The Burial of Jesus Part 1 | Matthew 27:57-66

Scripture

• Matthew 27:57–66

About this sermon

Introduction: “God spoke to me,” “I thought I heard God saying to me,” — you often hear people talk like that. But how does God speak to people (characteristically) and how does He speak to us in our day? The Bible tells us that He has spoken at many different times and in many different ways, but that His preeminent communication of truth has come in His Son. ESV Hebrews 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. WHERE DO YOU FIND THAT MESSAGE? WHERE DO YOU FIND THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST? WE FIND THAT MESSAGE — THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST — IN SCRIPTURE. This is how God has preserved it, and chosen to communicate it, for the rest of time. The desire that many professing Christians have for communication from God that comes from outside the Scriptures, reveals a very real ignorance OF the Scriptures. Why do I say this? Because even when the Son of God was on the earth, He constantly pointed people to the Scriptures to understand who He was. And when THE FATHER testified to His Son at the cross, He did so, by providence and by supernatural activity, in WAYS THAT FULFILLED THE SCRIPTURES. The testimony of Christ pointed to the Scriptures. The testimony of His Father pointed to the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit of God is the AUTHOR OF THE SCRIPTURES. ESV 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. ESV Acts 1:16 "Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. Even before the closing of the canon, new revelation was authenticated by its relationship to previous revelation. GOD HAS NEVER HAD A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM. GOD’S ONLY LIMITATIONS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MEANS BY WHICH HE CHOOSES TO COMMUNICATE, ARE SELF-IMPOSED. HE COULD COMMUNICATE ANY WAY HE WANTS. So that, we must ask why God bothered giving the Scriptures? It is because this is how He has chosen to speak to us. THIS ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS SAID IN THE SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES. Why has God ascribed such honor to the Scriptures? ESV Psalm 138:1 Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word ESV Isaiah 42:21 The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious. Why does He emphasize the TREASURED NATURE of the Scriptures? ESV Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Why does He emphasize the SUFFICIENCY of the Scriptures? ESV Luke 16:24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' 25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' 27 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house-- 28 for I have five brothers-- so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' 29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31 He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"

Topics

• Jesus Christ