Easter - 2024
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The Power of the Resurrection
The Power of the Resurrection
El Poder de la Resurrection
El Poder de la Resurrection
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TEXT:
Matthew 26:17-30 - “The Last Supper”
Mark 15:21-41 - “The Crucifixion”
Matthew 28:1-10 - “The Empty Tomb”
Luke 24:13-35 - “The Road to Emaus”
INTRO:
INTRO:
Welcome everyone
Explain sermon/Vignette format for today
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“The Last Supper” -English
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Matthew 26:20–25 (NLT)
20 When it was evening, Jesus sat down at the table with the Twelve.
21 While they were eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.” Once again displaying his full control of the situation.
22 Greatly distressed, each one asked in turn, “Am I the one, Lord?”
23 He replied, “One of you who has just eaten from this bowl with me will betray me.
24 For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”
25 Judas, the one who would betray him, also asked, “Rabbi, am I the one?” And Jesus told him, “You have said it.”
“The Last Supper” -Spanish
Matthew 26:20–25 (NTV)
20 Al anochecer, Jesús se sentó a la mesa con los doce discípulos.
21 Mientras comían, les dijo: —Les digo la verdad, uno de ustedes me traicionará.
22 Ellos, muy afligidos, le preguntaron uno por uno: —¿Seré yo, Señor?
23 Jesús contestó: —Uno de ustedes que acaba de comer de este plato conmigo me traicionará.
24 Pues el Hijo del Hombre tiene que morir, tal como lo declararon las Escrituras hace mucho tiempo. ¡Pero qué terrible será para el que lo traiciona! ¡Para ese hombre sería mucho mejor no haber nacido!
25 Judas, el que lo iba a traicionar, también preguntó: —¿Seré yo, Rabí? Y Jesús le dijo: —Tú lo has dicho.
Commentary:
Commentary:
They call this “the greatest story ever told” (La mejor historia jamás contada") and for very good reason. The story of Jesus has every kind of tragedy that you can imagine everything from abandonment, betrayal, loneliness, despair, it's all in here.
Read through this list rapidly:
1. **Last Supper (Passover Meal)**:
- Jesus shares the Passover meal with his disciples, institutes the Lord's Supper (Holy Communion), and predicts his betrayal by Judas.
2. **Agony in the Garden (Gethsemane)**:
- Jesus prays fervently in the Garden of Gethsemane, expressing his anguish and accepting God's will.
3. **Betrayal and Arrest**:
- Judas arrives with a crowd to betray Jesus with a kiss, leading to his arrest.
4. **Trial Before the Jewish Leaders**:
- Jesus faces trials before the high priest and the Sanhedrin.
5. **Denial by Peter**:
- Peter denies Jesus three times as predicted by Jesus.
6. **Trial Before Pilate**:
- Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who finds no fault in him but yields to the crowd's demand for crucifixion.
“The Crucifixion”
Mark 15:11–39 (NLT)
11 But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.
12 Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”
13 They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
14 “Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
15 So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
16 The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.
17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
18 Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
19 And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him (Where did this hatred come from? Demonic origins. Reasoning won’t always work. Church needs to start praying and fasting), and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
20 When they were finally tired of mocking him (Where did the need to mock Him come from? Demonic origin. Those same demons are operating in our government officials today. Yesterday Joe Biden declared Easter Sunday as “Transgender Day” blatant mockery of Jesus’ death and resurrection.), they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
21 A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)
22 And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
23 They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.
24 Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece.
25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.” (Was meant as mockery but little did the know it was actually true.)
27 Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
29 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days.
30 Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself!
32 Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.
(One of them appears to change his mind though...
Luke 23:40–43 “40 But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? 41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” 43 And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.””
Alister Begg’s imagining of this criminal arriving at the pearly gates: “On what grounds should I let you in?” “I don’t know, the guy in the middle cross said I could come!”
33 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
34 Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
35 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”
37 Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last.
John 19:30 “30 When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
38 And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
“The Empty Tomb” (We talked about this one this morning?) HE HAS RISEN!!!
Matthew 28:1–10 (NLT)
1 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.
2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.
3 His face shone like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.
4 The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.
5 Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. (Our entire faith rests on this one line here!)
1 Corinthians 15:14–20 “14 And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. 20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.”
7 And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there. Remember what I have told you.”
8 The women ran quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to give the disciples the angel’s message.
9 And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and worshiped him.
10 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid! Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”
Speak about the Great Commission...
Matthew 28:19 “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew 28:19 (NVI) “Por tanto, vayan y hagan discípulos de todas las naciones, bautizándolos en el nombre del Padre y del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo,”
“The Road to Emaus”
Luke 24:13–35 (NLT)
13 That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened.
15 As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.
16 But God kept them from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stopped short, sadness written across their faces.
18 Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn’t heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days.”
19 “What things?” Jesus asked. “The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth,” they said. “He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.
20 But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.
21 We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.
22 “Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report.
23 They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!
24 Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.”
25 Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
26 Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on,
29 but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So he went home with them.
30 As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.
31 Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared!
32 They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”
33 And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them,
34 who said, “The Lord has really risen! He appeared to Peter.”
35 Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread.
CALL TO ACTION:
CALL TO ACTION:
Much like these men on the road to Emmaus, Jesus is walking with you today but yet many still fail to recognize his presence in their lives. I want to challenge you this Easter season. That unlike these 2 men you would indeed recognize that Jesus is walking with you even when it doesn’t seem that way.
And I want to challenge you to pray that your spiritual eyes and ears will be opened as well as your ears to hear what he is saying to you today. And that like these two men, you will go out into the world and tell people your story of how Jesus lives in you.
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The first step to recognizing Jesus is to believe in him. You are not one of His sheep if you don’t believe...
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,
To the old believers you’re not off the hook either...
You must live the word, you must do the will of the Father…
not just hear the word…