ONE MAN’S WEEK WITHOUT EASTER

JOHN 20:19-25

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. A WEEK WITH LESS [v. 19-25]

1. Less Joy & Peace than Others [v. 19-21a]

2. Less Direction & Knowledge than Others [v. 21b-23]

3. Less Assurance & Faith than Others [v. 24-25]

II. AN EVENING WITH MORE [v. 26]

1. With a Primary Pattern [v. 26a, Acts 20:7]

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them… and continued his speech until midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

2. With a Promised Presence [v. 26b, Mt. 18:20]

3. With a Powerful Peace [v. 26c, John 14:27]

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

III. A LIFE WITH ABUNDANCE [v. 27-31]

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

1. You can have Faith in God [v. 27, Mark 11:22]

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

Acts 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them 40 days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

2. You can Worship God [v. 28, Jn. 4:23-24]

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

3. You can be Blessed of God [v. 29-31, Ps. 1]

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Let it be understood that God's plan of salvation for the Jew is the same as for everybody else in the world. Jews are sinners, as are the Gentiles. To be saved, they must turn by faith to Christ as others must do. A Jew who dies unsaved, does not have any part in the promises made to Abraham. Those promises can be inherited only by those who are heirs through the righteousness of faith (Rom. 4:13). Unrepentant and unbelieving dead, whether Jews or Gentiles, are in Hell and will never be saved. The rich man about whom the Saviour told us in Luke 16:19-31 was a Jew, an unsaved Jew, who in Hell yet called Abraham his father, as he literally was, that is, his ancestor. - John R. Rice

The resurrected Jesus was not just a spirit. Jesus had a spiritual body in the sense that it was not carnal, with the taint of sin. But it was a literal, physical body. In [Luke 24] verse 39, Jesus said, "A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." The resurrected Jesus showed them that His was a body with flesh and bones. Jesus encouraged them to handle Him and see for themselves, and when they could scarcely believe Him for joy, He further proved the literalness of His physical, resurrection body by calling for food. Before them He ate a piece of broiled fish and part of an honeycomb. - John R. Rice

The second coming of Christ is as central, as emphatic, and as pervasive in the teaching of the Bible as is His first coming. - John R. Rice

The Second Coming is the Christian's "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13), his constant watch (Mark 13:33-37), and, according to the model prayer, it should be his daily prayer. The millions who daily pray, "Thy kingdom come," are praying, whether they know it or not, for the return of Jesus and the setting up of His reign on the earth. - John R. Rice

The kingdom was not set up at Pentecost. The pouring out of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus promised should come "not many days hence," was the subject of the discussion when the disciples brought up the question about the restoration of the kingdom to Israel under Christ. Jesus plainly indicated that when He talked about the baptism of the Holy Spirit He was not talking about the kingdom. - John R. Rice

One of the worst mistakes one can make in the study of prophecy is to try to set the times and seasons which is not for us to know and which the Father has put in His own power alone. - John R. Rice

Some people say the kingdom was set up at Pentecost, the restoration of this kingdom to Israel. They make the same mistake exactly as other date-setters. Jesus said that the times and seasons of that kingdom were not for the apostles to know and they did not know. Neither do we know. We know the kingdom will be restored to Israel, but WHEN is a matter not revealed. - John R. Rice

PAUL & THE CENTURIONS

ACTS 21-24

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. PAUL'S PROTECTORS

1. From a Mob [21:26-40]

2. From a Violation of His Civil Rights [22:20-26]

3. From a Conspiracy [23:12-24]

II. PAUL'S POLITICS

1. The Function of Government is to Encourage Righteousness [Rm. 13:1-3]

2. The Function of Government is to Punish Evil [Rm. 13:4]

3. The Christian Should Exercise his Rights but Rightly [Acts 22:25-30]

III. PAUL'S PHILOSOPHY

1. Paul Used His Opportunities [24:10-21]

2. Paul Accepted His Limitations [24:22-27]

3. Paul Lived His Philosophy [Phil. 4:11]

LIKE UNTO HIS & Other Resurrection Truths

Philippians 3:20-21, 1 John 3:2, Luke 24

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. RESURRECTION TRUTHS ABOUT OUR BODIES [v. 36-43]

1. Our Bodies Will Be Fantastic [v. 36]

2. Our Bodies Will Be Familiar [v. 37-40]

3. Our Bodies Will Be Functional [v. 41-43]

II. RESURRECTION TRUTHS ABOUT OUR BIBLES [v. 44-46]

1. Without a Doubt the Bible is true [v. 44]

2. Without a Doubt the Bible is Understandable [v. 45]

3. Without a Doubt the Bible is Source of THE Plan of Salvation [v. 46]

III. RESURRECTION TRUTHS ABOUT OUR BEHAVIOR [v. 47-53]

1. The Responsibility of the Twice Born Believers [v. 47-48]

2. The Resources of the Holy Trinity [v. 49-52a]

3. The Reality of the Crucified Life [v. 52b-53]

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

NOT DONE IN A CORNER

                                                                                                            

ACTS 26:19-26                                                   

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE THE EVENT

1. Reported by Matthew         -27:60 Solid Rock Tomb

-27:60 Stone “Door”

-27:62-65 Roman Guard

-27:66 Roman Seal

2. Reported by Mark               -15:42-45 Jesus was Definitely Dead

-16:9-14 Disciples were Frightened

3. Reported by John                -19:38-40 Jewish burial Customs

II. THE FACTS AFTER THE EVENT

1. The Tomb was Empty [Lk. 24:1-3]

2. The Stone was Moved        -Lk. 24:2 apokulio, to roll away

-Mt. 28:2 “rolled back the stone from” apokulio- lithos; i.e. away (from something near),

-Mk. 16:3-4 apokulio ejk ek, ek; a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal

-Jn. 20:1 airo; a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away;

3. The Guard was Incapacitated [Mt. 28:4]

4. The Grave clothes were Folded [Jn. 20:3-9]

5. The Lord was Appearing [Acts 1:1-3, 1 Cor. 15:1-8]

III. THE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE EVENT

1. The Disciples Stole the Body [Mt. 28:11-15] not so- they fled while he was alive

2. The Unbelieving Jews Stole the Body - no reason to do so, they never produced a body nor did they deny it was missing

3. The Wrong Tomb - inconceivable that the disciples, the woman, the unbelievers, the Roman guard, the owner of the tomb, etc. would do so

4. The Swoon Theory - medically speaking-no!, the change in the disciples-unheard of unless He arose

5. The Resurrection [Jn. 20:24-31] - the only, true option

Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: