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This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
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Christ obeys the father and dies on the cross to fulfill his father’s mission. Without being raised, his perfect obedience would be pointless. Christ's prayer in John 17 is confirmed because he has finished his work from the father. His resurrection testifies that he has completed the work His Father gave Him to do. His resurrection validates the Gospel.
Peter courageously wields his sword for Christ, then denies Him. He discovers Christ sacrifices for His followers, not vice versa. Our lives are to be centered on our savior, not ourselves. That's why Christ must go to the cross to secure his disciples, and to empower his disciples to live for him.
The centurion is charged to execute Christ. Christ is charged with insurrection. So, this centurion would most likely expect another insurrectionist uprising followed by a crucifixion. However, Christ is not put down like other men. He is clearly not an insurrectionist, but worthy of praise. We join together to hear the testimony and praise of the Centurion for our Good Friday Service.
This is not so much a mediation, but rather just a reading of our text for our Good Friday service this evening at 6:30. We read the word of God thinking about the tragedy and the goodness of Good Friday. We certainly praise our God as we think about the work of our faithful savior.
Mary goes out to the tomb to pay her respects to her dead teacher. She finds that the tomb is disturbed, the stone is rolled away, and someone has taken her Lord. She tells the disciples and they believe her report. The disciples are locked in a room, hiding away, and their Lord appears to them two times. How does Christ deal with these skeptics? How does Christ deal with the skeptic who does not believe the apostles' report? How does Christ show that his mission is not just to confirm God's promises, but to shepherd his people?
We look at Christ and Pilate going back and forth. The issue that we consider is how can Christ say that he is the essence of truth? It seems rather strange that the truth teller is handed over to a foreign official to be put to death. He is not even tried, but rather his own nation hands Christ over to face death. We seek to see and show that Christ is in fact truth despite Christ's kangaroo court.
We mighty wonder how Christ's burial contributes to the success of his mission. One thing we note is that Christ cannot remain on the cross as a covenant breaker, but he must be taken down to fulfill the Mosaic law. This is also fulfills what the Lord spoke through Isaiah that the suffering servant would be buried in a rich man's tomb. Matthew subtly shows us that the Lord continues to fulfill his mission even in death. So, we can see the fulfillment of the Old Testament, but how can Matthew's recounting of Christ's burial assure us that Christ is able to save us from our sins?
The resurrection is something that is radical and rather unbelievable to be honest. However, the resurreciton is necessary for Christ to conform the grace and truth of the Lord's promise. How does this truth come to bear on the immediate audience? What does that teach us about ourselves today?
John, the gospel writer, invites us to hear the interaction between our Lord and Pilate. The age old question that has plagued fallen man is asked, “What is truth?” Can we ever know the answer to this question? Can we know truth? If we can know truth then how can this truth be so encouraging and assuring in light of the cross’ offense?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
