Christ is Risen! Heaven Rules - Toward the Finishing Line | Olivia Leong

You're listening to a message to go from ext church. We hope this message

will light up your day. The Holy Bible consists of sixty six books,

all right, and sixty six books in here thirty nine books. The first

thirty nine books are called the Old Testaments, and the twenty seven books after

that is called the New Testament. The Old Testaments consist of the stories of

people and the nation of Israel, of how God shows his love and reveals

himself, all right, so you get to read more about that, and

then that's before Jesus Christ was born. Right. The New Testament describes about

the life of Jesus Christ, right, and how he was born, his

life here on earth, his parents, his faith journey, his miracle works,

his teachings, and what people think of Jesus Christ when he was here

on earth, and Jesus Christ challenges and his death and resurrection. All right,

So this is just a short summary about yeah, the Book of Matthew,

all right, as rather the gods the Bible. Okay, so the

Book of Matthew is actually one of the four Gospels. Okay, if you're

new to this, just to share with us, the Book of Matthew is

one of the Four Gospels where it talks about the life of Jesus as I

described just now. Right, So, the Book of Matthew is the first

book of the New Testament. Okay. So if you open the content page

of the Bible of the Holy Bible, you get to see the New Testament,

and then the first book is called Matthew. All right. So now

you will know where to find the Book of Matthew in the Holy Bible,

all right, okay. So, and the Book of Matthew has twenty eight

chapters, okay. And we are today going to go into the Book of

Matthew chapter twenty eight, the last chapter, okay, all right, and

it will be a three pod series, so do bed with me. Okay.

Today we're just gonna cover the first part of the study of the Book

of Matthew, chapter twenty eight. All right, very cool, okay,

let's go. Okay, So Matthew chapter twenty eight. All right, So

if you have your Bibles, you can turn to it as well. Matthew

chapter twenty eight, Verse one. But just letting us all know, the

resurrection of Christ is one of the main foundations of our Christian faith. Very

important. So if any one of us here, or if you're listening to

this audio recording, if you are seeking the truth or you're seeking God,

right, just to let you know that the resurrection of Christ is one of

the main foundations of the Christian faith, and here are four main flawless proofs

of it from Matthew chapter twenty eight. Of course, other gospel books like

Luke and John has larger accounts of proofs of Christ's resurrection, but today let's

focus on Matthew chapter twenty eight. All right, So there's three parts that

we will be covering, but today we will only covering part one, right,

so, yes, that's the title Christ is Reason. We will go

through Matthew chapter twenty two. All right, next line, all right,

so part one of today's covering will be from verse one to ten, where

we will talk about the testimony of the Angel to Christ's resurrection and his appearance

himself to the woman. This approves, okay, So if you're thinking,

Ah, this Christian faith, what proof? So we are going to go

into the world God today. All right, are you excited? Come on?

I mean this God is real, okay, this approved in the Bible,

documented real for us here today praise God for that right. Right.

So the part two of this will be from verse eleven to fifteen of the

Book of Matthew chapter twenty eight. Right, it will be the confession of

the adversaries that were upon the guard. Okay, these are yeah, even

these approves, okay, all right. Next part three will be from verse

sixteen to twenty where Christ appearance to the disciples in Galilee and the commission he

gave to them. That will be part three. Okay, So it's gonna

be good. Okay. I'm truly so blessed even preparing this and just revived

again in my faith, I know. Right, It's like I've been.

I've been. I've been following Christ for many years now, but yet it

still speaks to me until today. Right. So just a background, so

for anyone of us who are new to the faith, just to let us

all know before the Book of Matthew chapter twenty eight. So I just want

to give us a perspective before we read Matthew chapter twenty eight. All right.

So, Jesus Christ, he was crucified, Okay, he was crucified

on the cross. He died on the sixth day of the week. All

right, sixth day of the week. We understand it as today's term Friday.

Okay, So we take Sunday as the first day of the week,

then Friday will be the sixth day of the week. So that will a

lot of us celebrate that as a good Friday. Right, So that's when

Jesus Christ died on the cross on the sixth day of the week. His

body, his physical body, was buried in a tomb with a large stone

covering its entrance. And we have Roman gods. All right, we're assigned

to guard the tomb from anyone else stealing the body. Okay, And all

his disciples, all his followers, deserted him because he died, right,

he was arrested, and all the disciples are ran, except for a few

of them who stayed with him until his death. Right. The disciples,

of course, were sorrowful, disappointed, hoping that Jesus Christ, will you

know, overthrow the Romans, but he died, like, okay, what

happened. All the hopes were dashed and everyone was discouraged. So this is

the background of the picture before we read Matthew chapter twenty eight, verse one.

All right, let's read. If you have your bibles, you can

turn to it. Right. If not, then you can also follow.

Okay, yes, I don't need to turn to Okay, just yeah,

I'll read the whole scripture from verse one to ten. Right, then only

we will go through the slices, all right, okay, So verse one.

Now, after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began

to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord

descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat

on it for street. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as

white as snow. That is, the Angel was four. And the gods

shook for fear of him, and became like the dead man. But the

Angel answered and said to the woman, do not be afraid, for I

know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here for

his his reason, as he said, come see the place where the Lord

lay, and go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen from the

dead. And indeed he is going before you into Galilee. Therefore Galilee,

there you will see him. Behold, I have told you was it.

So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and

ran to bring his disciples word verse nine. And as they went to tell

his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, rejoice. Other translations

says greetings. So they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him.

Verse ten. Then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid.

Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see

me. Amen, God bless the reading of his word. Wow, so

much to learn here, while the Holy Spirit speak to us today. Yay,

all right now verse one. Now, after the Sabbath, as the

first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

came to see the tomb. Now let's go one by one, all right.

Now, after the Sabbath, some of us maybe wondering, what this

Sabbath? What's this word sabbath. Sabbath for the Jews is the seventh day

of the week in autumns is Saturday. Okay. If we consider Sunday as

the first day of the week, Sabbath is like a resting day, a

day of rest. Okay, right, and yeah, and yes. And

here in this story we see Jesus rise from the date right, he next

light, right, he rose on the third day after his death. Jesus

Christ died on the sixth day of the week, which is Friday. Right,

So Sabbath day is the seventh day where he rested. And then the

verse one says, now after the Sabbath, after the seventh day, which

is the third day, right, and he rose again. That is the

third day after his death. Right. He was buried in the evening of

the sixth day of the week, and arose in the morning of the first

day of the following week, which is Sunday. Okay, So that he

lay more than about thirty six to thirty eight hours. He was dead,

okay, bodily he was dead, okay, all right. But next he

arose after the Jewish Sabbath. It is also the Jewish passed over Sabbath.

Right, Christ on the sixth day finish his work on that day, Friday

when he died. He say it is finished. On Friday, it is

finished. He finished the work on the sixth day. It is finished on

the yes, okay. And on the seventh day he rested. The body

rested in the tomb, and then on the first day of the next week,

which is Sunday, begin a new world and enter upon the new work.

Right, as he resurrected on after the Sabbath. That's that's what we

call, uh, yeah, the new day. And you see Jesus arose

on that Sunday victorious. Amen. So that's why, okay, so he

arose upon the first day of the week, right. And on the first

day of the week, God commanded light Genesis one. Right, we hear

that when God on the how do you say, the first day of the

week, God created light. Right. God commanded light to shine out of

darkness. And on this day he was to be light of the world,

Jesus Christ, the light of the world, darkness to shine out of the

darkness of the Great And the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, he's

he's buried with Christ. Right, and it rose again in the first day

of Sabbath. And that's why it's called the Lord's Day. Sunday first day,

it's called the Lord, Lord's Day. And that's why we are all

gathered here today on a Sunday morning to worship the Lord, remembering his resurrection

sometimes morning and why do I come to church on Sunday? Why it must

be Sunday morning. This is the reason why Sunday morning. It's because the

Lord has resurrected, and we remember him, we celebrate him, we remember

his resurrection. That's why someone us say it's a celebrative Sunday morning. Yes,

okay, it's the Lord's day, right, Yeah, just in case

you're wondering. Okay, So in case someone asks you, why do you

go to church on the Sunday morning? Because Jesus rise on the first day

of the week, the resurrected Christ. Okay, then you have the opportunity

to share who this Jesus Christ is, all right, right, So it

is the Sabbath that instituted and remembering the perfecting work of creation. Yeah all

right. So he who on that day arose from the day is the same

by home and for whome all things were at first created and now a new

created. Yeah, he is our God, right, Okay. So that's

the first day of the week. All right. I hope you guys are

following me, right, Okay, So he arose as it began to dawn,

next next next light, yes, dawn, dawn. Maybe some of

us may be wondering what's the difference between dawn and sunrise. Everybody know dawn,

this is dawn before the sun come up. Dawn means it's still like

nar a bit can I beyond the dawn. It's like that you don't see

any sun yet, but you see some light. It's a hint of light,

right, next light, then sunrise, sunrise, you get to see

the sun rays that sunrise. Okay. So when we say dawn means before

the sunrise, but you see a bit of light, okay, a hint

of like okay, next night Okay. The first hint of daylight occurs before

sunrise, right right, And Christ arose when the day began to dawn.

In Luke, chapter one, verse seventy eight, right, Zachariah the priest's

prophesied of the day spring. Wow, you learn another new name or description

of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the day spring from on high did

again visited us. His passion began in the night, when he hung on

the cross and the sun darkened. He was laid in the grave in the

dusk the evening, but he arose from the grave when the sun was near

rising. For he is the bright and morning Star, the true light.

So in case you want to pray, are some of the things that you

can also speak to God. Right, refer God Jesus Christ as the day

spring. Okay. Is quoted in Luke chapter one, verse seventy eight.

And if you want to read more, you can read more about that,

okay, Luke chapter one eight. And their next light is the Bride and

morning Star. We can also pray and speak to God that he is the

Bride and morning Star. Okay. Right, So that's why, yay amazing,

right, Our God is just so amazing. Okay, Okay, let's

continue verse continue with verse one right now, okay. And Mary Magdalene who

came to the tom Mary Magdalene and Mary Okay, this is from the book

of Matthew A right, says Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. Okay.

And these women are one of the few women that was very very close to

Jesus even though he died, all the other disciples was already deserted them.

Like I hope God, I want to follow just continue back our old work

cloud. Right, But Mary Magdalene and Mary and the other Mary and some

other few disciples are still following him until death. And even after death also

follow Wow, this is super super follower. Okay, yes, super follower

the same. Yeah, because both these women followed Jesus, attended the funerals,

set over against the tone, and as before they sat over against the

cross, they were at the cross, you know, seeing Jesus died,

still study and to express the love that they have with Christ and still inquiring

him after he died. So as Christ in the grave was beloved of the

saints, so the saints in the grave are beloved of Christ for death and

the grave cannot slacken the born of love which is between them. Amazing,

right, I want to be like Mary and are the other Magdalene? I

hope you guys too, right, Yeah, it's so so amazing. You

know why, let's continue the story. I think we read just now so

you will understand. Right, I also want to be like them. And

you know what did they come to do? Mary, Magdalene and other marry

They came to see the tomb. Okay, so probably they want to come

and see what's happening because they heard that there are going to be gods,

you know, they thought that they want to see what how is the body?

Is the body still there. Right, So they came early, Right,

they came to see the tomb, better to see it was left it

or maybe something happened to it. Visits to the grave are great use for

Christians, right, And we recall a lot of good memories about the person

who died. But it is at this tomb all of us can always remember

Jesus Christ. We are reminded of our sin being buried. Right. It's

a very very good reminder that. Hey, when we are in Christ,

we are a new creation. The all has gone buried six feet under our

tomb closed. Yes, our sin is gone, forgotten, forgiven, done,

all right. But in Christ we are a new creation. The all

has gone, the new has come, all right. So that's why the

tomb was so important for us as Christians to remember that our sin are buried

out of sight. And it is a great proof of redeeming love of Christ

for us. Okay, So next life right, verse two, the appearance

of the Angel of the Lord. Right, So we have an account here,

yeah, in this manner, and it wasn't private. It was witnessed

by this few people that wrote down the evidence here in the Book of Matthew,

chapter twenty eight, in verse two, right, and it says here

and you can see it says here there was a great earthquake. Now,

earthquake in the Bible has a few significance. Right, we remember the earthquake

happened when Jesus Christ died on the cross. Remember when Jesus died, he

said it it's finished. Then there was an earthquake. Right. That earthquake

really talks about how the earth trembled. The Son of God died, and

it had the earth have to receive the physical body. The earth trembled.

Come on, if the earth can tremble, what are we? Right?

This is all God's created. We are all God's creation. The earth trembled,

right, and yeah, yeah, the earth trembled and shook with fear.

Right. But now that he arose, the earth again resigned him and

lived for joy in his exaltation. The earthquake again in Matthew chapter twenty eight.

Now that he arives, while the Son of God is risen, the

earthquake means it loses the bond of death, It shakes off the chains of

the grave and introduced the desire of all nations. Right now, you can

remember another name for Jesus Christ he is the desire of all nations. Quoted

from Hagi chapter two, six to seven. He is the desire of all

nations. It may not seem to us today physically right now, but it

is prophesied in the book of Hagui, and we shall see one day it

will be desire of all nations. Amen. Right, so we can pray,

you know, through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, you are the desire

of all nations. You are my desire. Right, you can pray something

like that. Right. It is a signal of Christ's victory. When the

earthquake, when the heavens rejoice and the earth also is glad. Right,

So that was an earthquake, an earthquake of rejoicing. The earth was rejoicing

in itself, right, Okay, because the Lord, the Son of God,

has risen, his creator has reason from the grave a man. Right.

Continue on in verse two, for an angel of the Lord descended from

heaven. Okay, this one supernatural. Okay, So you know in the

Bible also talks about angels, right, and how angels have been attending to

Jesus Christ. Right. And it was at the birth of the Lord Jesus

Christ, when the Angel came. Right. Angel also came to attend to

Jesus in his temptation. And the angel also came when Jesus Christ was in

agony before he was arrested to be taken to be crucified. Right, the

angel came to attend to them, to Jesus Christ. But upon the cross

we find an angel. Okay, when his father forsook him, the angel

wasn't there. The angels withdrew from Jesus Christ. But now that he is

resuming the glory he had before the foundation of the world. Now behold,

the angel is back attending to him. It's amazing. Okay, can you

picture with me? This angel came. The Son of God is raisen.

He has to come, right, he said, like the officer of the

heavens. He has to be there. Okay, So continuing on, the

angel descended and came and rolled back the stone from the door. Hey,

Jesus Christ is the son of God. Right, Jesus Christ has the power

to roll the stone like click figure the stone roller. You know, it's

like what one more? But sure can He's the creator. He can roll

this. Why you need the angel? Have you ever thought about that?

He's amazing, right, a lot. Jesus could have just rolled back the

stone himself by his own power, but he chose to have it done by

an angel to signify that having undertaken to make satisfaction for our sin. He

did not break prison, you know, prison break. No, he didn't

break prison, right, he Jesus Christ had but he had fair and legal

discharge obtaining from heaven right, so he did not break prison. But an

officer from the heavens was sent on purpose to roll the stone and so to

open the door of the prison. So it was it was how do you

say, legally heaven terms right, opening prison door? And Jesus came out

amazing, right, amazing when I read this, ill like, woh God,

you're so amazing you would actually show us this right? How many times

you read verse to it and we just missed it? Right? Angel actually

roll the stone away because Jesus, Jesus doesn't prison break, okay or break

prison right? Yeah, okay, the next one and sat on it.

The angel sat on it. Okay. Now I'm going to do a physical

illustration, Okay to engage our attention here, Okay, can I have Elaine

to volunteer herself and myself Okay, I hope everybody is awake. Now we

have an angel sat on it. I'm going to be the rock and Elayne

is going to be that angels sitting on me. Okay, just an illustration,

and I want us all to look and observe. What a how do

you say? What? What? What it means? Okay, what it

means? Okay, I'm just gonna do this, okay, So yes,

come Elaene, that's all like, ah, okay, okay, I just

okay, thank you, Elaine. Oh okay, it's okay, it's okay.

So she's sitting on the rock, which is me, and you can

hear my voice, right, okay, And I cannot move. She is

sitting on me. I cannot move anywhere, right, and she is like

above me, and she is like I'm under her and I cannot move.

I almost cannot breathe, right, okay, all right, thank you Elie.

Okay, thank you. I was just okay, all right. So

I could have just I should have I thank you, thank you. I

could have just taken a picture. I was also telling Ellen, I could

have just taken a picture, and it's just going to be a picture,

okay. But I wanted to illustrate something, right, you know, I'm

so okay, good, I'm good. It's good, Thank you, Elaine.

Yeah. And it's it's very important you know. You know you watch

some art art martial art sports, right, like wrestling or I don't know,

taekwondo or something that when the opponent is on the floor, the other

person needs to sit on the person on, right, Yeah, meaning to

say, like you know, like there's a countdown, was like what to

right something like that, And the winner is the person who sits upon the

losing person, right, So I wanted to illustrate that, right, and

and and you know this angel sat on the rock, Okay, the rock.

You can say, the rock is not a person, but people can

move the rock, right, So I just wanted to illustrate this very important

point, right, the angels sitting upon the stone when he had to roll

it away. It is very observable, observable, and it speaks of a

secure triumph over all the obstructions of Christ's resurrection. That means, Ah,

the angels sat on the rock. The rock cannot move right, Like just

now I can feel I cannot move at all, never, I cannot because

Elen is sitting on me all right, So and and there he said,

defying, defying means to break and violate, standing against all powers of Hell,

to roll the stone to the grave again, meaning to say the stone

cannot roll back again, meaning to say Jesus wanted all ah, he's the

winner again like thinking men count on one, two, three, Christ,

Yes, you can imagine the funny side of it, but yes, so,

yes, it cannot The stone cannot roll back again. So Christ established

his seat of rest and set of judgment upon his enemies. Right, the

Angel sat on the side on the stone as a guard to the grave,

having frightened away all his enemies guard. Right, and he was also sitting

like Elaine was sitting just now. The Angel was sitting on the stone right,

waiting for the women to come. The angel was expecting the woman to

come because there is a news that the angels want to There's a message that

the angel wants to convey to the women. Right. Christ establishing his seat

also declares that Heaven rules, right, Heaven rules, We're not Heaven is

we're not Hell loose already right when so, brothers and sisters in Christ,

remember today. I pray that we are reminded today Jesus Christ is the winner.

We are on the winning side. Okay. His victory over Sein,

Satan and death, and there's no more, there's no like like you know,

in it terms, we call it the roll back. You know what

it means, we go back to the origin. No, no, no,

these are no rollback. Okay. Angels sat on the stone, no

rolling back. Right, it is permanent and forever Heaven rules. Okay,

let's continue on the first three. Right. And the angel's continent was like

lightning. Wow, I haven't seen one, but if you do, the

Bible says it says here it looks like lightning. His face or his countenance.

His face was like lightning, this lightning thing, right, probably scarce

the enemies in the dark. You see some shining lightning face its countenance,

like people will say it's a ghost or something. Right, So it really

scared his enemies away. And his clothing was as white as snow. Right.

White here doesn't just resembling purity, but it also resembles joy, triumph

and garment of praise. Right. So, hey, the angel war something

that. Hey, we are winning. We are we are victory. We

win because Jesus Christ has risen from the grave. Right, So yeah,

it's a garment of praise. Yeah, it's a it's a significant garment white

Okay, right, next verse verse four, and the gods shook for fear

of him and became like date, man, men, I tell you you

know, sometimes some news are good news to other the same news that is

good news to others, it could be a bad news for others. Okay,

uh, yeah, okay, we all understand that. For this case,

yes, it was trembling fear for the for the gods themselves, right,

fear that fear took over the gods. And really they shook with fear

because they know that if they this means this means that their life would be

like gone. You know, if the if the Emperor finds out that they

the dead Man rose and walked out, they will be there because their assignment

was to God, to God the grave and not have somebody still. But

they have never expected that the dead Man would rise. Okay, so they're

like, oh man, my life is gone, my life is God.

They're trembling in fear, right, the resurrection of Christ as it is the

joy of his friends, so it is the terror and confused us for his

enemies. Right, So the evil one do shake in fear as well.

Hey, we are on the winning side. What does that mean? We

have the upper hand. Don't be deceived by the evil one's lives, you

know, saying that we are not good enough or God will not accept us,

you know, and all the discouraging words. But remember the word of

God today, brothers and sisters in Christ, be encouraged that we are on

the winning side and we have the upper hand when we speak the word of

God, when we stand up for what is right, when we declare His

promises over our lives, our families, you know, over our challenges.

Hey, you know that we are on the winning side. And the enemy

trembles when we know this truth. Yeah, over our signersves, over things

that seems impossible for us. But all things are possible with God. Amen,

right, yes, yes, so amazing. Okay, continue next verse

five. But the Angel answered and said to the women, do not be

afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. Right,

and Jesus encourages them against their fears, so to come to come near

to the grave, right, especially in silence and solitude. Has you know

those silence, solitude and seeing all that that happened, they were, of

course frightful. But the angel spoke to the woman. He realized that the

angel didn't speak to the gods, right, no need to speak to them,

right, But the encouragement needs to come upon the women. Yeah,

do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus Christ, who

was crucified. Right, those that seek Jesus have no reason to be afraid

for Yeah, no need to be afraid. If you seek him de gently,

they shall find him and and shall find him. They are bountiful rewarder,

right, he you know for all of us here who is even here

right now or listening to this audio recording. If you are seeking the Lord

Jesus Christ, you're seeking about who this God is, this is the word

for you, don't be afraid. Come, come and see. Come you

know, And when you seek diligiently, when you when you take the effort

to really find out, or you know, ask questions. The promise of

the Lord says, those who seek him diligently shall find him. You will

not be confused. You will find him, and he will be the bountiful

rewarder of those who seek him. Diligiently. Right, Amen, there is

a reward for you at the end when you seek him diligiently a man,

and and truly I want to be a testament. So I just want to

say that, really, whenever i'm personally myself and I seek God upon a

question, something you know that I'm confused about, or the challenges that I'm

going through, whether it's in my workplace or in my family, I find

that I truly find Jesus Christ the bountiful reward. He gives me that peace,

gives me the answer to keep pressing on, to keep moving on.

And truly it's reward that money cannot buy. Yeah, okay, continue,

let's continue. Verse six. He is not here, the Angel said to

the women. He is not here. He is risen, as he said,

right, so he is not here. He assures the women of the

resurrection of Christ. And there was enough in that to silence their fears.

Right resurrected. Okay. The women was so discouraged, they were so afraid.

But the Angel assure them, don't be afraid. You're looking for Jesus

Christ, right, your master, your teacher. He is not here.

He's not here. He is raisen. Right, he is raisen. He's

not here, right, Yeah, and yes yeah. It is a matter

of comfort to those who seek Christ and misfinding him where they expected, because

they were expecting him to be lying there. But he's not there, So

he is reason. Right if we find him not insensible, comfort yet his

reason. In all our inquiries after Christ, we must remember that he is

reasen and we must seek him as the reason one next light. So we

must seek him as a reason one next light. He is no longer here

on earth. In case that you are seeking this Jesus Christ, and you

are trying to figure out with our normal physical understanding, sometimes it's very hard

to understand because he's not here. He is reason. Okay. If you

have more questions, feel free to approach any of us leaders. We are

happy to help you out to walk with you to discover the truth of the

Lord Jesus Christ. We do not have all the answers, but the Word

of God will continue to lead us to find the answers that you are seeking.

All right, so he is not here, he is risen, no

longer here on earth, next light. And with great reverence and regard to

his goor so when we seek him, whether it's it in our daily devotion,

remember that we are seeking the reason one. Remember to be reverent and

regard his glory next light, right, and every time when we seek him.

Sometimes, I mean, that's a tendency. We are still here on

earth. There's a tendency of earth asking God for physical needs. Yes,

it's good, it's okay, not bad. But also remember to set our

hearts on things above. Write in collisions. Chapter three was one to three.

Remember that we when we seek God, he is God, Jesus Christ,

he has risen. He's no longer here on earth. All right.

Next like so, and as he said the women, the angel sorry,

the angels say to the women, he's not here for his reason as he

said, right, Jesus has already said to his disciples that he he is.

He will rise on the third day. Right. And the angel is

just reminding the women that this was the word that was shared with them,

just recalling, Hey, did you remember Jesus Christ actually said this, as

he said, so remember his word and promise us next life. So come

and see the place where the Lord lay. So when you know, sometimes

our faith can be shaken sometimes and sometimes it's hard to believe. But here

is an encouragement for all of us as as we continue to strengthen our faith.

Remember, how do we strengthen our faith? Faith comes by hearing and

hearing the word of God. So the Bible. Read, Read the Bible.

As he said, remind, remind yourself. So how not just read

the word of God? How do you read the word of God? More?

You can listen to it, you can read it. Come for homes,

Come on Sunday. The word of God is being preached. We hear

worship songs again, over and over again. The word of God strengthens our

faith. The moment, the moment we let go of or compromise the reading

of his word or listening his word, there will be that time and the

enemy will come and put a foothold. Don't let the enemy do that.

Let's be strong in his word by reading it faithfully, all right, and

not just that. Yes, I know we are all humans. We are

also weak. But thank God for his grace. And you know, second

chance after a second chance. He's not just the angel not just say about

Jesus's words, but he also say come and see, come and see.

You know, if there are times when you need to see evidence of miracles

or signs and wonders, right, that will also be an opportunity for your

faith to be strengthened. So that's why you see, when Jesus was living

here on earth, he did many signs and wonders, and many people turn

to believe in him. Similarly, there are evidence of his works that will

also cause our faith to arise here and also just bring it practically here to

the church. We are all here, the church together, if we don't

do the works of the Lord, like for example, praying and you know,

praying for healing, praying for someone to you know, encourage for example,

if is not here, we don't get to hear my Male's testimony or

Paul also was encouraging Male. I mean, if there's no Priscilla, there's

no Paul, that's there wouldn't be probably, I don't know, may not,

I know for them, I don't know. For example, I'm just

taking this example right from today's testimony. Right. But but God uses people.

Will we be that people to be the hands and feet of the Lord

Jesus Christ to carry out his works and his signs and wonders. To see

many more to come this is just a spark. We want to see many

more happening here in Cyberja. Yah, we don't know, you know,

we don't know, say a in kl La hyper. We are all here,

We're all here. We can be that, you know, we can

be that that that tool to be that evidence of work that God can use,

that we can see God's works and wonders happen right here in our neighborhood,

right here, right here in Cyberjaya. Amen, right, so that

many more people will come to know him right next light. Okay. So

the angel also said to them, women, go quickly and tell his disciples

that he is risen. Go quickly. Okay, why is the urgency?

Sometimes you may wonder, I take your time? Was okay? Right?

A right? What's the urgency? Held on? Right? Right? So

remember at this time, the disciples are very discouraged. Hope is gone,

hope is crushed, Their savior is gone. But the angel told the women

go quickly because the disciples are discouraged, So go quickly and carry this news.

The Master is alive, he is written, the Savior, the Son

of God is right. For example, hey, when you've got to sell

right or something is some good news. You want to keep it. Something's

happening. You know, there's a dadline or something. You know, as

there's a sale, come and buy things right for for things good news like

this. You want to share the moment you get it right, so and

you want many more of your friends or family members to be blessed. Similarly,

the angels say, go quickly and tell disciples. And also probably yeah,

probably because before this, right, we hear that the Angel spoke to

the women, come and see the Master is lying, right, So probably

they are looking like really it's empty. They are probably very amazed, like

they're probably spending a lot of time in the tomb, like, oh,

amazed. But then suddenly the angel say, go quickly. You know this

this really speaks about public uh, the use the all of us. Public

usefulness to others be preferred before the pleasure of secret communion with God for ourselves,

For it is more blessed to give than to receive. Right, So

whenever when we read, when we spend out, it's important, it's not

to say that it's not important. It's very important to have our quiet time,

to walk with the Lord, to read our Bible, to pray every

day it's very very important. But don't just be faithful and keep it all

in your quiet time. Make sure we also bring it, carry it out

quickly. Go and whatever you catch, share it. Whatever you catch,

share it right, share it, whether is it in form of your behavior

or whether it's a form of speaking out. You know, sometimes actions it

speaks louder than words. So yes, it is blessed. It is more

blessed to receive and to give them to receive. This is cated in Acts

chapter twenty, verse thirty five, right in case if you need to refer

to that, right and then next yeah, so yes, of course,

you know, when people are discouraged, the moment they get good news,

it enlightens themselves. But if the good news is delayed in reaching them,

probably their discouragement may lead them to bitterners and you know, and go down

and down, and now it could be very dangerous. Right, So that's

why the angel told the women faster, go quickly and encourage the disciples.

And you never know, probably the disciples may want to inquire themselves. So

they probably will come up from their state of discouragement, of distress or bitterness,

come up again because there's work to do yes, next light right?

And the women. Hey, you know we had some questions during the youth,

sorry, the campus question and answer about women. This is also another

answer to that question about women. Hey, did you know that the first

person or the first group of people who believed or saw the resurrector Christ are

women? So this is the proof in Matthew chapter twenty eight, verse seven,

right or six or so you can say, right, women were chosen

to be that awareness. Hey, they are the apostles of the apostles.

God does not look down on women. Okay, Our God loves everybody equally,

all right. So here it's also another proof, all right, And

you know it was also the women. You know, we remember the women

in Genesis where Eve was the first to pick the fruit and cause Adam to

sin. You know, everybody blame if, y'allah. If not because of

if, then all of us won't be suffering right now. Hey, but

now God is trying to reverse that. God is reversing that and appointing women

to be the apostles of the apostles men, meaning to say, they become

the first person the how do you say the yeah, yeah, So it's

it's really reversed Okay, I don't know how to put in words, but

yes, it's a reversal of what man has messed up. God is fixing

it back, right. Okay, So God loves women as well, and

he chose this to happen to marry Magdalene and the other marry right, amazing,

right, hey, women, So we cannot be the second hand,

but always remember that also God chose the weak things of the world to confound

to the mighty and put the treasures not only into earthen vessels, but here

into the weaker vessel as the woman. Yeah, because previously the women was

the one that was deceived by the evil one and sin came into the world.

So these women were the first to believe and see the christ resurrection.

That and that reproach of yeah, sex might be removed a man a man?

Okay, moving on verse eight, No, sorry, continue on the

verse seven, next light, right, and that he is reason from the

dead, and indeed he is going to see you in Galilee, all right,

Galilee? What's so important about this? Uh? This place called Galilee?

Okay, next light there's a map. Yeah, so this is a

map of some parts of Israel, or mostly Israel, Right, and you

can see next light, Jerusalem is there. Jerusalem is where the where Jesus

died. Okay, Christ crucified and buried. Okay, that's where. And

Galilee is up there the area around the orange right, I counted roughly,

it's the distance from here to Malaca. From Sabajaya to Malaca is probably about

that distance. Try walking, okay, Try walking one day, okay,

find out homes, out something that's walk. I don't know, but be

careful again. Yeah, anyway, so it takes about their plus to walk,

okay, last time, no ca Okay, it's it's about that distance,

okay. And what's so significant about Galiley? Next? Like okay,

Galilee is also a place where Jesus Christ did his ministry mostly right, and

he he spent his a lot, a lot of his time was in Galilee.

So a lot of his disciples are actually there, not just the twelve,

but many those who have healed those because Jesus Christ was there preaching,

like for example, the Beattitudes, you know, the Summon on the Mound.

He healed so many sick people at the Sea of Galilee. That area

a lot of followers. And you remember, right, every time we read

the Gospels, there's always like multitudes following after him. So you can imagine

the amount of disciples are there in Galilee at the same time. Not many

of them came to Jerusalem to see him die or bury, you know,

not many right, In fact, almost all of them were still in Galilee.

They heard the news. They just don't want to be part of the

mess that's there. They just want to stay there. But yet, Jesus

Christ, he's so compassionate. His compassion continues on even after his death and

his resurrection. He is going to Galilee to meet his disciples that are still

there. Discouraged, yes, disappointed, Yes, he wants to go to

Galilee to encourage his disciples. In kindness to his disciples that remain in Galilee.

There are still people there, right right, I mean, our savior

compassion is really unimaginable. Right, he would still remember them right next,

like in consideration, yes? And also why Galilee because in Jerusalem very in

a sense can say, very political, this very very sensitive area because the

authorities are really looking at Jesus' disciples. Whoever, in Jerusalem, they already

set gods to make sure that the disciples don't steal the body and all that.

You know, they want to track the disciples down and really shut off

the work of what the Lord Jesus Christ has started. You know, they

really want to put all the disciples down. So it's very sensitive place.

And you know, our God is also a very considerable god. He knows

our situation and he wants to bring this. He wants to meet his disciples

at a place where he's peaceful, where people can just not worry about what

is happening here on earth. He wants to reveal himself. You want to

restore the disciples who are hurt and discourage. So this is a reminder or

an encouragement for us here in the church today. Here you know, when

whatever situation that you are in right now, the situation whether you are right

now discourage, angry with God, or you feel like you know, you

don't understand why God is doing some things in your family. Why are you

in this state where you are right now? Know that He wants to meet

with you. He wants to meet with you at where you are at.

He remembers you and he wants to meet with you and show himself to you.

Right So, he is a compassionate God. He loves you, he

remembers you today. All right, be encouraged, brothers and sisters. Okay,

next light, so be all I have told you so, the Angel

said. Okay, so now I tell you, I have already tell you.

This message is already given to you. Okay, and next next liight,

yes, and the Angel has already conveyed the message to the women,

So now it's up next night. So now it's up to the women what

they are going to do with the message. Right, and all of us

here be encouraged. Also when God calls us to share a message about something,

live the result to God. Okay, don't have to be worried about

what will happen. Like the angel, he just said, yes, I've

told you, this is my job. I've done it and I'm done.

Okay. So I told you. The responsibility now is for you to do

what I have told you. Okay, So it's now on your ped okay.

So similarly, where we share about the love of God and about who

this Christ is, the God that really changed your life, share your testimony

and you know whether the person believes it or not. Just leave it to

them. Let God will do that convicting work in their hearts right, and

you begin and continue to so continue to share your testimony, share testimony that

are also here or at homes as well. Right, so share. All

we need to do is to be that messenger like this angel. Okay,

next light right? What's it? So they are they went out quickly from

the tomb with fear and great joy. Next light right, So fear and

great joy. They were so filled with fear and great joy. Why fear

and great joy? Next light? So and there was great joy because their

master has resurrected. Yay, let's go next light. Fear fear because men,

it could be just too good to be true. Right, Sometimes we

are afraid to share about some news that may be too good to be true,

and maybe sometimes people may not want to accept the message. But similarly,

the women did felt the same way. Next light and they ran,

And it was because of the fear and joy that was fueled by them.

They ran next light right, they were filled with joy. They ran.

There was something that was triggering them or pushing them to run to the disciples.

Right. Yes, and also be reminded that those that are sent on

God's errand must not lose time. I remember, brother Balagi's message. Very

good, thank your brother biology. It's the message that you shed earlier this

month. Right right about don't stop walking, keep running. Remember he thought

about the difference between walking and running. Here is an example in the New

Testament. Run right, run. The women ran right and they he ran

and they ran, and of course they did walk with the Lord right before

this. They had they had time. They didn't stop walking, because they

continued walking even to the death. Even to even after the death, they

still walk with the Lord. They were still following after him. And now

they are running because they heard their message. Hey, this messag need to

be shared with others. So they ran right. And this reminds us towards

the finishing line that we all need to be running as well. All right,

let's do this together as a church. Let's go forward, and let's

continue to finish the work of the Lord. Right next, like yes,

to bring his disciples word. Yes, the disciples are truly discouraged, and

time cannot be wasted. All right, next light okay, verse nine.

And as they went to tell the disciples, behold, Jesus met them saying

rejoice. So they came and helped him by the feet and wish him next

night, right, So as yes, you know, many times when we

serve God, sometimes we feel like God, is this really worth it?

You know, as we are faithful in serving the Lord, in obeying his

commands, know that one day, you never know, Jesus may meet us

where we are at. I truly can test if. I many times when

I serve God, sometimes I also do feel discouraged. But hey, many

times also Jesus meet with me, Like this place Jesus met them. You

know, Actually Jesus don't really have to meet them because they're already running.

They're already going right, and Jesus met them right as they went. Jesus

met them, and it's bonus next like it is bonus indeed right in their

obedience. Maybe I do not know what if the women didn't obey right,

maybe Jesus may not meet them because they were on their way. I don't

know. I really don't know. But here it is written that it is

in their obedience Jesus met them. Would you want to be met by Jesus

or would you want to meet Jesus? Would you want Jesus to meet you?

You know, when someone offers you, you know, like for example,

hey, come and serve in a dream team. That's when there's so

many things that we need hell. For example, now you can see past

that worship liding you redis there's a sign that's calling our head. We need

someone someone to play Kahan. Maria has been playing Kahan and almoso. So

you can see there's actually signs around that is telling us that, hey,

we need help. All right, So, yes, we do need help

in almost all our dream teams here, So do come and approach one of

us and volunteer your talents into the Lord. Okay, right? So yes,

next light? So and yes, and Christ is nearer to his people

than they can imagine it is. It is true that even in the running,

even in the serving, in the even in the walking, or even

in the sitting, right, God can still meet with us. In this

case, the women, Jesus met them next light and saying rejoice. Another

translations say greetings right uh. That is that is yes uh in the Hebrew

right in okay, sorry, in English, that's an English world that talks

about greet things. It means about uh, wishing well, okay, wishing

you well in Hebrew. Usually when they send the great thing is peace be

with you, right, peace be with you. And and in Malaysia here

we say appa kabar, right, the Chinese will say nilma. But and

then so the only say have you eaten? Right? Talking about your well

being? Right? Similarly in this case, rejoice. Certainly, Jesus met

them and say, hey, great things like like like how it was before

he was crucified like And of course they were marveled, like Jesus actually rose

from the dead and were it and he is speaking. They were so speechless,

they were so amazed. All they could do was just a bouder and

worship him next night, right, And yes, of course when Jesus said

that, it was an encouragement for their friends and encourage even more of their

joy. Remember the women was running out with joy and much fear. But

in this Jesus appears to them and encourage their joy and also silence their fear.

They do not have to fear anymore. The evidence is so real.

They do not have to fear anymore. It is so real. Next light

right, So, of course, and that that was their response next light

right. And then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid again.

Again he addressed the fear to really silence that fear. Do not be afraid.

Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there will see they

will see me. Next light. Right, So Jesus confirms the word of

his men, saying, just again again. So when God speaks to us

several times, know that there is an assurance of his word towards us.

If you're hearing a message on Sunday again and again, there must be a

reason. Right, not say why Paster not or Olivia not creative? Nothing

else to say. It's the same thing God speaks to us in repetition.

All right, It's not about creativity, but it is what God is leading

us into. Why this here o Heaven rules? Heaven rules, or what

every Sunday Heaven rules. There is a message behind this and there is an

appointment that is an assignment that we all need to take up. There is

something to be done us here as a church and beyond. Right, So

Jesus confirms the word of his messagers, next light his resurrection. Silence your

fears, like I said, just now, Okay, next light, So

go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there they will see me.

Next light, And Jesus repeats this mess to strengthen their joint. Hey,

I'm going to meet you there. When Jesus says I'm going to meet

you that he will be there all right. I know sometimes we may can

be disappointed us by some people when they say something, but not but hey,

this Jesus doesn't disappoint us when he's saying he will make that he will

be there all right. So he was there. So Jesus calls his disciples

bredn Yes, this is one of the first time that Jesus calls his uh

disciples his brethren. Right, tell, my brethren is a very powerful how

do you say? A powerful thing that he relates his disciples as his brethren,

and he shows this example where he also forgives them because the disciples really

deserted him. No, I mean, I mean if someone deserted you or

you know, backstep you or what, you won't even want to talk to

the person or I don't know, for me, I won't want to talk

to the person anymore, like okay, whatever, you know. But hey,

Us still invites these people who mistery or not mister like denied him or

just they didn't want to follow him. He says, hey, I'm going

to meet you there. Okay, let's go there. I'll meet you there.

Okay, next light and cross them brethren, right, brethren also talks

about whatever that Jesus is doing, whatever he has his resurrection, they can

experience the same as well. So Jesus forgives his disciples who deserted him is

an act of love, is an example of love that he is showing that

the disciples should also do the same with the rest of the disciples together okay,

next light. So it is also an example of humility, forgiveness in

the midst of honor, calling them brethren. You know, Jesus Christ,

he don't just rise from the date and yay, I'm superhero. Yay,

everybody about on to me, I'm superhero. No, he go down.

He goes down to meet them. You know, he didn't say he come

up. I mean, he goes to where the people go to Galilee even

you know, he didn't even say, come Jurisy, everybody, come to

Jerusalem, come wash me here. No, he goes to where he humble

himself. He forgives his people that really denied him. He he and at

the same time honoring them who had who had denied him. I mean,

they don't even deserve it. I mean, you know, humanly speaking,

right, you don't give somebody who really like, you know, backsta you

or really you know, don't want to associate with you. But he's still

honoring them and calling them Brad. I don't know when. Whenever I read

this, it's just so amazing. That's why I say, when we read

the World of God, it is it's it's higher, it's a higher standard

of living. That's why sometimes you say why Christians so amazing? Why because

we follow you. Christ is amazing, Like our pastor Jack said, tod

Jesus Christ is amazing. Right. He even calls those people who denied him

brethren. Right, it is amazing. Okay, go back and continue meditate

on this and really absorb this and just ask in God's amazing work and remember

that we should do the same to our brothers and sisters to forgive and also

remember them as God's child as well. Okay, next night, brethren,

Okay, summary, summary can take a whole big picture of what. Okay,

summary, and just remember, right, the resurrected Christ. Next night,

let's keep going, is the day the residirected Christ is the day spring,

bride and morning star, the desire of all nations. Okay. This

is something you can take back and remember that Jesus Christ rose on the first

day of the week. That's why he's the day spring. Right. He's

the bride and morning star, not the moon. Okay, all right,

there's a bride and morning stuff. He's the desire of all nation. Next

light. Right. He is victorious, over seeing Satan and death. Heaven

rules. So it is a good news and glad tidings. That the reason

of great joy. And we must quickly share this message because time is running

out for me as well. All right, Yes, next life, all

right? So has and Jesus Christ, the resurrected Christ, has compassion and

meets his disciples where they are at, and he loves and forgives his disciples

and calls them his brethren. This is something that you can take back and

just meditate on it during the week and just remember the resurrected Christ, and

you know, and live our lives knowing that we are serving and living and

loving the resurrected Christ. All right, all right? And I just want

to also, you know, while preparing for this, I remember I feel

that this verse in verse ten, right, really I have I think this

one really will need to be received by some of us here today here.

In verse ten, they'd mention, I really feel that among us here today

may be afraid about something I do not know, but probably you only know

the situation that you are at. In verse ten, I'll just read in

verse ten. Then Jesus said to them the women right, do not be

afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they

will see me. I really feel that among us here today may be afraid

about whether things around us, or the situation that's around us, or probably

something that is causing that fear. But Jesus Christ says and reminds us again

today, do not be afraid. Do not be afraid, and see this

resurrected Christ. Jesus speaking to us, he speaks means he is alive today,

he is resurrected. He is not dead. Right, he speaks,

and he speaks to us, do not be afraid. He's silencing our fear

because he is victorious over sin, Satan and death right, and he wants

to meet with us where we are at. We hope you've been blessed by

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