The Big Bribe Gone Bad
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 28:11-15
I - The Shocking Evidence (11)
II - The Secret Enticement (12)
III - The Scam Endorsed (13)
IV - The Soldiers Ensured (14)
V - The Settlement Enacted (15)
VI - The Story Erodes (16 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''You don't bribe someone to tell the truth, do you?''
The Biggest Lie Ever
In verse Matthew 28: 15, he writes that the Jews were still using that excuse when he wrote this gospel, some 30 years after the resurrection had taken place. And you know what? There are some people who believe that lie today.
But here's the amazing thing. This lie actually proves the resurrection. Think this through with me for a minute. The disciples came and stole the body of Jesus away while the Roman soldiers slept.
Is that the same disciples that weren't even expecting a resurrection?
Is that the same disciples that were so afraid they all abandoned Jesus when Judas betrayed Him?
Are these the same disciples whose boldest member, Peter was afraid of a little girl when she asked him if he had been with Jesus?
And how exactly did these disciples roll the stone away, take the time to fold up the burial cloth and carry the body of Jesus away while Roman soldiers, who had been told to be especially alert on the 3rd day, slept? Especially when sleeping on guard duty was an offense punishable by death?
And even if they were asleep, how exactly did they know it was the disciples?
I mean if you're sleeping so hard that you can't hear a large stone being rolled around and a body being carted away, how are you going to say it was a particular group of people?
And why exactly did the soldiers have to be bribed?
You don't bribe someone to tell the truth, you bribe them to lie. And why exactly weren't the disciples ever charged with this crime of stealing the body of Jesus and for breaking a sealed tomb?
I'll tell you why, b ...
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 28:11-15
I - The Shocking Evidence (11)
II - The Secret Enticement (12)
III - The Scam Endorsed (13)
IV - The Soldiers Ensured (14)
V - The Settlement Enacted (15)
VI - The Story Erodes (16 - 17)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''You don't bribe someone to tell the truth, do you?''
The Biggest Lie Ever
In verse Matthew 28: 15, he writes that the Jews were still using that excuse when he wrote this gospel, some 30 years after the resurrection had taken place. And you know what? There are some people who believe that lie today.
But here's the amazing thing. This lie actually proves the resurrection. Think this through with me for a minute. The disciples came and stole the body of Jesus away while the Roman soldiers slept.
Is that the same disciples that weren't even expecting a resurrection?
Is that the same disciples that were so afraid they all abandoned Jesus when Judas betrayed Him?
Are these the same disciples whose boldest member, Peter was afraid of a little girl when she asked him if he had been with Jesus?
And how exactly did these disciples roll the stone away, take the time to fold up the burial cloth and carry the body of Jesus away while Roman soldiers, who had been told to be especially alert on the 3rd day, slept? Especially when sleeping on guard duty was an offense punishable by death?
And even if they were asleep, how exactly did they know it was the disciples?
I mean if you're sleeping so hard that you can't hear a large stone being rolled around and a body being carted away, how are you going to say it was a particular group of people?
And why exactly did the soldiers have to be bribed?
You don't bribe someone to tell the truth, you bribe them to lie. And why exactly weren't the disciples ever charged with this crime of stealing the body of Jesus and for breaking a sealed tomb?
I'll tell you why, b ...
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