SNT 0805 He Is Risen
He Is Risen Tells the importance of Christ’s resurrection, which is shown by the power in that work which God did for us. SNT – 805 April 18, 1976 Mat 26:31-33; 27:40, 43 Mat 27:43, 54; 28:1, 2, 4, 5 Mat 28:5-7; Rom 8:34; 1Co 15:12-20 1Co 15:20; Act 2:33; Rom 10:9; Col 3:1; Joh 3:16 “He is Risen” Victor Paul Wierwille — Sunday Night Teaching 0805 Transcript — Take your Bibles tonight, please, and go to the Gospel of Matthew. Do you know that the most monumental event in all history was the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ? Great men have lived and died, but only one in all the history of mankind ever rose again from the dead. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ has always been a stumbling block for the unbelievers, and will continue to be so. But for those of us who know him and the great reality of his divine presence, the resurrection is still the most monumental event in the history of all times. In the Gospel of Matthew, in the 26 th chapter, and in the 31 st verse, Matthew 26:31-33: 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I [not] . . . be offended. That usage in the Word regarding the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is singularly significant. Jesus had just told them that the shepherd would be smitten and that the sheep, Israel, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, would be scattered abroad. And that, after he was risen, he’d go into Galilee. But that didn’t ring a bell with Peter whatsoever. He could understand the smiting, but he couldn’t understand the resurrection; the risen again. That’s why he said, “Though all men shall be offended,” he said, “I will not be offended.” He never discussed the resurrection. He only discussed the matter of
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in the beginning. When the fullness of time comes again, sir, he’s coming back. And you haven’t got a thing to do with it; I haven’t got a thing to do with it. Your believing doesn’t substantiate it, nor would my unbelief terminate it. He’s coming when God’s good and ready. Man hasn’t got a lousy thing to say about it. That’s right. And whether they preach and believe, makes no difference. He’s still coming. In Corinth that day, he said in verse 13, 1 Corinthians 15:13-20: 13 … if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching [is] vain, and your [believing or] faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. [verse 16] 16For if the dead rise not, then is . . . Christ [not] raised: 17 A