The Dereliction

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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 that means, what is the significance of that? What was the purpose of it in God’s plan? And all along from the time that we looked at Judas’ remorse and suicide, we’ve been moving closer and closer to the abyss of Jesus’ experience of the penalty for our sin. And today we come to that abyss…

Judas’ Remorse and Suicide

If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 27 as we continue our study through this great gospel. We’ve spent a number of weeks in Matthew 26, and if Matthew 26 is a prelude to the death of Christ, then Matthew 27 is the main movement for it. It records for us the final events immediately prior to the crucifixion, and then the crucifixion itself. Now it’s important as we come to our study today to remember last week what we looked at in Matthew 26, verses 69 through 75, and Peter’s three denials. And, in addition to that, the prediction of those denials by Jesus in Matthew 26, verses 30 through 35. Matthew has deliberately placed the denials of Peter side by side with the remorse of Judas. He wants to compare and to contrast Peter’s reaction and…

Jesus Before Caiaphas

If your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 26, the 57th verse, as we continue our study through the gospel of Matthew. All along in our study of Matthew 26 we have said that this chapter is a prelude to the death of Christ. In our last study we saw the betrayal of Christ by Judas and the desertion of Christ by the other eleven disciples. And today we begin a series of trials that the Lord Jesus faced. This was actually the second of six scenes of trials that Christ would face in the last hours of His life before the crucifixion. I want to remind you of those. There are actually two trials that Jesus underwent. A church trial or an ecclesiastical trial, and then there was a civil trial. The church trial, John tells us in John, chapter 18, actually began earlier…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…

Genesis 22:1-24The Lord Will Provide Now if you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 22. Surely we realize tonight that we have come to holy ground when we come to this passage. This passage is unique in all the scriptures. F.B. Meyer rightly said of it: “So long as men live in this world, they will turn to this story with unwaning interest. There is only one scene in history by which it is surpassed; that where the Great Father gave His Isaac to a death from…

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The Dereliction

Judas’ Remorse and Suicide

Jesus Before Caiaphas

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…