The Ressurection and the Supper

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Introduction

On this day, October 16th, 1555, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned at the stake in Oxford. What was the reason?

Predominantly because they preached against the Popish Mass and for the right administration of the Lord’s Supper.

As the fires were being lit, Latimer looked at his friend and said, “Be of good comfort Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day by God’s grace light such a fire in England that I trust it shall never be put out.”

These men were the forerunners of the Puritans, whom God has used so mightily to bless His church even to this day. May God raise up courageous men like these today.

God Ordains our steps, long before we intend to make them. Today is no different, We traditionally have the Lord’s Supper on the 4th Sunday and today as wee open up the Bible to Chapter 8 you’ll see what Jesus would have us know.

Text

Mark 8:31–33 ESV

31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Background/observations

So Jesus had just announced that the confession of faith shall not fail and that they were not to tell anyone yet at this time. (27-30) And he breaks into predicting the future and what will be done and what will happen. You can imagine the nature of this. Peter who is the witness of this gospel is telling this to Mark. Can you imagine his thoughts as he recalled him pulling the Lord aside to Rebuke him and then Jesus using such strong language to point to his actions?

Outline

READ!!!! I want to 4 Major Points today

POINT - He then reveals the very near future (31) - Demonstrates the command/ Knowledge of the future -

DOCTRINE - OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD, DEITY OF CHRIST

APPLICATION -You can trust this text, this saviour, he knows whats around the corner

POINT - Suffer, Reject, and killed - These things are done to Jesus by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed”

DOCTRINE - He had to shed his blood to make atonement

APPLICATION - are you doing these things as well

POINT - Spoke plainly of what is going to happen (32) - This wasn’t hidden like the Parables

APPLICATION - This becomes the normative practice of the disciples and is the best way for the church going further. Do this today.

POINT - Men, Satan, and the Resurrection - Satan and man try to intervene to stop the plan of God, through Peter (33)

APPLICATION -Satan is trying to intervene in the work of God today. Set your Mind on the things of God - it’ll bring more joy to your life

He then reveals the very near future

Jesus knows the future, he explains in simply and clearly

The Doctrine of God Omniscience

It should now be obvious that the extent of God’s knowledge is universal. God controls the whole course of nature and history (see above and chaps. 4, 14, and 15) and controls everything by a wise plan (chap. 16). He is the “author” of the text of history (chap. 8). His wise plan constitutes knowledge—knowledge of everything, omniscience.41 His knowledge is just as extensive as his lordship. As we saw in the last section, his control, authority, and presence are universal and therefore presuppose universal knowledge.

Our confession of God’s omniscience is not based only on the above arguments. Scripture states it quite explicitly and often:

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;

his understanding has no limit. (Ps. 147:5)

[Peter] said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” (John 21:17; cf. 2:24–25)

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (Heb. 4:12–13)

For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:20)

Application: You can trust God with tomorrow, with your life, God is not surprised, God is a safe tower to draw to.

Jesus being the 2nd member of the trinity shares this with his father and is trustworthy with your life

Suffer, Reject, and killed

When you read these words they read of a man allowing these things to happen to him. God could have prevented the murder of his son, yet he didn’t. This text read like a person who had these things done to him.

Jesus literally allowed this to happen to him on our behalf. This God was walking on the water, healing and being ministered by angels and now he is being taken in hand by wicked men.

Look at those who did these actions, “the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes” these men should have been the ones leading the way to crown him, but instead they were used of God to kill our Lord

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume Mark 8:27–38

He looked upon his death only as a martyrdom, like that of the prophets, which he thought might be prevented, if either he would take a little care not to provoke the chief priests, or to keep out of the way; but he knew not that the thing was necessary for the glory of God, the destruction of Satan, and the salvation of man, that the Captain of our salvation must be made perfect through sufferings, and so must bring many sons to glory.

Psalm 118:22–23 ESV

22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

Acts 4:11–12 ESV

11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

God crushed his own son for you and me. Jesus was willing to suffer on our behalf, willing to be rejected on our behalf, willing ot die on our behalf.

We do everything in our power to not suffer, we do everything in our power to not feel rejection, we do everything to prevent death. Yet God didn’t spare his son such afflictions because of his love for you and I

You know what rejection feels like, so does Jesus. The very people who should loved him most wanted him dead, his own blood family tried to stop his ministry

EXPLAIN THE PENAL SUBSTITUTION NEEDED

Speak Plainly

This point is more a principle of discipleship, but also explains a bit of how the Lord interacts with his disciples

when he taught the people he taught hem plainly, or confidently or simply. It was not with any flurish it was so that these hard working guys would be able to understand what he was saying.

When we come to scripture we must be clear, plain, and confident.

There was a man who collected guns, he had dozens, but he was asked do you ever take them out to shoot or hunt? And he said no he just collects them to show them off. Christians do the same with the Bible we often have a dozen or so in our homes, but we show them off instead of working to understand them. What good is a gun that is never fired, what good is the word that is never read?

That means you should study your word.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV

15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

In today’s age you have no excuse to prevent you from studying the word, you can even listen to it while you work!

The more you put God’s word in the more the dalt and light of God come out of you.

Studying the word means thinking on it and treasuring it all the day

Treasure God’s word so deeply that if a surgeon was to operate on you he would find written in gold God’s word on your heart!

Then with that treasure share it, learn how to speak to those you regularly encounter with it. Could you share the gospel with a child? Could you share it with a man who is blue collar, white collar, a mom. Would that person get it?

Do you know it enough to speak confidently? If you don’t then you need to take up and read this book, you need to seek God and ask him for a hunger for his word. You need to come out of a passive back slidden state and cherish God’s word as you cherish your own life.

Do you want to see a change in your life? Then you’ve been a way forward. Apply and you will be changed, you want to take next steps with your family take, read, and apply! Our nation Take, read, and apply.

If your not sure what something means speak with me I’ll help point you in the right direction!

Become Confident with God’s word.

Men, Satan, and the Resurrection

Satan

through Peter try’s to stop the Lord, Jesus sees right through this. Peter takes the devils position trying to stop the act of salvation for men. They wanted to pull JEsus aside to stop him from such percived sillyness, but they didn’t understand.

Satan does this still today. He will use the actions of men to stop those around us from seeing Jesus from grabbing onto salvation. When you’re sharing the faith know that and invisible enemy is also out there trying to intervene. He always has been Gen. 3:15

Genesis 3:15 ESV

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

He was destined to bit the heal, but also destined to be crushed.

Mankind

But it doesn’t stop at Satan we, Mankind also do this

Look at Peter’s actions he quickly goes to correct the Lord about his death, but he is wrong. The Bible is clear about this

1 Corinthians 1:18–25 ESV

18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Man does not get the wisdom of God, Die to live? This truth is perishing to us. But listen to the text We’re being saved by the power of God. Just like the blind man is made to see we’re being saved. God does is, and he does it through a devise of murder and shame, he does it on a tree that was the must cursed way to die to a Jew, on a Cross which was the most feared and gruesome way to die to the gentile.

He dies and rises again instead of conquering offending the Jew.

He yells it is finished instead of bringing some enlightenment offending the Greek/Gentile.

Today he still over turns the wisdom of the haves, the rulers, the bureaucrats, the planners, the busy bodies. His cross is folly to them that are dying.