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Introduction - Are You Certain?
Introduction - Are You Certain?
The other day, I had an email come in about an upcoming event.
I sent it to Julie with a note that saying we should do it.
She comes over to my office here a bit later and asks me what I meant by it.
It seems that the way I wrote it made it seem like I was accusing her for a mistake because it wasn’t on our calendar.
I meant, “I don’t see anything else on our calendar - we should go!”
We laughed and I thanked her later for the sermon illustration.
Then, we were looking something and the description was “scrambled eggs and rotating meat” as in the selection rotates.
I read it as “rotting” meats and said that we aren’t going anywhere with rotting meats.
Again, Julie clarified my misunderstanding and we laughed and I was secretly relieved that no one was serving rotting meat.
We live in a world that is filled with misunderstanding and confusion.
This uncertainty leads to a life filled with anxiety and frustration.
One of the things our culture
And on this weekend when our taxes are due (actually next Tuesday, April 17th) - an article from the New York Post says even that isn’t certain.
And while I’ll admit that there are things that we may never know - there are things we can be certain of.
In 2016, approximately 45% of all American didn’t pay any federal income taxes.
Life may be uncertain, but within the uncertainty, there are things we can be absolutely certain of.
The love of Jesus Christ and his resurrection from the Dead is one of them.
At the end of November 2015, we started out on a journey in Luke’s Gospel and we looked at
Now, I’m not here to make a political statement on that,
Notice there at the end - Luke wanted his benefactor Theophilus to be certain about what he had been taught.
And now, today, we are at the end of our time in Luke’s Gospel, I want to show you today that Luke is bringing this idea of certainty through to end of Luke’s writing as well
The Resurrection is PHYSICAL (vs.
36-43)
EX - Despite the Disciples misunderstanding, we can be certain Jesus rose PHYSICALLY from the dead.
When Jesus came into the room, the disciples were confused and scared - they though they had seen a ghost!
But Jesus is quick to dispel this idea - and he asks them a question “Why are you troubled and why do doubts arise in your hearts?”
One thing we should notice in is that every step of the way, the followers of Jesus were asked questions to clarify their hearts.
To bring clarity and certainty to what they were experiencing.
These questions serve to point out their misconceptions and confusion about the events surrounding the resurrection.
What we need to see is that Jesus is meeting the disciples where they are at.
There is a lesson for us there - it’s ok to
And he is correcting their misunderstandings about his teaching, his role and the very nature of God’s Kingdom.
But in this case, we need to see that Jesus is saying, “Look, I really rose from the dead.
I am physical.”
We see that he invites them to touch him and be certain that He is really there.
We see that Jesus hungers - he wants something to eat.
So they give him fish.
We see that Jesus wanted them to be certain so we too could be certain that Jesus physically rose from the dead
I can only hope that we won’t put on weight in the new kingdom!
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AP - Because the Resurrection is physical, our future is certain.
Friends, this means that our future is a physical one.
And that our bodies will not rot in the grave forever.
When we trust in Christ for the forgiveness of sins, we know that our future is not the grave but instead a resurrected body and the joy of the presence of Jesus for all eternity.
So many of us fear the future - or we worry about the future.
But we don’t need to worry or fear the future.
We don’t need to worry or fear death.
Because we aren’t going to stay in the grave forever.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ reminds us that our future isn’t a tomb or a grave or a crypt.
It’s a new body on the new earth worshipping the risen Christ.
Of that we can be certain.
If you are trusting in Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, that is your future - and you have nothing to worry about.
The Resurrection was PROMISED (vs.44-45)
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The Resurrection is to be PROCLAIMED (vs.46-53)
EX - Again, Jesus takes the disciples to his teaching and to the Scriptures
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We talked about this in depth last week - and if you missed that sermon, I encourage you to go back and listen to it.
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But I want you to see that once again, where Jesus takes the disciples is remind them that everything Jesus taught was prophesied generations before.
AP - Make no mistake, the resurrection is to be proclaimed to all the nations.
And this includes the resurrection.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ was promised by Jesus both in his teaching while on earth AND in the pages of Scripture recorded generations before.
And it is a promise and certainty you can take to the bank - kind of like this story.
Conclusion - what difference does the Resurrection make?
IL - Keeping Her Word
Ann Landers tells the story about a man who all his life, every time he got paid took $20 out of his paycheck and put it under his mattress.
Then he got sick and was about to die.
As he was dying, he said to his wife, “I want you to promise me one thing.”
“Promise what?” she asked.
“I want you to promise me that when I'm dead you will take my money from under the mattress and put it in my casket so that I can take it all with me.”
He died, and his wife kept her promise.
She went in and got all that money the day he died and went to the bank and deposited it, and wrote out a check and put it in his casket.”
AP - Because God kept this promise, we can trust Him to keep the rest.
Now, that is a funny story - and I have not a clue how true it truly is.
But the truth is this, we can be certain that Jesus will keep all his promises.
Every.
Single.
One.
Friends, for those who have trusted in Jesus Christ as their Savior, we have a New Testament that contains over 1100 promises.
And Jesus Christ has kept, is keeping or will keep every last one of them.
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So, we need to trust him and take him at his word - be certain that he is telling us the truth!
This is why we have hope and not fear.
This is why we have purpose and passion in life.
The Resurrection is to be PROCLAIMED (vs.46-51)
IL - No Hope In the Future
Halford Luccock writes in his book, Unfinished Business, “One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff.
The town was to be flooded, as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built.
In the months before it was to be flooded, all improvements and repairs in the whole town were stopped.
Why repair anything when the whole village was to be wiped out?
So, week by week, the whole town became more and more bedraggled, more gone to seed, more woebegone.
Then he added by way of explanation: “Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.””
EX - Jesus has one last lesson to teach the disciples so they could be certain of their new calling.
We’ve spent a lot of time talking about misunderstandings the past couple of weeks.
And, I hope you see that I’m making a case that all of Luke’s Gospel is correcting misunderstandings and bringing certainty.
Remember - waaaaay back in December of 2015 we looked at this verse
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