Holy Week
Saturday
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Revelation 1:17-18
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
Matthew 27:52-53
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
leading captivity captive
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says,
“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers
Ephesians 4:7-11
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1 Peter 3:18-20
Prayer of Faith
Just before Jesus hung His head in physical death he said, “It is finished”. At first glance we might think, Okay, now what. If it is finished, what do we do now? It is difficult to imagine what His disciples were thinking. Scared, depressed. They missed their Lord. It was a difficult time for them. What would we do? What should we do in times of trouble? Pray.
James at the end of his book wrote, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” James 5:16
“Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.” James 5:13
Between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection
This sermon take us through the scriptures as we search to understand what happened with Jesus between His crucifixion and His resurrection.