Outline
“He is Risen! (No Foolin’)” (Matthew 28)

Intro/Set-Up
· Thoughts From Good Friday

I. The Early Bird Gets The… Good News! (vv. 1-7)
· Commitment and Diligence (v. 1)
· The Bearer of Good News (vv. 2-4)
· A Message To The Faithful (vv. 5-7)

II. The Obedient Bird… Gets to See Jesus! (vv. 8-10)
· They went “Quickly” (v. 8)
· “As They Went” (v. 9a)
· A Response of Worship (v. 9b)
· A Message To Give (v. 10)

III. The Defeated Bird… Spreads Lies (vv. 11-15)
· Jobs on the line (vv. 11-12)
· Paid to Lie (vv. 12-14)
· Why is it? (v. 15)


IV. The Great Commission (vv. 16-20)
· Almost Too Good to be True (vv. 16-17)
· Amazed and In Awe
· The One With Authority (vv. 18-20)
· Given Authority/Giving Authority

VI. Conclusion
· What about You?

Quotes:


"It is not a slight rent through which we may see a little; but it is rent from the top to the bottom. There is an entrance made for the greatest sinners. If there had only been a small hole cut through it, the lesser offenders might have crept through; but what an act of abounding mercy is this, that the veil is rent in the midst, and rent from top to bottom, so that the chief of sinners may find ample passage!" –Charles Spurgeon


"O sirs, if I had a dear brother who had been murdered, what would you think of me if I valued the knife which had been crimsoned with his blood? - If I made a friend of the murderer, and daily consorted with the assassin, who drove the dagger into my brother's heart? Surely I, too, must be an accomplice in the crime! Sin murdered Christ; will you be a friend to it? Sin pierced the heart of the Incarnate God; can you love it?"
-Charles Spurgeon


“Some students are troubled by the phrase “three days and three nights,” especially since both Scripture and tradition indicate that Jesus was crucified on Friday. In order to protect the integrity of the Scripture, some have suggested that the Crucifixion be moved back to Thursday, or even Wednesday. But to the Jews, a part of a day was treated as a whole day, and we need not interpret “three days and three nights” to mean seventy-two hours to the very second…” -Warren Wiersbe


"Saints running in the way of obedience are likely to be met by Jesus. Some Christians travel to heaven so slowly that they are overtaken by follies or by faults, by slumber or by Satan; but he who is Christ's running footman shall meet his Master while he is speeding on his way." -Charles Spurgeon


“Through the years, there have been many objections suggested to the resurrection of Jesus. Some say He didn't die at all, but just swooned or fainted on the cross and spontaneously revived in the tomb. Others say He really died, but His body was stolen. Still others suggest He really died, but His desperate followers hallucinated His resurrection. A plain, simple understanding of these evidences of the resurrection of Jesus answers all of these theories, and shows they take far more faith to believe than the Biblical account does.” –David Guzik


"Power in the hands of some people is dangerous, but power in the hands of Christ is blessed. Oh, let him have all power! Let him do what he will with it, for he cannot will anything but that which is right, and just, and true, and good." -Charles Spurgeon


“Because Jesus has this authority we are therefore commanded to go. It is His authority that sends us, His authority that guides us, and His authority that empowers us. His work and message would continue to the world through His disciples.” -David Guzik