The Exaltation of Christ in the Resurrection

Easter 2003The Exaltation of Christ in the ResurrectionI Corinthians 15:1-14 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Corinthians 15, as we consider the exaltation of Christ in His resurrection. During the Easter season, many Christians turn their minds to the meaning of the resurrection, and they ask questions like, “How is this significant for my life? What does the resurrection of Christ have to say to me?” And that's a good thing, but we will ask a different question. We will ask, first and foremost, “What was the significance of the resurrection for Jesus? What is the significance of His exaltation in the resurrection?” And then, having answered that most important of questions, we will make an application. Let's look at God's word here in I…

Gifts and Craftsmen

Exodus 35:20-36:7Gifts and Craftsmen I'd like you to turn with me to the book of Exodus again: Exodus chapter 35, and we’ll begin in verse 20 tonight. It would be easy to get lost in the details of this passage and to be lulled to sleep and to miss the repeated and obvious grand emphases that we find here, so there are several that I want to highlight for you. For one, you’re going to see the enthusiasm and the willingness of the people to give to the work of the building of the tabernacle. That is all over this passage. It's repeatedly emphasized by Moses just how willing and enthusiastic the people of God were. Secondly, you’re going to catch something of the sheer pleasure of God's people in doing His bidding. One of the things that comes through loud and clear here is…

I Believe inthe Holy Ghost

I Believe in the Holy GhostEphesians 1:13-14 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 1:13-14. We arrive now at the third part of the Apostles’ Creed as we continue to work through this great Christian confession of faith. This part of the Creed gives us the completion of our profession of the Trinity. We began with “I believe in God the Father Almighty,” and immediately went to “I believe in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord.” Then, a long explanation of the incarnational work of Jesus Christ, and then back to the profession, “I believe in the Holy Ghost.” Now, notice how the Creed moves from the creating work of the Father to the rescuing work of the Son, and then to the recreating work of the Holy Spirit. It's the Holy Spirit who works…

Sabbath and Construction

Exodus 35:1-19Sabbath and Construction If you’ll open your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus chapter 35. We are moving into the very last section of the book of Exodus and Moses’ record of the building of the tabernacle. And the very fact that the culminating chapters of this book of epic adventures climaxes on the story of the construction of a tent tells you something very important. Let me just say that again, take that in: all the adventure stories of the miracles in…

I Believe in Jesus Christ..Who Shall Come From the…

The Apostles' CreedFrom Thence He Shall Come to Judge the Quick and the Dead Revelation 22:12 As we continue to work through the Apostles’ Creed, we come to that statement that “From thence He, the Lord Jesus Christ, shall come to judge the quick and the dead.” This section in the Creed about the Lord Jesus Christ is the longest portion, so the core of the Creed is a witness to the past, present and future of Jesus Christ. What He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do. The…

The Face of Moses

The Face of MosesExodus 34:29-35 I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus 34. Tonight we come to the end of our study of the golden calf incident. These very last verses, these verses at the end of chapter 34, exalt the mediator Moses. Now this began in Exodus 32:1, “When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make us a God who will go before us.” They didn't think Moses was coming back so they…

Why the Resurrection Matters

Why the Resurrection Matters I Corinthians 15 If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to I Corinthians 15. It is appropriate that on this day that we would spend some time considering the biblical teaching about the resurrection and its significance. There is much confusion on this subject in our own day and time. There are many in the secular world who delight in calling into the truth of the resurrection. There are many within the Christian church who are confused about the…

I Believe in Jesus ChristWho Sitteth On the Right Hand…

Who Sitteth on the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty Matthew 22:41-46 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 22. We are continuing our study of the Apostles’ Creed and we are in the section that deals with Jesus Christ. In that section we have noted two parallel sets of phrases. One that focuses on the humiliation of Christ and another that focuses on the exaltation of Christ. The consecutive sets of phrases on the humiliation of Christ go…

Glorifying God

Glorifying GodExodus 34:10-28 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus 34 as we continue to work our way through this great book. We come to the end of a passage which forms the center of the book and focuses on the golden calf incident. Let's hear God's word. Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people…

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