Sermon clip preached by Karl Gilliham
In Matthew 27:39, it tells us about they that passed by the Lord Jesus Christ when He hung on the cross, who blasphemed Him and shaking their heads. Then in v. 40 LITV, it tells us that they said, and saying, You destroying the Holy Place and building it in three days, if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Notice the people refer to what Jesus said in John 2:19 LITV, The Lord Jesus said to the Jews, Jesus said to them, Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. In the next verse, the Jews thought Jesus meant the sanctuary built with hands, but v. 21 tells us that Jesus meant the sanctuary of His body. The Lord Jesus was speaking about His death, burial and resurrection.
When we go back to Matthew 27:40, we witness the very prophecy that the Lord Jesus spoke about Himself in John 2:19 was being fulfilled before the very eyes of those who mocked Him for saying, Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. The people mocked Him with the thought of, If He says He can do that, then He should easily be able to come down from there. But while sinners spoke evil against the Lord Jesus and mocked Him, the Lord Jesus Christ was dying for every sinner that will put their faith in Him
Then they said in v. 40 LITV, if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. When they said, "the Son of God", who Jesus said He is, they knew Jesus was saying that He is equal to the Father, which meant He was saying He is God. Again, the people mocked Him. But because Jesus is the Son of God, He stayed on that cross. They mocked Him by saying, if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross., but the reason He stayed on that cross was because He is the Son of God. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 LITV)
There is no greater gift than the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the greatest gift one can ever receive, the One who died on the cross for them who will put their faith in Him, and was buried, and rose again on the third day. The Bible says in 1Cor. 15:3-4 LITV, For I delivered to you in the first place what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures.
There is only one way for salvation, and His Name is Jesus. The Lord Jesus said in John 14:6 LITV, Jesus said to him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
A person is not saved by works, but by the grace of God. The Word of God says in Ephesians 2:8-9 LITV, For by grace you are saved, through faith, and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, that not anyone should boast;
Stop trusting in your own works to get to heaven, for you will come up short, for the Bible says in Romans 3:23 LITV, for all sinned and fall short of the glory of God, but come to repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. The Bible says in Acts 20:21 LITV, earnestly testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone to save you by His death, burial and resurrection, and the Bible says you will be saved. The Bible says in John 3:16 LITV, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone believing into Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
