The dead shall Rise!

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What benefit does the resurrection of Jesus have for us today?

Intro

How much faith is enough Faith?
Illus: Mother who was told if she had more faith bad things wouldn’t happen to her
This supposes that faith is hers to increase and to give. She would be the author of and one who controls faith within her
This is not what we see in Scripture!
Illus: Matt 8:23-27
The disciples in the boat and the storm come

25 And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” 26 And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?”

What if Jesus wasn’t rebuking the disciples, but just simply stating a fact
Faith - comes from God - they did not have the ability to believe because God has not given it to them
If Jesus was rebuking them he would be rebuking the Father
If Jesus was simply stating fact he meant that they had not been given faith to believe who Jesus was
Problem: Christians often believe that faith comes from them and is something they can increase.

Drama

First Day of the week
First day of the week
Sunday - Lord’s Day

Q. 59. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath?

A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.

This practice began with the early church
Paul recognizes this gathering in
1 Corinthians 16:1–2 ESV
Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
The disciples practiced it
Acts 20:7 ESV
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
Discrepancy? How many women were there?
John mentions one woman
John 20:1 ESV
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
John
Matthew mentions 2
Matthew 28:1 ESV
Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Mark mentions 3
Mark 16:1 ESV
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
Luke just says women
Luke 24:10 ESV
Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles,
Luke
John focuses on Mary as the eye witness and is satisfied to do so
Yet we see from his words there were more than Mary there
John 20:2 ESV
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
Shroud of Turin
A full length controversial shroud that the RC church has that supposedly shows a picture of Jesus imprinted within it
It is a full body length shroud that most date back to the middle ages.
Calvin rightly points out this cannot be the shroud of Jesus since John’s account clearly states here that:
John 20:6–7 ESV
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.
Typical Jewish custom as represented in Lazarus
John 11:43–44 ESV
When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

Doctrine

Lord’s Day
First day of the week
Sunday - Lord’s Day
Faith
Is revealed in small yet evident ways
Has no partiality
First to a woman and then to his disciples
Faith’s feeble beginnings
God work’s through the little mundane things, sometimes insignificant things
Is revealed by God’s Effectual Calling
Disciples did not know of the resurrection
They had little faith that Marys witness was true
Luke 24:11–12 ESV
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
Luke 24:11 ESV
but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
Peter ran and John followed
The little faith they had was given them by God to go and see

Some seed of faith, therefore, remained in their hearts, but quenched for a time, so that they were not aware of having what they had. Thus the Spirit of God often works in the elect in a secret manner. In short, we must believe that there was some concealed root, from which we see fruit produced.

Doxology

We cannot increase our faith! Only God can do that.
Matthew 13:31–33 ESV
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

THE grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts,b and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the word: by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments, and prayer, it is increased and strengthened.d

Matthew
Illus: Hammock
Little Faith - proven by testing
Ephesians 2:8–9 ESV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
The resurrection gives us faith to run after Jesus Christ
At his lowest point Peter runs after Jesus
Small faith still caused him to run
It’s this same faith the the HS gives the elect to draw them to Christ
The resurrection gives us the faith to look for Jesus Christ
Mary and Peter seek Jesus in the tomb
The HS gives us faith to see Jesus in every circumstance
The resurrection causes us to tell others about Jesus Christ
Mary came and told the disciples
Romans 10:9–10 ESV
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
God uses His means to strengthen our faith - Let us use those means, the means of grace established by Him
To be a disciple you don’t need to have all the answers and know everything - God does not expect this
He does expect that you will, when given even the smallest amount of faith, to run to Christ, Seek him, and then grow in this faith through the means of grace.
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