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The King Offers Forgiveness

Jesus is Forsaken So I Might be Forgiven

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-54 & Matthew 28:1-10 I. On Good Friday Jesus died as your substitute to bring you forgiveness. A. We read in Mathew. 27:45 that on Good Friday there was darkness over the land for 3 hours.  This darkness was a sign of God’s judgment. This darkness was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Amos 8:9-10: “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,…

From Lamentation to Celebration

Scripture: Luke 19-24 A Perfect Relation  “The whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Luke 19:37-38) “God created man in his own image, in the…

The One Thing God Won’t Do

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 I. God won’t forgive the unforgiving because we’ve been forgiven for more than we’ll ever forgive. A. Jesus’ discussion of forgiveness in Matthew 18 is prompted by a question from Peter about how often to forgive. Jesus commands unlimited forgiveness (vs. 22). Jesus commands the opposite of what a man named Lamech said about himself in Genesis 4:24: “If…

For the Forgiveness of Sins

Scripture: Matthew 26:26-29 I. Communion pictures an old forgiveness. A. Jesus celebrated the last supper with His disciples during the most important Jewish holiday of the year: Passover (Matthew 26:17). When the disciples participated in the last supper, they remembered an old forgiveness from God. They remembered how God had forgiven the sins of Israel on Passover night…