184. Christ\u2019s Resurrection<\/p>\n
Mat_28:6<\/p>\n
How many voices are heard in that silent tomb! We listen to three, as found in the following sentences: \u201cAs He said,\u201d \u201cHe is risen,\u201d \u201cHe goeth before you\u201d (Mat_28:6-7).<\/p>\n
1. Proclamation. \u201cHe said\u201d He would rise. He looked beyond the shame of the Cross and the gloom of the tomb. His prevision enabled Him to see beyond the shades of the unseen, and caused Him to proclaim in anticipation, \u201cThou wilt not leave My soul in Hades, nor suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.\u201d The disciples, too, recognised this, for after \u201cHe was risen from the dead\u201d they remembered He had said \u201cthis to them;\u201d and the consequence was, \u201cThey believed the Scriptures,\u201d and the word He had said (Joh_2:22).<\/p>\n
2. Power. There have been men in the past justly renowned for their prowess and power. We think of such a man as Caesar, who tramped on his way with unparalleled success; of Alexander the Great, who in his onward march of conquest was like the incoming tide, sweeping all before Him; we call to mind a man like Napoleon the First, whose raised hand made thrones and dynasties tremble; we think of the iron Bismarck, who made France bite the dust in the seventies; and in our own time we have seen the self-inflated William of Germany making the nations bleed and suffer. But these, with one exception, have had to bow before the King of Terrors, and today they are but a memory.<\/p>\n
Who can dispute with death? Only One, and that One, our Lord Jesus Christ. In His uprising from among the dead we behold the display of the \u201cexceeding greatness of God\u2019s power.\u201d Not merely His \u201cpower,\u201d but the \u201cgreatness,\u201d yea, the \u201cexceeding greatness of His power.\u201d Creation reveals God\u2019s power, but Christ\u2019s resurrection manifests the \u201cexceeding greatness\u201d of it.<\/p>\n
3. Presence. Mark, the Spirit emphasises through angelic message \u201cHe is risen,\u201d and \u201cHe goeth before you,\u201d and ye \u201cshall see Him;\u201d and as the women went on their directed way \u201cJesus met them,\u201d and greeted them with the salutation, \u201cAll hail!\u201d And they \u201cheld Him,\u201d and \u201cworshipped Him,\u201d and He assured them they should see \u201cHim\u201d after they had told the disciples He was risen.<\/p>\n
As the Philistines knew the reality and power of Samson\u2019s presence when he took away the doors, the gate, and the posts of the city of Gaza, and laughed at his enemies to their discomfort, so Christ, after He had carried away the gates of Hades by His death and resurrection, spoiled principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly. Now He stands before us in the glow and glory of His victorious presence, and says, \u201cI am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen; and have the keys of Hades and of death.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
184. Christ\u2019s Resurrection Mat_28:6 How many voices are heard in that silent tomb! We listen to three, as found in the following sentences: \u201cAs He said,\u201d \u201cHe is risen,\u201d \u201cHe goeth before you\u201d (Mat_28:6-7). 1. Proclamation. \u201cHe said\u201d He would rise. He looked beyond the shame of the Cross and the gloom of the tomb. … Continue reading “0187. 184. Christ\u2019s Resurrection”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}