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Jesus Before Pilate

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27, as we continue our study through the gospel. You will remember that we have already said in our first study of Matthew 27, that this chapter contains the final events leading up to the crucifixion, and then the description of the crucifixion of our Lord, but as it does so, as it lays those events before our eyes, Matthew specifically wants us to understand the nature and the purpose of Christ’s death. He wants us to understand that Christ’s death is not accidental, and that Christ’s death is filled with redeeming significance. It is for the purpose of accomplishing the redemption of His people. The last time we were together we studied the first ten verses of Matthew, chapter 27, and there we saw that…

Jesus Mocked

Would you please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew 27:27-32. We’ll continue our exposition of the gospel of Matthew, especially of this passage dealing with his passion. We Presbyterians don’t often focus upon the physical sufferings of Christ. There is a variety of reasons for that. But it’s important for us to see those sufferings as they are displayed very clearly here by Matthew. Matthew wants us to take account of the reality of those sufferings. There have always been those in the Christian tradition which tended to downplay the bodily suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ, and even some who denied it. And Matthew makes short work of that in this description of what Jesus endured. But more than this, Matthew knows that Jesus’ physical sufferings are a fulfillment of the Old…

Jesus Mocked (by Gentiles, Jews and Thieves)

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew 27. We’re going to look at verses 33 through 44. We’ve come today to the very brink of the abyss. In the last couple of weeks we have seen Matthew describe the sufferings of the trial and of the treatment from the Roman soldiers on His way to the cross. And today we come to the crucifixion itself. Matthew has been telling us this for a variety of reasons. For one thing, he’s been telling us this because it happened. I want to pause and just say right there, somehow, somewhere, young people are going to go off to college and you are going to find some professor in a religion class that says this doesn’t happen. Let me say two things to that. Somebody says that this didn’t happen. The first thing I want to say is…

The Dereliction

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27. We have been working towards the crucifixion for some time now in our study of the gospel of Matthew. And all along during our studies in this particular chapter, Matthew, chapter 27, we have said that Matthew is recounting the death of Christ with a view to showing us the nature and the significance of Christ’s death. He’s wanting to show us what Christ endured for us, and then he’s wanting to show us what…

Christ Yields Up His Spirit

If you have Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27. The last time we were together in the gospel of Matthew we were looking specifically at verses 44 through 49 where Matthew recounts for us Jesus’ cry of abandonment, His cry of dereliction, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Matthew points us to two cries from the cross. That first cry in reference to David’s words in Psalm 22, and then this second cry. Matthew doesn’t even tell us what Jesus said. He…

Jesus’ Burial

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27. We’ve been studying in the gospel of Matthew for the last several times focusing on the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ and today we come to His burial. As we looked at Matthew 27, verses 33 through 44, we began that specific focus on the crucifixion, and we said that Matthew highlighted the nature and significance of Jesus’ death by pointing us to the characters around Jesus on the cross, and asking us to…

He is Risen! Fear and Joy

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew 28. We have now come to the final chapter in the gospel of Matthew, and now at the end of his scroll Matthew, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, begins to recount for us the resurrection of his crucified Lord. And the story itself is gripping and even surprising in its own way. Last week as we looked at the end of Matthew, chapter 27, we said that the overarching thing was God’s providence. Even in the death and burial…

He is Risen

He is Risen Matthew 28:1-10 Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 28. We have now come to the final chapter in the gospel of Matthew, and now at the end of his scroll, Matthew, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, begins to recount for us the resurrection of his crucified Lord. The story itself is gripping, and even surprising in its own way. Last week as we looked at the end of Matthew chapter 27, we said that the overarching theme was…

The Chief Priests’ Story

If you have your Bibles I would invite to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 28. We come today to our ultimate message in this series on the gospel of Matthew. Next week will look at the great commission next time we’re together and then into the gospel according to the apostle Paul in the book of Romans. And we continue today to look at the theme of the resurrection. We looked last week at Matthew, chapter 28, verses 1 through 10 and the story in which Matthew recounts the events of power…