The basic outline of the message preached last Sunday, Resurrection Sunday:
Jesus Christ Is
Lord
Lord at birth
“Who is right now Christ the Lord”
Lit: “Who is Christ Lord”
And He's only a few hours old when
the angel says this
Lord before birth since His
parents did not have any title or position, although both of them
are some of the many descendants of King David
Why? Because of who He is: Son of the
Living God
Peace comes through Christ because He
is Lord of all
“of all” comes first: “who is
of all Lord”
Because He is Lord, He brings peace
Because He is Lord of all, He
can bring peace to anyone
He is Lord of our President, even
though our President denies Him
He is Lord of our governor
He is Lord of Iran, Russia, China
He is Lord of America, even though
America seems determined to destroy itself
Every Tongue Will Confess Phil 2:11
Every tongue, Every person will 1 day
confess openly that Jesus Christ is Lord
Either because they know Him as
Savior
Or because they see Him as Judge
1 reason that every person will
eventually confess is because every person's life ends
And when that happens, you will face
the Lord God
Hb 9:27 appointed once to die, then
judgment
Therefore, the best confession, the
best response is what 1 of the disciples did:
Christ Is My Lord & My God John
20:24-31
1 week after Christ's resurrection,
the impact was sinking in
But Thomas hadn't been with the others
when they saw the resurrected Christ
He told them “I need to see for
myself”
25: Notice he knew what happened at
Christ's crucifixion
People treat Thomas unfairly because
he simply wanted proof
We can't blame him for that –
He knew Christ was dead
They buried Him
No one denied that
“I've got to see for myself”
27: Notice that Christ knows what
Thomas said a few days earlier
28: Thomas only needed a moment to see
& believe
So when Christ gave him the
opportunity, to his credit, Thomas was immediately convinced &
gave 1 of the great statements in the NT about Christ
Lit: “The Lord of me and the God of
me”
This combination of Lord & God
must be your response to Jesus Christ too
Why?
Christ The Lord Will Return
Christ just told Peter that Peter
will deny Christ 3x
Then 14:1 Don't be troubled
My Father's house has many places to
live, plenty of room
I am going to leave soon to prepare
these places for you
And if I go, I will come back
When I come back, I will take you
with Me, and you will be with Me
God's grace appeared, and this grace
brings the opportunity of salvation for all
This grace teaches us
It teaches us to deny ungodliness &
the desires of this world
It teaches us to live righteously &
godly in this time
While we are living for the
Lord, we should be looking for the Lord
This is our Hope
Christ is our Hope
And when you see the hate, the anger,
the misrepresentation of the truth
When you're frustrated, angry,
discouraged, tired of the fact that people don't even want to listen
Remember: Jesus Christ is Lord
And He is coming back
