In our text, Matthew16:21-23, Jesus begins to set his face to go to Jerusalem to die on the cross. He begins to teach his disciples what will happen to him there, but Peter, as the spokesman, does not yet understand the necessity of the cross.
Christ-Centered Preaching
Biblical Worship
Vital Fellowship
Faithful Witness
Sermons on Hope
Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 The outward man is decaying, and the inward man is being renewed. There is certainty of stress or affliction. The reality of eternal destiny.
Reference: Matthew 27: 45-50 The Violence of Jesus’s Cry The Abandonment of the Cry The Questioning of the Cry The Faith of the Cry The Understanding of the Cry Transgression Condemnation Separation Imputation Substitution Retribution (Propitiation) Redemption Reconciliation
In the face of all the political unrest and growing hostility to Biblical Christianity, we need confidence in Jesus’ ongoing ministry in the world today. That is the foundation of all our hope and all our ministry as a church. We can have that confidence as we see Jesus’ ministry fulfilling the promises of Isaiah…
We will follow up the morning sermon looking at the topic of death, the intermediate state, and the final resurrection of believers. We will be considering Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. # 37 – 38. We will be looking at these passages: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, 2 Corinthians 5:1-9.