Saturday, November 19, 2005
things around the Cross
I want to go right to the bible tonight as we are going to looks at the Lord Jesus and his death and some things that happen after he died and how they make this death a important one to study
Matt 27 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
In the temple there is a curtain that the Jews had so no one went into the most holy part of the temple. The priest would go into the Holy of Holy and offer the sacrifice for sins. From the time God set this up to this time common man did not go into this place and did not have access to the God of the bible. They did not have a relationship with God they way Jesus makes it today. Then the Jews had the access to the Lord but when the sheet was torn this began a new thing and that is the dwelling place of God became in the hearts of the common people. Friend you are the temple of GOD and that makes it so you are the access to God to the unsaved and you bring him to others. When you ask Jesus into your heart Jesus dwells there and you have access to the Lord all the time. If you want you can right now where ever you are go to the How to get saved page and make Jesus your own and be the temple of God. If you do e-mail me and I will see if I can help you.
Next there is a earthquake. God in other times in the bible threw his anger out this way. God at this time is angered by the sin of the world and also because on the cross Jesus is the sin. It is a serous anger God has. He is judging his son and the sins. David sang of this in Psalms 18 and God showed his anger in Elijah. God loves but he is angry at the folks that rebel on his watch. If you are without Jesus your in line to meet a God that is angered every time you mock the Lord and one day folks that deny and reject God are going to be in hell. God is not going to overlook the sins you did. I am so glad I am never going to see this anger and Hell.
Last we have the people walking that were dead. They show me they are the old time saints that now have the payment of their sins and they got their rights to live after they died. We are going to live after we die if we trust Jesus. I said last time that the payment of sin is death. Each one of the ot people died Except for Elijah who went in a cloud. Have not read about it but I will. They paid for the sin they had and now the people who die trusting God are alive because the gift is given to them. We are going to live in heaven forever. I am going to s series on heaven and it is going to be good.
54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.[1]
I KNEW there is a ton to think about and study on the cross. Here a man that is for Rome saw this death and saw the signs and made the call that Jesus is the son of God. In the book of Mathew Peter said to Jesus that he was the Son of God. Jesus told peter that only God could of to0ld him that. I think this goes with anyone that is saved and God shared the news to the ones that killed Jesus and guarded him. God saved the ones that killed his son. Father forgives them for they know not what they do. So Love of God reached the men who killed Jesus and that is awesome. Jesus is still not done yet. I want you to know all this is true and Jesus died. He did not sleep he died. But Jesus is going to rise and many things to think about.
One more thing to plant in our mind… Mercy is the withholding of hell. Grace is giving the sinner what they do not deserve. I do not deserve Jesus but he has found me and saved me. Grace is the gifts I get. If your sins are paid you have heaven forever and every possible thing in Jesus.
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
Matt 27 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
In the temple there is a curtain that the Jews had so no one went into the most holy part of the temple. The priest would go into the Holy of Holy and offer the sacrifice for sins. From the time God set this up to this time common man did not go into this place and did not have access to the God of the bible. They did not have a relationship with God they way Jesus makes it today. Then the Jews had the access to the Lord but when the sheet was torn this began a new thing and that is the dwelling place of God became in the hearts of the common people. Friend you are the temple of GOD and that makes it so you are the access to God to the unsaved and you bring him to others. When you ask Jesus into your heart Jesus dwells there and you have access to the Lord all the time. If you want you can right now where ever you are go to the How to get saved page and make Jesus your own and be the temple of God. If you do e-mail me and I will see if I can help you.
Next there is a earthquake. God in other times in the bible threw his anger out this way. God at this time is angered by the sin of the world and also because on the cross Jesus is the sin. It is a serous anger God has. He is judging his son and the sins. David sang of this in Psalms 18 and God showed his anger in Elijah. God loves but he is angry at the folks that rebel on his watch. If you are without Jesus your in line to meet a God that is angered every time you mock the Lord and one day folks that deny and reject God are going to be in hell. God is not going to overlook the sins you did. I am so glad I am never going to see this anger and Hell.
Last we have the people walking that were dead. They show me they are the old time saints that now have the payment of their sins and they got their rights to live after they died. We are going to live after we die if we trust Jesus. I said last time that the payment of sin is death. Each one of the ot people died Except for Elijah who went in a cloud. Have not read about it but I will. They paid for the sin they had and now the people who die trusting God are alive because the gift is given to them. We are going to live in heaven forever. I am going to s series on heaven and it is going to be good.
54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.[1]
I KNEW there is a ton to think about and study on the cross. Here a man that is for Rome saw this death and saw the signs and made the call that Jesus is the son of God. In the book of Mathew Peter said to Jesus that he was the Son of God. Jesus told peter that only God could of to0ld him that. I think this goes with anyone that is saved and God shared the news to the ones that killed Jesus and guarded him. God saved the ones that killed his son. Father forgives them for they know not what they do. So Love of God reached the men who killed Jesus and that is awesome. Jesus is still not done yet. I want you to know all this is true and Jesus died. He did not sleep he died. But Jesus is going to rise and many things to think about.
One more thing to plant in our mind… Mercy is the withholding of hell. Grace is giving the sinner what they do not deserve. I do not deserve Jesus but he has found me and saved me. Grace is the gifts I get. If your sins are paid you have heaven forever and every possible thing in Jesus.
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
