00:37:48,609 We are called to stand firm in grace, in humility, but to stand 893 00:37:48,609 --> 00:37:49,770 firm with the truths. 894 00:37:49,930 --> 00:37:50,330 Not. 895 00:37:50,490 --> 00:37:56,050 Not compromising on what the Bible says and not compromising on 896 00:37:56,050 --> 00:37:56,530 the Gospel. 897 00:37:56,530 --> 00:37:59,370 Not compromising on this commission that God has given us. 898 00:38:00,250 --> 00:38:02,890 And lastly, the king reigns. 899 00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:04,650 Jesus reigns. 900 00:38:05,130 --> 00:38:07,370 He is the King of kings, the Lord of lords. 901 00:38:07,930 --> 00:38:12,450 And one day we're all going to gather together with him, with him 902 00:38:12,450 --> 00:38:15,210 for all eternity to be able to praise and worship him. 903 00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:20,570 Beloved, our time together in this place is coming to an end. 904 00:38:20,810 --> 00:38:24,330 But the mission does not stop until he comes. 905 00:38:24,730 --> 00:38:26,970 Live in the resurrection of the power of Christ. 906 00:38:27,730 --> 00:38:30,050 Go, obey and trust Him. 907 00:38:30,610 --> 00:38:31,650 And we meet again. 908 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,930 Whether it's here in this life or if it's not, until glory. 909 00:38:35,250 --> 00:38:41,530 May he find us, each of us being faithful to sharing and declaring 910 00:38:41,530 --> 00:38:43,810 and living out that gospel message. 911 00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:45,890 Let's pray. 912 00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:48,930 Dear Father, I thank you so much for this passage. 913 00:38:48,930 --> 00:38:52,490 Lord, I thank you for this encouraging, these encouraging words, 914 00:38:52,490 --> 00:38:53,970 Lord, that we find of how you. 915 00:38:53,970 --> 00:38:56,850 You rose from the dead, Lord, that message that you called these 916 00:38:56,850 --> 00:38:59,600 disciples here, Lord, these ladies to go and tell. 917 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,760 And I pray that you please help us, Lord, to be faithful to 918 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,640 kind of that gospel message to those around us. 919 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,320 Jesus name I pray. 920 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,720 Thank you again for listening to the Middletown Baptist Church 921 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,920 Podcast I hope that this sermon has been a blessing for you. 922 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,840 If you would like to find out more information about our church 923 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,320 or this sermon, you can find us at middletownbaptistchurch.org 924 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,940 or find us on Facebook or YouTube. 925 00:39:25,010 --> 00:39:30,850 You you can also email me directly at Josh massaro@middletownbaptistchurch.com. 926 00:39:31,330 --> 00:39:34,770 if you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and follow 927 00:39:34,770 --> 00:39:37,650 along for future podcast and updates. 928 00:39:38,290 --> 00:39:39,250 Thank you so much. 929 00:39:39,490 --> 00:39:40,210 God Bless. 930 00:39:40,450 --> 00:39:41,730 Have a wonderful day.