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MATTHEW CHAPTERS 27 & 28
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Mat 27-1,2
· (65g) Paradox Ø
Anomalies Ø Satan brings unity Ø
Satan unites the world for the cause of persecution -- These verses go
with verses 17-31
· (160d) Works of the devil Ø Satan’s attitude
determines our direction Ø
Led by the devil to suppress the word of God
· (241h) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom Ø Persecution to the
death Ø
Kill Jesus because of who He is
-- These verses go with verses 22-35
Mat 27-2
· (53g) Paradox Ø
Opposites Ø Definition of freedom is bondage
-- Freedom is defined by the fences that protect us from bondage. Jesus was a
free man, even in these verses while being dragged into a kangaroo court and
wrongly sentenced to death for being the Son of God. So long as He did the
will of His Father, regardless of what anyone did to Him, no one had the power
to take away His freedom. People in some countries have more freedom to
control their own destiny than people in other countries. I'm not talking
about that kind of freedom; that's freedom of choice. Jesus had a spiritual
freedom, the freedom of being pleasing to God, so that someone could take all
your choices away from you and you would still be free to love and serve God,
which holds promise in eternity. In this world you will always be in bondage
to your freedom, because there are forces at work that want to strip you of it
if they could, and they will try. The forces that work the hardest lie within
your own flesh, but once you harness the beast within, the jealousies of
others will seek to destroy Jesus who lives within you. Never give up your
spiritual freedom to anyone; it is your life.
Mat 27,3-10
· (186h)
Works of the devil Ø The result of lawlessness Ø
The reprobate Ø Man’s role in becoming a
reprobate Ø Being unable to repent
Mat 27,4-44
· (165i) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Hardship Ø
Circumstances caused by the devil
Mat 27-9,10
· (141f) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Old Testament bears
witness to the new Ø It bears witness to Jesus Ø
Prophesy about Jesus’ death
Mat 27,11-50
· (99b) Thy kingdom come Ø Enduring the will of God Ø
The death of your flesh
Mat 27,11-14
· (62e) Paradox Ø
Anomalies Ø Being clever Ø
Keep your mouth shut
· (179a) Works of the devil Ø
The religion of witchcraft Ø Hypocrisy Ø
Jesus rebukes the Pharisees Ø Rebuked for
questioning His authority
-- Jesus rebuked the Pharisees by saying nothing at all. The truth was clear
enough anyway that nothing needed to be said. Everyone in that tribunal knew
who He was by the wisdom of His words and by the miracles He had performed.
Had Jesus opened His mouth to defend Himself, they would have twisted
everything He said and believed nothing. His defense would have served as
evidence of His guilt that He would even try to defend Himself. So, they would
either declare Him guilty if He didn't defend Himself, or He would declare
Himself guilty by trying. Jesus chose not to give them anything to work with
and so declare themselves guilty by condemning an innocent man without a
cause.
· (192h) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Result of putting off the old man Ø Gain by
losing Ø Gain God’s kingdom to lose the
domain of darkness Ø Gain integrity to lose the
world’s respect
-- These verses go with verses 27-35
Mat 27-11
· (54a) Paradox Ø
Opposites Ø Unbelief in the presence of the
power of God
· (85a) Thy kingdom come Ø
Your words can lead to your own demise Ø They
will keep you out of heaven
Mat 27,12-14
· (89e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Ø Wisdom
is sometimes best when there are no words
· (222g) Kingdom of God Ø
The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Do not give
what is holy to dogs Ø God shares no intimacy
with dogs Ø God does not speak to dogs
Mat 27,17-35
· (160j) Works of the devil Ø
Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude
determines our direction Ø Temptation to walk
in unbelief Ø Tempted to abandon your
convictions
--
After all the miracles Jesus performed for the people and after all the time
He spent with them teaching them the ways of God, they listened to their
religious leaders who held them in bondage to an expensive, dead religion, who
convinced them to ask the governor for Jesus' execution (verse 20). The people
knew it was wrong to condemn Him, because Jesus never did anything to hurt
anyone. It wasn't the chief priests or the Pharisees who had Jesus crucified,
the people condemned Him because they were influenced by a message from a
source they were used to obeying. They could relate to the Pharisees better
and had more in common with them than they had with Christ, so a simple
message pumped up with emotion was all that was needed to abandon their
convictions regarding everything Jesus showed them about the truth because
they never believed in Jesus or in His message about faith and love.
Mat 27,17-31
· (65g) Paradox Ø
Anomalies Ø Satan brings unity Ø
Satan unites the world for the cause of persecution -- These verses go
with verses 1&2
Mat 27-18
· (24j) Sin Ø
Poverty (Forms of fear) Ø World is envious of
Jesus
· (76d) Thy kingdom come Ø
Wicked motives Ø Motives based on envy
--
Jealousy is the most destructive force in the universe. It was the motive that
hung
Jesus on a cross.
· (243e) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Sources of
persecution Ø Persecution from jealousy
Mat 27,20-25
· (179d) Works of the devil Ø
Practicing witchcraft Ø Wolves Ø
Stir up the crowd Ø Stir up the crowd through
jealousy
--
The chief priests and the other religious leaders of Israel stirred up the crowd
to ask for the life of Barabbas, but it was the people of Israel collectively
who were ultimately responsible for rejecting their own Messiah. You cannot
accuse the Pharisees only.
Mat 27,22-35
· (210c) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our sacrifice Ø
God uses sinners to sacrifice His Son
· (241h) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom to the
death Ø
Kill Jesus because of who He is
-- These verses go with verses 1&2
Mat 27,22-26
· (242h) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom Ø
World pressures you to forsake your convictions
Mat 27-22,23
· (242f) Worldly Pressure
(Key verse)
Mat 27,24-26
· (168d) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Do not conform to the world and
meet God’s judgment
Mat 27-24,25
· (199j) Denying Christ Ø
Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Unwilling to receive Christ Ø
Rejecting Christ as the Messiah -- These verses go with verses 39-44
Mat 27-24
· (181i) Works of the devil Ø
The origin of lawlessness Ø
Self deception Ø Imaginary perception of self Ø
Pretending to be someone you’re not
-- Pilate showed a sense of conscientiousness about innocent blood when he
washed his hands of Jesus' trial, but that water did not rinse away any of his
guilt regarding the decision he made to hand Him over to the Jews.
Mat 27-25
· (27b) Consequences of sin Ø
Curse Ø Deeds that return to the doer Ø
Blood of Jesus
--
These words are still reverberating in the ears of the Jewish nation of
Israel. After 2000 years, they still have not reached the end of the curse
that those words placed on them, simply because they still have not repented
of their unbelief about Jesus as their Messiah. Had they repented and believed
the day He rose from the grave, God would have happily accepted them, since
that was God's predetermined plan, that He should die for the sins of the
people of Israel first, and also for the sins of the whole world. The day
Israel repents of their unbelief, the curse will be terminated and God will
receive them into His heavenly kingdom.
· (54c) Paradox Ø
Opposites Ø Requesting blood be on their own
hands
Mat 27,27-35
· (192h) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø
Result of putting off the old man Ø Gain by
losing Ø Gain God’s kingdom to lose the
domain of darkness Ø Gain integrity to lose the
world’s respect -- These verses go with verses 11-14
Mat 27,27-31
· (184k) Works of the devil Ø
The origin of lawlessness Ø Abusing the grace
of God Ø Dragging God’s Grace Through The Mud
Ø Dishonoring the grace of God
· (243b) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom Ø
Mocking Christ -- These verses go with verses 39-44
Mat 27,39-44
· (17k) Sin Ø
Ignorance Ø Misinterpreting Jesus –
The crowd hurling abuse at Him (spitting) was ignorant of God’s purpose
for sending Christ and His eternal plan for redeeming man from their sin,
just as they misinterpreted the statement He made about destroying the
temple and rebuilding it in three days. He was talking about His body, not
the actual temple where people congregate. What is more, they lied when they
said they would believe in Him if He were to climb off the cross after they
had personally hung Him there. These are the ones who would establish the
conditions of their own faith, and if things don’t work the way they
expected, would simply renege on their promise to believe God. If Christ were
to have walked off the cross and they repented, it would have indicated a
shred of decency about them; they cannot have any and nail His body to
the cross. God used them to represent the inner condition of all mankind, of
which we are a part. We are better than they though, because we have trusted
Jesus as our savior, otherwise we're not.
· (199j) Denying Christ Ø
Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Unwilling to receive
Christ Ø Rejecting Christ as the Messiah --
These verses go with verses 24&25
· (200k) Denying Christ Ø
Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø
Excuses for rejecting Christ Ø Putting God in
a no win situation
--
The no win situation they put Jesus in was this: They nailed Him to the
cross out of jealousy, partly because He performed many miracles and
attracted a large audience, which emasculated the all the religious leaders,
then they told Him to come down from the cross and they would believe in
Him. It would have been a miracle had He climbed off the cross, so why would
they believe in that miracle and not in the ones He had previously
performed? where is the proof that they would have believed in Him? There
was nothing Jesus could have done within the will of His Father that would
have persuaded them to believe in Him, which places their hatred squarely on
the Father, which even worsens their guilt, and proves whom they were aiming
at when they were hurling their abuse at Him!
· (243b) Kingdom of God Ø
Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø
Persecuting the kingdom Ø
Mocking Christ -- These verses go with verses 27-31
Mat 27-39,40
· (177i) Works of the devil Ø
The religion of witchcraft Ø Presumption Ø
Misunderstanding the word of
God
Mat 27-46
· (37b) Judgment Ø
The cross Ø Father slays His son --
This verse goes with verse 50
· (45f) Judgment Ø
Believer’s sin Ø Through His Son Ø
Jesus absorbed the sin of the church – This verse goes with verses
50&51
· (47i) God Judges the world Ø
Hell is being absent from God
Mat 27,50-53
· (254g)
Trinity Ø Holy Spirit’s relationship
between Father and Son Ø Jesus is the life of
the Spirit Ø Jesus is the substance of
God’s life Ø Jesus conquered death because
He is life
--
Note that it was at Jesus' death and not at His resurrection that the veil
of the temple was torn in half and that many saints were raised from the
dead in the surrounding tombs. It is safe to say that Jesus' victory over
death was in His own death, and not in His resurrection. 1Cor 15-45 says,
"So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being;" the last Adam, a life-giving spirit."
Jesus was full of life so much that it spilled over and raised the dead
within the tombs of the surrounding area the moment He died. Jesus emptied
Himself of His natural life in the flesh, which was interlaced with His
Spiritual life in that He was the son of man and the Son of God in one body.
When He gave up His natural life, the life of His spirit poured out with it.
His resurrection was the capstone of His work of the cross and the expected
conclusion of His deity as God almighty clothed in human flesh.
Mat 27,51-53
· (147c) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus’ works bear
witness of Himself Ø God exercises authority
over His creation
Mat 27-50,51
· (45f) Judgment Ø
Believer’s sin Ø Through His Son Ø
Jesus absorbed sin of the church – These verses go with verse 46
· (205h)
Salvation Ø Salvation is based on God’s
promises Ø New covenant Ø
The old one is obsolete
Mat 27-50
· (37b) Judgment Ø
The cross Ø Father slays His son -- This
verse goes with verse 46
Mat 27-54
· (88i) Thy kingdom come Ø
Fearing the power of God is the beginning of wisdom
Mat 27-55,56 -- No Entries
Mat 27,57-61
· (14e) Servant Ø
Ministry of helps Ø Being in charge of the
details
– When you think of how important this person’s job was
in the scheme of God’s infinite plan, that somewhere in eternity He
planned to create a person who would give His Son a proper burial in the
course of fulfilling His unchangeable purpose for man. It is important to
fulfill your ministry of helps, whatever it is to the minute detail. In most
cases a ministry of helps is doing something for someone else’s ministry
that is too big for one person to fulfill. This kind of work, helping
someone else with their ministry, is extremely important, since God often
assigns tasks to people that are too great for one person to accomplish
without help, e.g. Jesus could not have buried Himself. It is also an
opportunity to learn how to get along with others and build unity within the
church.
Mat 27,62-66
· (182d) Works of the devil Ø
The origin of lawlessness Ø
Self deception Ø Trying to hide from God
Mat 28-1 -- No Entries
Mat 28,2-7
· (147g) Witness Ø
Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus’ works bear
witness of Himself Ø Raising the dead
Mat 28,2-4
· (15i) Servant Ø
Angels delegate judgment to the church
Mat 28,5-9
· (39d) Judgment Ø
Jesus defeated death Ø Witnesses of Jesus’
resurrection
· (228b) Kingdom of God Ø
God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø God
working in you Ø
God comforts you in times of adversity Ø He
comforts you in your grief
Mat 28,5-7
· (15f) Servant Ø
Angels are messengers from God sent to change our perspective
--
The women who went to look after Jesus' grave suspected what the angel told
them after they saw that the large stone had been moved and that the guards
were absent, since they had previously witnessed Jesus raising people from
the dead during His ministry (among myriads of other miracles). So, when the
angel spoke to them, it was an official confirmation that Jesus Himself had
risen. Usually, it is the Holy Spirit who speaks to us about the things of
God, but angels appear to people to strengthen their faith, to give us a
visual aid sort of speak. One example is during Jesus' distress in the
garden of Gethsemane when the angel came alongside and strengthened Him
prior to His crucifixion. Angels also appear during times of transition
between dispensations as when God makes a turn in the road, angels come
alongside to help us successfully make the turn. One example is in Peter's
vision (Act 10,1-23). God knew it would take a miracle before Peter would be
convinced that salvation was for the whole world and not just for the Jews.
Prior to his vision, Peter would have considered that statement to be
blasphemy.
· (210a) Salvation Ø
The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our sacrifice
Ø Jesus paid the price for us Ø
Jesus saved from death by submitting to the cross
--
Jesus had no choice but to go to the cross since it was His Father's desire
that He should go and there never has been nor will there ever be any
variance of will between He and His Father. In going to the cross He spared
perfect integrity that exists eternally within the trinity and avoided permanent
separation from the Father through disobedience. Although it is
theologically impossible for the trinity to break up since He is God, yet on
a more practical standpoint that was the risk He took and Satan's reward,
which is why he too risked everything but lost it all for the one valid
chance of being God.
Mat 28-5
· (23m) Sin Ø
Poverty (Oppression) Ø Fear of the unknown Ø
Fear the appearance of angels
Mat 28-8
· (88i) Thy kingdom come Ø
Fearing the power of God is the beginning of wisdom
· (125e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Manifestations of faith Ø
Joy is the result of partaking of the Holy Spirit Ø
Joy of the revelation of Jesus Christ
Mat 28-9
· (252e) Trinity Ø
You shall put no other gods before Me Ø Worship
Jesus (Because He is equal with God) Ø Worship
Jesus for what the Father does through Him -- This verse goes with
verse 17
Mat 28-10
· (23n) Sin Ø
Poverty (Oppression) Ø Fear of the unknown Ø
Fear the appearance of Jesus
Mat 28,11-15
· (16l) Sin Ø
Continuing in sin to avoid the light Ø
Suppressing the truth they cannot deny
· (18g) Twisted Thinking (Sin Begets Unbelief) (Key
verse)
· (19i) Sin Ø
Hardened heart will twist your mind
· (21h) Premeditated sin Ø
Having no intensions of doing the will of God
· (76c) Thy kingdom come Ø
Motives Ø Seeking authority for security Ø
Motives based on greed
· (162b) Works of the devil Ø
Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude
determines our direction Ø Carried Away Ø
Carried away bodily
· (163g) Works of the devil Ø
Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Used
by Satan to destroy the word of God Ø Used to
Suppress the truth
· (166g) Works of the devil Ø
Manifestations of the devil Ø Wisdom of the
world Ø
Man’s wisdom contradicts itself
-- There is no way anybody came and took Jesus' body away in the presence of
the guards. The Romans in Jesus' day had a hard
and fast rule that any Roman guard caught sleeping or otherwise neglecting his duties was killed,
they often used the means of stoning or bludgeoning the soldier to death. In
this case, however, they gave the guards a large sum of money to start a rumor.
The problem with the high priest's story is: if Jesus' disciples came and took His body
away ... first, why were the Roman guards still alive? Secondly, why wasn't
there a thorough search for the body; they didn't pursue the disciples to
make them return the body. The whole reason for putting a guard duty on
the tomb was to ensure that no one took the body and then said He rose from
the dead. The chief priests wanted the body as proof that He did not rise from
the dead in case that "rumor" was started. Finally, how did the
disciples roll away the stone? They were physically incapable of such a feat,
especially without awaking the guards? On the contrary, the chief priests had every
reason to believe that Jesus rose from the dead, since
these guards' lives were on the line, they had nothing to gain
from making up a story that Jesus rose from the dead. So, the chief
priest, the Pharisees and all the other religious elders' sin was multiplied
against them through yet another opportunity to believe in Jesus, they instead
hardened their hearts and buried the truth.
· (182h) Works of the devil Ø
The origin of lawlessness Ø Deception Ø
Being deceptive with people Ø Lying to others
· (186c) Works of the devil Ø
The result of lawlessness Ø Blasphemy Ø
Cursing the Holy Spirit Ø Lying to the Holy
Spirit
· (202f) Denying Christ Ø
Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from the word of God
Ø Running from the truth
· (251c) Priorities Ø
God’s prerequisites Ø
Making evil plans
Mat 28-16,17
· (237h) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom
Ø The church is transferred to the kingdom Ø Jesus’ ascension
Mat 28-17
· (20i) Sin Ø
Doubting miracles
· (252e) Trinity Ø
You shall put no other gods before Me Ø
Worship Jesus (Because He is equal with God) Ø
Worship Jesus for what the Father does through Him -- This verse goes
with verse 9
Mat 28,18-20
· (44k) Judgment Ø
Transformation process Ø Fulfill your ministry
in evangelism
· (66g) Jesus’ authority Ø
He owns everything from the father
· (67n) Authority Ø
Doing God’s work under His authority Ø
Ministry of helps Ø Help God
Mat 28-18
· (214a) Sovereignty Ø
God is infinite Ø Jesus owns you Ø
God owns everything
Mat 28-20
· (83e) Thy kingdom come Ø
Intercession Ø Jesus stands in the gap Ø
He prays for us
· (224f) Kingdom of God Ø
Illustrating the kingdom Ø Description of
heaven Ø The joyful kingdom Ø
We shall always be with the Lord
· (238g) Kingdom of God Ø
Pursuing the kingdom Ø Transferring the kingdom
Ø The kingdom is transferred to the church Ø
Jesus will never leave us
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