Easter 2020

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Welcome

First off, let me welcome everyone to this morning’s livestream—thanks for watching; I’m glad you all have been able to connect to the livestream. I’m going to start off by either refreshing you memory of the past two messages and what reflections occured during each day of this past week or if you were unable to view those videos from before, I might just be informing you of what you’ve missed and what reflections occured during each day this past week.
So, I started posting videos on Sunday, April 5th, which was Palm Sunday
In that video, I preached a message about the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem utilizing Luke 19:28-40 to show how Jesus fulfills prophecy and in doing so, he keeps his promises. Which ultimately, means that we can trust him and we can know that he’ll return and that those who believe are truly saved because he is a promise-keeping God. That Sunday, I also emphasized what worship is and how we ought to worship Jesus.
Throughout the week, various churches have been reflecting on different aspects of the week leading up to the Resurrection of Jesus, including:
Monday, which is typically utilized to reflect on Jesus’ cleansing of the temple.
Tuesday, which is utilized to reflect on Jesus’ conflict with the Pharisees and Sadducees and the Olivet Discourse, which is essentially a sermon by Jesus about the end times.
Wednesday evening, we looked at the woman who pours expensive ointment all over Jesus and we contrasted that to the lack of worship of Judas. I essentially explained that the woman’s willingness to utilize the best she could afford, utilize all of it, and worship Jesus is in stark contrast to Judas’ betrayal and unwillingness to follow what Jesus had taught. I encouraged that we all worship Jesus like this woman worshiped Jesus and to be sure that we don’t have false concepts and ideas of what we think God is like—which is exactly what Judas did and why he refused to follow along with Jesus’ plans.
Thursday, is typically utilized to celebrate the Lord’s Supper
Friday, is typically the day set aside to reflect on the crucifixion
And Saturday, is sort of that waiting period between days in which we continue reflecting on the crucifixion, but we’re also reminded of the coming resurrection of Jesus Christ.
And of course, all of this is organized with the hope that as the week progressed to today, we would all reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross to act as a substitutionary atonement for the sins of mankind. All of this, was to lead us to today, in which we reflect and then we celebrate everything that Jesus had done to reconcile us to the Father.

Scripture Reading

1 Cor 15:1-19, explains a little bit about why the resurrection of Jesus Christ is such an important doctrine to the church, and because of that reason, I wanted to read that passage before we pray, and I preach from Matthew 28.
Paul says this about the resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:1–19 ESV
1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Prayer

Pray for those that are suffering from COVID-19
Pray for our doctors, nurses, and all essential workers
Pray for continued spiritual growth in an uncertain time
Pray for the message
Pray for wisdom
Pray for the truth to glorify God

Sermon

I think we all know the topic of this morning’s sermon. In fact, I would argue that it would probably be foolish of me to attempt to preach anything other than the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on a day that emphasizes the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. So, let’s jump straight into the passage for this morning. I’m preaching from Matthew 28, which is a little longer than most people are used to, but I think it’ll help us see the resurrection and how we ought to respond to the resurrection in a clear manner that will motivate us to worship Jesus and love him more for what he has done for us.
Matthew 28 ESV
1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” 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 tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” 11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day. 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
As we study this passage, we’ll look at it in three parts: (1) Vs. 1-10, will focus on the resurrection itself, (2) Vs. 11-15, will focus on the reaction of those who refused to believe, and (3) Vs. 16-20, focuses on the reaction of those who did believe and the Great Commission given to all believers.
All of this should help us understand (1) what the purpose of the resurrection is and (2) how we should respond to the resurrection.

Vs. 1-10 - The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1–10 ESV
1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” 8 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” 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 tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Vs. 1-5, helps set the scene for us: we find ourselves coming into this account of the resurrection, after the Sabbath, which would’ve been Saturday, and it is the beginning of the first day of the week, Sunday. Matthew points out that this event happens toward the dawn, simply put, the sun is coming up and Mary Magdalen and the other Mary went to see the tomb. (for those that are curious, Matthews statement, “The other Mary,” according to Mark refers to “Mary, the mother of James,” who would be Jesus’ earthly mother).
Matthew doesn’t tell us why they’re going to the tomb, which probably infers that Matthew doesn’t think their reason for going is important, but Mark does mention that the women are going to the tomb in order to anoint the body, which if you remember from Wednesday, there are a few reasons why anointing with spices and oils is done in the Bible, one of those reasons is for dead bodies and they would do this essentially to prevent the body from smelling as it decomposed in the tomb. So, these women are going to the tomb to take care of Jesus’ body.
And Vs. 2, tells us that there’s a great earthquake, which is caused by an angel of the Lord descending from heaven and rolling back the stone.
And just as a side-note, it’s clear from this passage and multiple other passages that angels do not look like fat babies floating on clouds.
Because Vs. 3, says that this angels appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.
And just like when the angels announce the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in the field (which by the way, makes the birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus come full circle) the appearance of the angel is so awesome that the people respond in fear. Vs. 4, “And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.”
I’m not certain if “became like dead men” means that they were paralyzed by fear or if they passed out—if it is simply that they passed out, then everything that happens between now and Vs. 11, is unknown to them—they were unconscious when that happened.
If they were paralyzed, they could still have possibly seen everything that happens after this point, which might add some validity to their claim later, when they talk to the chief priests, but more on that in a few minutes.
But then he makes this statement to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.”
So, the angel is aware that his presence is enough to strike fear in the people. And we can see it because the guards are seasoned, Roman soldiers—and yet the appearance of the angel terrifies them.
The angel says, “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” And there’s really two points that I want to make when it comes to this statement:
“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.” - The angel is clear with this point, and I’m trying to make it as clear as possible, He is not here, just like he said. Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves when he spoke of his resurrection:
And my first thought, comes to the religious rulers that come to Pontius Pilate right after Jesus’ death and right after Jesus was put in the tomb, and this is actually the whole reason why there was a Roman guard guarding the tome.. I think of this, because it shows that Jesus’ claim that he would be resurrected, was common knowledge, even to his enemies.
Prior to this, Matthew 17:22-23, Jesus makes this statement about himself, that “the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.”
John 2:19-21, right after Jesus cleanses the temple and the Jews ask him what type of sign does he have to prove that he had the authority to do what he did in the temple, and Jesus makes this statement. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.”
It’s clear, that a consistent theme that we get throughout the passion week and even today, is the reliability of God by fulfilling what he has said that he would.
We see that reliability in the way that Jesus fulfilled prophecy even in instances where he couldn’t have caused the prophecies to occur—like his birth, like some of the details of his crucifixion—the fact that he was crucified between common criminals, the fact that his legs weren’t broken (which was customary for crucifixion), and the fact that he was buried in a rich man’s tomb all fulfilled prophetic statement from the Old Testament.
So, even in this moment, when the angel makes this statement, “he is not here, for he has risen, just like he said.” it is to pull our attention to the fact that Jesus is reliable and the fact that he is no longer in the tomb is a testament to his reliability.
And to just solidify the fact that he isn’t in the tomb, he tells them to “Come, see the place where he lay.”
Which, just as a side-point, I hope you realize that Jesus didn’t need the tomb to be opened for him to walk out of it. If you remember in Luke and John after his resurrection, the Bible tells us that he went to show himself to the disciples who had locked themselves in a room because they were afraid that the Pharisees would come for them, and Jesus didn’t need to open the locked door—in fact, we don’t actually know how Jesus got into the room, but he certainly didn’t rely on an angel opening it this time.
The tomb was opened for the women to see that Jesus was truly risen.
This paragraph ends with the women running from the tomb to the disciples and it says that the women were departing from the tomb with great fear and great joy to tell the disciples and on their journey from the tomb to Galilee, they see the resurrected Jesus
In Vs. 9, he simply says, “Greetings!” and the women fall at his feet and worship him. Now I want you to remember the women’s reaction, because I’ll refer back to it later in the application.
Remember, these women see the resurrected Jesus, and their first reaction is to worship him.
And he simply sends them on their way to tell the disciples to go to Galilee.
Vs. 1-10, gave us a fairly simple account of the women coming to the tomb and we’re starting to see the reaction of some of the people—with the women automatically bowing down in worship. Vs. 11-15, might seem like it’s off topic, but remember this account actually started off talking about the guards being placed by the Romans and the Jewish leaders, so in reality, we’re going back to the original story and this is actually going to show us a little bit about how unbelievers, particularly unbelievers with nefarious intentions behave.

Vs. 11-15 - The Reaction of Unbelievers

Matthew 28:11–15 ESV
11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
Some of the guards return to the city to tell the chief priests what had happened. I’m not entirely sure why they felt that they needed to tell the chief priests, because in reality, they are Roman soldiers and Rome is in charge of them.
It could possibly be because they recognized that their commanders would’ve assumed that they had fallen asleep on the job—because if you think about it, a regular Roman commander is probably not going to believe that a person was resurrected. They would assume that since the Jewish people had asked for the guard to be placed their because they assumed the disciples would steal the body—that that is exactly what happened.
The guard fell asleep, the disciples sneaked in and stole the body—and in the Roman military, falling asleep on the job, resulted in the guard’s death.
Now, I’m assuming that the guards must’ve remembered something about what had happened—remember that brief conversation about whether or not they passed out or if they were paralyzed from fear?
This is where that matters, because if they were paralyzed they might’ve seen what else had happened and heard the conversation between the angel and the women; if they were unconscious, then obviously, the only thing they would’ve remembered, is the earthquake and seeing the angel initially.
Regardless, whatever they told the chief priests had to have been worrisome enough for the priests to want to buy the soldiers off.
And whatever they told the chief priests had to have been worth enough for the chief priests to assure safety from the governor.
All of this to say, that the unbelieving Jewish leadership, despite being the very people that you would have assumed knew the Old Testament well enough that they could tell that Jesus was the Messiah
Rejected Jesus
Murdered Jesus
And lied to protect themselves and trick the people into not following Jesus.
So far this morning, we’ve seen the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the initial proclamation of his resurrection, we’ve seen how the two women react to that proclamation, and we’ve seen how the unbelieving Chief Priests reacted to Jesus’ resurrection. Now, let’s take the remaining time and look at Vs. 16-20, before we switch into application.

Vs. 16-20 - The Reaction of Believers and the Great Commission

Matthew 28:16–20 ESV
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
The remaining 11 disciples went to Galilee, which means they got the message from the women. And immediately, Vs. 17, when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.
So the immediate reaction of the disciples, much like the immediate reaction of the women at the tomb is to simply fall down in worship and that is the appropriate response that happens anytime a heavenly, spiritual being is seen by human beings—that’s why almost every time an angel is seen in Scripture, the first words the angels typically say is, “do not be afraid” and in the case of Revelation, when John sees an angel and he falls on his face, the angel has to stop him from worshiping him.
Our first reaction to Jesus, ought to be worship.
But there’s a small phrase that might seem concerning to you, “but some doubted.”
And it should be concerning to you, because it seems as if some of his disciples didn’t believe, but if they didn’t actually believe that Jesus was physically in their presence, what would have caused them to worship him?
This isn’t actually talking about saving faith, when it says that some doubted. This is a different type of doubt. This sort of doubt, that’s utilized in other passages of Scripture like James 1, that talks about not having doubts when we pray for wisdom—it isn’t concerning whether or not a person is saved, it concerns whether or not a person has certainty about something, If you need another example, think of Jesus walking on the water, coming towards the boat, when Peter walks out to join him on the water, when Peter falls into the water, and Jesus pulls him out, what does Jesus say? “Oh ye of little faith, why did you doubt?”
Peter had faith, though Jesus says it was a little bit of faith—it was the storm that he wasn’t certain of.
Just as a side-note, doubt is not a bad thing. We can be uncertain about certain points of our faith and in fact, the Bible tells us that we will never know all things. Doubt can actually be a good thing, if it forces you to seek answers in the right places. Doubt can be helpful, but we must be willing to do something with the doubt and not allow it to fester within us. It is when doubt festers, that people tend to leave the faith.
So, in this case, in a case where they have doubt and yet they still worship Jesus, it could just be uncertainty in what they’re seeing. RT France made this statement about this verse:
Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary v. Jesus Alive and Sovereign (28:16–20)

This famous phrase should not be taken as implying that some of the eleven ultimately refused to believe, but that some (like Thomas in John 20:24–28) took longer to accept the reality of the resurrection than others. The verb distazo- does not denote a settled unbelief, but a state of uncertainty and hesitation (cf. 14:31, its only other use in the New Testament)

Regardless of the doubt, in this case, Jesus doesn’t address it. Instead, he makes this statement in Vs. 18, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
Jesus claims universal authority over all creation—which by the way, is something he can only do if he is God.
And it brings us to the climax of Matthew’s gospel
Because Jesus has all authority, he is able and he has the right to issue orders, and this is the order that he gives to the disciples and by extension that he gives to all believers.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
This is what we call the great commission, and it isn’t just “go and tell people about Jesus,” its clearly more than that, so let me explain.
What does the Bible mean when it says, “make disciples?”
A disciple is more than just a recent convert to Christianity, the term “disciple” infers someone who follows or is a student of.
So we are to make disciples from every nation—disciples of what? Disciples of Jesus, I know that from the next phrase, “baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
So this is more than just the initial decision to believe in Jesus, this is also talking about helping people along the process of becoming more like Jesus Christ.
Starting with baptism, which is the individual making the public announcement that they believe and are going to follow Jesus
And continuing with Vs 20, by teaching them to observe all that [Jesus] has commanded us.”
The idea of making disciples is to (1) confront them with the gospel and (2) if they come to know Jesus Christ as their savior, walk with them, teach them what the word of God says, and help them to become followers, students of Jesus Christ.
And before you say, “I can’t possibly do that,” Jesus has a response for you
“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age”
What does that mean? It means that when you do present the Gospel to someone, Jesus is there; if you feel like you’re jumbling all the words and nothing you say seems to be coming out right, Jesus is there (Luke 12:12 tells us that the Holy Spirit will teach us what to say)
Don’t worry about being amazing at presenting the gospel and don’t worry about having a system for turning someone into a disciple
Simply do what the Bible says, and do your best to make disciples and the Holy Spirit will take care of the rest
Oh, but I will say, you can’t make disciples, if you aren’t a disciple yourself—keep that in mind as we move to application.

Application

Now, we’ve looked at this passage in a few different ways:
Starting primarily with the resurrection and we spent a significant amount of time just talking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but we didn’t leave it just at talking about the resurrection
We also spent some time comparing and contrasting the reactions of believers and unbelievers in this passage to the news of the resurrection
So, let’s start thinking about our own lives:
Do we actually believe in Jesus Christ? Do we believe that Jesus was sent to be born of a virgin; lived a perfect, sinless life; in order to be nailed to a killed on a cross for the substitutionary atonement of all who believe in him?
The Bible requires us to believe in order to be saved, in fact Romans 10:9-10 specifically says, “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” - Romans 10:9-10 ESV
Do you believe?
Might I suggest, that if you are an unbeliever, that you take some time today, to reflect on why you don’t believe?
Sometimes, like the chief priests in Matthew 28, our lack of belief is simply because we refuse to believe
And there are a number of reasons why we might want to refuse to believe:
Someone hurt us, someone who was supposed to be a great Christian offended us—might I suggest, your eternal life with Jesus isn’t worth losing because someone during this life offended you.
We might reject Jesus, because we don’t completely understand Christianity—let me suggest, that that is part of the reason why the church exists? To answer questions and to lead people to Jesus—and any church that is worth its salt has pastors, elders, deacons, and regular members, that want to answer your questions—if they don’t, don’t go to that church.
And there are hundreds if not thousands of other issues that we might have—so let me encourage you, to find someone spiritually mature and seek support and help when it comes to your spiritual life; let me encourage you, to pick up a copy of Scripture and read it for yourself (possibly starting with John’s gospel); and let me encourage you to not allow issues in life to discourage you from seeking God.
Now, if you are a believer—as in, you’ve repented from your sins and you claim to follow Jesus Christ, like Romans 10:9-10 says.
Do you live like a disciple? Which means this:
To live like a disciple means that we worship Jesus
Does your life reflect the life of a person who worships Jesus with all their heart, soul, mind, and spirit?
We’re told in John 4 that we are to worship God in spirit and in truth—which means, we need to know the truth by internalizing Scripture and our worship of Jesus must come from within and cannot consist of mere outward appearance.
And James gives a strong sense of what practical Christianity looks like, so our lives ought to reflect what James says as well.
To live like a disciple means that we serve Jesus
The implication of serving Jesus extends past the church walls—perhaps God is utilizing this time when we can’t gather as believers in our comfortable church buildings to remind us that the commission that we studied about today extends past the church walls. That our faith needs to be more than just Sunday morning and Wednesday evening.
If you serve Jesus, that also means that you serve those around you—because we are to love those whom Jesus loves. In our current state, that might mean, we need to go out of our way to make sure our neighbors are ok and we might need to buy them groceries and supplies.
That also means, that once this quarantine is over, we should still check in with our neighbors and offer them help and show them the love of Jesus Christ.
To live like a disciple means that we are witnesses of Jesus
Because we’ve seen the power of Jesus in our own lives, we ought to share what we know of Jesus
Which brings me to my last application point, if you’re a believer, are you actively involved in making disciples? Because the command to go an make disciples of every nation extends to all believers, not just the disciples in Matthew.
Can you think of people in your life, that you know don’t believe in Jesus Christ? Have you reached out to them?
Do they know that you’re a disciple of Jesus Christ?
Have you ever spoken to them about what they believe?
If not, why not?
Is it fear? Or perhaps you’re worried that you won’t know what to say?
Remember Matthew 28:20, “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
There is no reason to fear, because he is with us.
Can you think of someone in your life right now, that you are actively investing in with the hope that you can make him a disciple?
Maybe they’ve expressed belief in Jesus Christ already, but they aren’t sure how to grow spiritually
Do you know how to grow spiritually? Can you explain spiritual growth to other people?
To grow spiritually means that we become more like Jesus by learning and observing all that Jesus has commanded us to learn and observe. We must learn what the Bible has to say about life, about us, but most importantly, about God.
We make disciples of Jesus Christ because of what Jesus did on that cross and his resurrection from the tomb. The simple fact that he loved us to save us out of the sin that we couldn’t get out of ourselves, compels us to worship him, serve him, be witnesses of who he is, and to make disciples of every nation.

Closing Remarks & Reminders

Don’t forget, on Wednesday, April 15th at 7pm, I’ll be hosting a Bible Study & Prayer time on Zoom. All are welcome to come, if you want to hear the Bible Study, but aren’t quite comfortable utilizing Zoom, the Bible Study portion will be live-streamed onto Facebook Live as well. I’m not completely sure what I’ll be preaching from, but you can expect an expositional sermon series that works its way through a book of the Bible rather than topical preaching.
Thanks for watching; take some time this afternoon to reflect on the goodness of God that is seen through his willingness to send his son to die on a cross for the sins of mankind and let me encourage you to go and make disciples of every nation.
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