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G. Campbell Morgan · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morgan - The Sabbath That Never Came (BORROW From this verse : 365 inspiring stories about the power of God's word) On October 8, 1871, D. L. Moody preached in Chicago’s Farwell Hall. Our eternal destiny, he said, depends on our answer to Pilate’s question: “What shall I do with Jesus?” At the conclusion of his sermon, Moody said: I wish you would take this text home with you and turn it over in your minds during the week, and next Sabbath we will decide what to do with Jesus of Nazareth. But there was no next Sabbath. As soloist Ira Sankey closed the meeting singing, “Today the Savior Calls,” his voice was suddenly drowned out by cries of alarm. The Great Chicago Fire (SEE PICTURE) had started and was sweeping toward the Hall. That night, the city and many of its citizens perished. Twenty-two years later on the anniversary of the fire, Moody again spoke in Chicago from Matthew 27:22, saying: What a mistake! I remember Mr. Sankey’s singing, and how his voice rang: “Today the Savior calls, for refuge fly! The storm of justice falls, and death is nigh!” I have never seen that congregation since. I have hard work to keep back the tears today. Twenty-two years have passed away, and I have not seen that congregation since, and I never will meet those people again until I meet them in another world. But I want to tell you of one lesson I learned that night, which I have never forgotten, and that is, when I preach, to press Christ upon the people then and there, and try to bring them to a decision on the spot. You will notice that Pilate was just in the condition of my audience that night, just the condition that you are in today—he had to decide then and there what to do with Jesus. The thing was sprung on him suddenly. I have asked God many times to forgive me for telling people that night to take a week to think it over. I have never dared to give an audience a week to think of their salvation since. Today’s Suggested Reading Matthew 27:15–26 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Matthew 27:22 R. A. Torrey: Revival Addresses THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT ANY MAN EVER ASKED OR ANSWERED - Mt 27:22 WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH JESUS? “Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.” Matthew 27:22 1. Accept Christ as Savior 2. Trust Christ as Lord 3. Obey Christ as Master Just Jewelry? God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. — Galatians 6:14 Today's Scripture : Matthew 27:22-26 Some Christians make it a habit to wear a cross. It may be on a necklace or a lapel pin. It may be worn thoughtlessly as a decoration or prayerfully to let people know of the wearer’s personal faith. In April 2006, a Methodist church in the city of Dudley, England, found out that it would have to pay a fee to put a cross on its new building. Yes, a fee was required because under British law the cross is an advertisement. It proclaims to the world, whether on a person or a building, that the blood-stained cross of Calvary is our only hope of forgiveness and salvation. Our Bible reading today tells us of the cross—the instrument of execution used on our Savior (Matt. 27:22-26). The crowd in anger shouted, “Let Him be crucified!” The cross is a sign of His death, and must not be taken lightly. This should cause us to examine what the cross means to us. Is it a witness to our eternal hope in the saving death of Jesus on Calvary? “Take up thy cross and follow Me,” I hear the blessed Savior call; How can I make a lesser sacrifice When Jesus gave His all? —Ackley Because Jesus bore the cross for us, we should be willing to take it up for Him. Matthew 27:23 And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Crucify Him!” Why: Ge 37:18,19 1Sa 19:3-15 20:31-33 22:14-19 But: Mt 21:38,39 Ac 7:57 17:5-7 21:28-31 22:22,23 23:10,12-15 See Trial & Crucifixion of Jesus - Parallel Passages - to arrange the events chronologically and bring out details unique to each Gospel Matthew 27 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries | The King of the Jews PILATE'S FUTILE ATTEMPT TO AVOID CRUCIFYING CHRIST And he said, “Why, what evil (kakos) has He done? (poieo) - Pilate is still desperately seeking a legitimate charge against Jesus in his futile attempt to release Jesus. But (Term of contrast) - What is the contrast? Clearly Pilate's assessment of Jesus as innocent versus the Jew's verdict as guilty. They kept shouting (krazo) all the more, saying, “Crucify (stauroo - a command in aorist imperative = Do it now!) Him!” - They refers to the corrupt Jewish leaders and those Jews in the crowd who they had stirred up to join in the cry to crucify. Shouting (krazo) is in the imperfect tense picturing them shouting over and over! If you pause and ponder you can imagine this raucous crowd of rebels screaming for Jesus' blood!
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Morgan - How to Thaw the Heart (BORROW From this verse : 365 inspiring stories about the power of God's word) Then they crucified Him. Matthew 27:35 I once read of a man in Dundee, Scotland, who was confined to bed for forty years, having broken his neck in a fall at age fifteen. But his spirit remained unbroken, and his cheer and courage so inspired people that he enjoyed a constant stream of guests. One day a visitor asked him, “Doesn’t Satan ever tempt you to doubt God?” “Oh, yes,” replied the man. “He does try to tempt me. I lie here and see my old schoolmates driving along in their carriages and Satan whispers, ‘If God is so good, why does He keep you here all these years? Why did he permit your neck to be broken?’ ” “What do you do when Satan whispers those things?” asked the guest. “Ah,” replied the invalid, “I take him to Calvary, show him Christ, and point to those deep wounds, and say, ‘You see, he does love me.’ And Satan has no answer to that. He flees every time.” That story reminds me of another, this one having to do with Dr. Eric Frykenberg, veteran missionary to India. Frykenberg was a great storyteller, and he could vividly describe scenes and events from his fifty-plus years in Asia. One day someone asked him, “Dr. Frykenberg, what is the most difficult problem you ever faced?” Without hesitation, he answered, “It was when my heart would grow cold before God. When that happened, I knew I was too busy. I also knew it was time to get away. So I would take my Bible and go off to the hills alone. I’d open my Bible to Matthew 27, the story of the crucifixion, and I would wrap my arms around the cross.” “And then,” Frykenberg said, “I’d be ready to go back to work.” Today’s Suggested Reading Matthew 27:27–35 The Way of the Cross SCRIPTURE: MATTHEW 27:35–50 - Robert Morgan INTRODUCTION: This week, thousands of pilgrims will journey to Jerusalem, to the Via Dolorosa. Others will hike down the steep, narrow street that leads from the Mount of Olives to Gethsemane, the traditional Palm Sunday walk. I’d like for us to take a pilgrimage this morning, too. 1. Gethsemane. Here we learn about yielding to the Lord’s will in prayer. 2. Gabbatha. Here, at the pavement where Christ was condemned, we learn of suffering. 3. Golgotha. Here we see the full measure of God’s love. 4. The Grave. The disciples buried not only their Lord, but their hope, their courage, their future. 5. The Garden. Here in the garden tomb we see our Risen Lord. If Christ can conquer death, He can meet every other need we face. CONCLUSION: During this Holy Week, fix your thoughts on Jesus. Walk where He walked, and feel His presence near. The Pain Of A Father's Love They crucified Him. —Matthew 27:35 In 1968, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr., took command of the American naval forces in Vietnam. In an effort to reduce U.S. casualties, he ordered the waterways sprayed with the chemical defoliant Agent Orange. This would push back the jungle and make it harder for North Vietnamese to ambush Navy river patrol boats at pointblank range. One of those boats was commanded by 21-year-old Lt. Elmo Zumwalt III. The tragedy and irony of the story is that today he suffers from a usually fatal form of lymph cancer that both father and son believe was caused by his exposure to Agent Orange. Theirs is the heartbreaking story of a father who made a decision that unintentionally resulted in great suffering for his own son. Yet they both agree that it was the right one. In conquering sin and death to provide salvation for us, God the Father intentionally made a decision that resulted in immeasurable agony for His only begotten Son. After deciding to save the human race through His Son, He watched Him suffer the mockery of the crowd, the lashes of the whip, the pain of the nails through His hands and feet, the inexpressible weight and humiliation of our sins, and the indescribable agony of isolation and abandonment. The truest measure of God's love is that He loves without measure Matthew 27:36 And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there. Mt 27:54 Mk 15:39,44 See Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus - Parallel Passages Matthew 27 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries SOLDIERS WATCH THE GRUESOME DEATH OF THE GOD-MAN And sitting down, they began to keep watch (tereo - imperfect tense) over Him there - This detail is not found in the other 3 Gospel accounts. It almost reads like "another day at the office!" These callous soldiers, having divided his garments which was like extra pay, now continued to earn their pay by watching Jesus die. Crucifixion usually took a day or two for death to set in, but occasionally might last three days, the entire time the person being in extreme physical agony and generally maintaining consciousness! Ultimately death occurred from suffocation as the victim's legs would tire and they could no longer push up and achieve effective inspiration. See the article On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ written from a reverent medical perspective. Henry
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Morgan - Make it as sure as ye can. Matt. 27.65 It is almost impossible to read these words of Pilate to the priests and Pharisees without detecting the tone of restless impatience, and of a sarcasm which was born of some great uncertainty in his own heart. He had passed through strange experiences in dealing with Jesus. Under stress of political expediency he had violated his own conscience, and had given Him over to death. But was He dead? Or if He was, what strange things might not be about to happen? Yes, said he, take the guard, make the sepulchre as sure as ye can! Perhaps Pilate really hoped that, if there were anything in the weirdly haunting fears that assaulted him, the guard might prevent their fulfiment; so strangely do men attempt to deal with spiritual forces by material means. In many different ways that is what evil is always saying. The one fact which it is necessary for evil to prevent or deny is that of the actual Resurrection. All the claims of Christianity depend upon that. If Jesus of Nazareth lived and died, and His dust remained in the Syrian tomb, then everything breaks down. Then His teaching was untrue. His avowed intention was frustrated. He was at the best, a deluded man, and we are deceived if we trust Him as Saviour and follow Him as Lord. But mark the limitation of the words, "as sure as ye can"; and wait the issue. Man's efforts to prove Him not risen are as futile as those he employed to prevent Him rising. He left the tomb triumphantly, and He emerges in new power and glory from every attempt to declare Him dead. Attempting The Impossible God raised up [Jesus], having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. — Acts 2:24 Today's Scripture : Matthew 27:62-28:8 It was the day after Jesus was crucified. His body lay in a tomb. But the chief priests and Pharisees who had engineered His crucifixion had the uneasy feeling that this might not be the end of the Jesus story. So they went to Pilate and told him that Jesus’ disciples might steal His body to try to convince the people that He had fulfilled His prediction to rise from the grave. Pilate responded, “You have a guard; go your way, make [the tomb] as secure as you know how” (Matthew 27:65). A guard was posted and the tomb was secured with an official Roman seal (v.66). The religious and political leaders did their very best to make sure that the body of Jesus remained in the tomb, but they were attempting the impossible. Death could not hold the sinless Son of God in its grasp, and on the third day He rose just as He said He would (20:19; 27:63; 28:1-8). After the resurrection, the chief priests bribed the soldiers and told them to spread a ridiculous story about the disciples stealing the body (28:11-14). Still today skeptics offer one fanciful theory after another, attempting to disprove the resurrection of Jesus. In spite of their efforts to cast doubt on the historical record, the truth is that Jesus came out of the tomb. I serve a risen Savior, He's in the world today; I know that He is living, Whatever men may say. —Ackley Jesus arose despite His foes. Matthew 27:66 And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone. set a seal: Da 6:17 2Ti 2:19 See Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus - Parallel Passages Matthew 27 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries See Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison JEWISH AUTHORITIES SECURE STONE WITH SEAL And they went and made the grave secure - Made...secure is the verb asphalizo. How did they make it secure? With an guard and a seal. The fact that it was made secure and was still discovered to be empty is support for a supernatural escape. Only Matthew records the setting of a guard at the tomb which sets the stage for the ruse promulgated in Matthew 28:11-15+ .