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Our Hope is in You Lord
Romans 6:8-11
Online Sermon:
http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567
Over 2,000 years ago a gift was given to humanity that
would forever give hope to a world reigned by chaos, famines,
wars, and debilitating diseases.
This hope would not be found in
riches, fame, or power that many of this world covet and see as
the key to happiness,
but instead in a babe
lying in a manger,
rapped in swaddling
clothes (Luke 2:12).
And yet while “He had
no beauty or majesty to
attract us to Him,”
(Isaiah 53:2) Jesus had
a profound impact on
those He met.
While
some were enamoured
by His ability walk on water, heal lepers, the blind, and even
raise people from the dead; others became envious, fearful, and
outright rejected and despised Him so much that they persecuted
and hung Him like a criminal, cursed upon a tree (Galatians
3:13).
Ironically it would be upon the cross that Christ would
take upon Himself our pain and bear our suffering, and in being
stricken, crushed, and forsaken for our iniquities by His wounds
we are offered healing not only of our minds but our very souls!
During wars, famines, earthquakes, and diseases (Matthew 24:68) there is great hope for He who was, is and will forever be the
Almighty (Revelation 1:8) offers us victory over tribulations and
even death itself (1 Corinthians 15:50-55).
Praise be to God that once sealed by His
Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) not even the spiritual
forces of this dark world (Ephesian 6:12) can
overcome the Lamb who was slain before the
creation of this world (Revelation 13:8).
This is Easter and, in this sermon, I am going to introduce you to
the eternal, unspeakable, glorious hope that can only be found at
the foot of a cross and at the empty tomb!
Predictions of a King in Shepherd’s Clothing
Over 2,000 years ago we heard a voice of one dressed in
camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, eating locusts
and wild honey from the wilderness speaking words of great
hope that will forever ring within our souls!
John the Baptist told
humanity to “prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths
for Him” (Matthew 3:1-3).
He whom the prophets spoke of but
never met and the angels who looked intently into His coming (1
Peter 1:12) had emptied Himself of the glory He had with the
Father in heaven and was miraculously born both fully God and
human (Philippians 2:6-8) from the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:181|P age
25).
This act fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah stating that there
would always be someone from David’s line that would reign
victorious (33:17).
And yet despite being the Alpha and Omega,
Son of the Living God (Matthew 16:16), King of Kings (1
Timothy 6:15), Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Price of Peace (Isaiah
9:6), the Chief Cornerstone
(Ephesians 2:20), True Vine
(John 15:11) and Fountain of
Living
Waters
(Jeremiah
17:13); very few recognized
Him when He came to earth
either because they simply
were not looking for Him or
they did not like this Good
Shepherd calling them by name
(John 10:1-5) and asking them
to repent so that He might plow
furrows of forgiveness and
righteousness in their hearts
(John 3:16)!
Had Jesus come
into this world born with
human regality and a demonstration of power by crushing
Israel’s’ enemies, His own would have accepted Him but instead
by making Himself a shepherd to all and by granting access into
His kingdom through confession, faith, grace, and mercy His
own labelled Him an imposter for claiming to be whom He had
always been, the Son of God (Matthew 27:43)!
When all Hope Seems Lost
“Hope” is defined as the “feeling of expectation and
desire that something good is about to happen.1 Good Friday
was one of the darkest times in the lives of Jesus’ followers!2
Those called to be His disciples had left everything to follow the
Good Shepherd (Luke 18:28) with the hope and expectation that
the kingdom of God
would be realized
(Matthew 3:2) and
He would change the
world for the better.
How their hearts
must have sunk in
the
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