Sermons by Rev. Geoff Willour (Page 16)
1. Take to heart God’s universal demand for repentance (v. 30).
2. Behold, the Day of Judgement is coming (v. 31)!
3. The resurrection of Christ certifies Him as the agent of God’s judgment on Judgment Day (v. 31).
1. The church is holy (v. 5).
2. The church is a priesthood (v. 5).
1. The parallel between the prophet Jonah in the belly of the great fish, and the Lord Jesus Christ in the state of death (v. 40).
2. Christ’s burial and continuation in the state of death for a time anticipated His resurrection (v 40).
3. Our Lord’s resurrection from the state of death ought to lead sinners to repentance (vv. 41-42).
1. Crave spiritual nourishment, so that you may grow (v. 2).
2. Believer, consider your experience of the Lord’s goodness as a motivation to grow up into salvation (v. 3).
1. Believer, consider God’s call to consecration (vv. 1-2).
2. Our personal consecration to God is demonstrated by using our spiritual gifts to benefit the body of Christ (vv. 3-8).
1. Take to heart the call to put away sin (v. 1).
2. Specific sins that hinder sincere brotherly love within Christ’s body, and which therefore must be put away (v. 1).
1. Behold, a burial fit for a King!
2. A new tomb and an incorruptible hope.
3. Two lives transformed by our Lord’s saving death.
1. The Word of God is imperishable (v. 23).
2. The Word of God is living and abiding (v. 23).
1. Consider the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ as first-order gospel truths (vv. 3-4a).
2. The Old Testament Scriptures anticipated the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ (vv. 3-4).
3. The central importance of our Lord’s crucifixion, death, and resurrection (vv. 3-4).