Four Oaks East Podcast

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 27:32-44
Big idea: Behold and believe that Jesus' suffering is our salvation. 
Perspective 1 - the cross-carrying witness
Perspective 2 - the contempt-hurling crowd
Perspective 3 - the curse-bearing Savior

Pastor Greg HutchinsText: Matt 27:11-31
I. Marvel at the Meek Messiah
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,    yet he opened not his mouth;like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,    so he opened not his mouth.He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,    yet he opened not his mouth;like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,    so he opened not his mouth.-Isaiah 53:7
II. Mind the Disclosing Decision
III. Meditate on Christ's Ironic Honor

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 27:3-10
Big idea: Seeing to our sin ourselves is death, but coming to the Savior in our sin is life.
1. What repentance is
Westminster Shorter Catechism Q87. What is repentance unto life?A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, by which a sinner, being truly aware of his sinfulness, understands the mercy of God in Christ, grieves for and hates his sins, and turns from them to God, fully intending and striving for a new obedience.
2 Cor. 7:8-10
Psalm 51
2. What repentance requires
3. What repentance looks like
Luke 22:31-32

Pastor Funmi OjetayoText: Matthew 26:57-27:2Big Idea: Because of Jesus' suffering of personal and formal injustice, we can know justice and know peace.
Sham Trial at the Sanhedrin:1. The proceedings took place in Caiaphas’ home, not the temple area. 2. The trial happened at night and not during the day. 3. Jesus was not offered a defense attorney.4. They allowed (even encouraged - Acts 6:11) false testimony. 5. Jesus was charged with blaspheming even though he never pronounced the name of God.6. The verdict was enacted without the required delay of two days in capital cases.
Peter's Progress of Denial:- Fakery (v. 69)- Falsehood (v. 71)- Fury (v. 73)
Connecting the Cross to Injustice:- Theologically-1. There was never a greater injustice than the cross.  2. The Devil and sinful men were pawns in the hands of a sovereign God.- Personally- 1. Injustice in this lifetime, while inevitable, is not comparable to the joy of the next for those who know Christ.2. Unfair doesn’t mean useless or ultimate. 

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 26:47-56
Big idea: Friends may fail me, foes assail me, he my savior makes me whole.
1. Friends may fail me
2. Foes assail me
3. He, my Savior, makes me whole

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 26:30-46
Big idea - To endure the darkness like Jesus did, appropriate what Jesus accomplished and pray like Jesus prayed.
1. Jesus Crosses the Kidron as the rejected sovereign and the silent lamb
2. Jesus laments like a sorrowing psalmist
3. Jesus suffers with us and without us
 

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 26:17-35
Big Idea: By instituting the Lord's Supper, Jesus invites us to remember and receive his power to redeem us and his promise to receive us. 
1. Look back at the context
2. Listen to the conversation
3. Live in the covenant
4. Look forward to the consummation
Communion is for...- Spiritual Nourishment- Confession- The Church- The World 

Pastor Greg Hutchins
Matthew 26:1-16
Big Idea: We will respond to the Messiah with lethal opposition or lavish honor. One is pointless; the other precious.
I. The Willing Sacrifice vs. The Treacherous Schemer
II. Precious Praise vs. Bargain Betrayal

Pastor Funmi OjetayoText: Matt. 25:31-46
1. The Reality of Judgment Day – vv. 31-33              (i) The glory of Jesus (v. 31)              (ii) The scope of judgment (v. 32a)              (iii) The clarity of justice (v. 32b-33)
2. The Rationale of Judgment Day - vv. 34-45                  Hungry →  gave food                  Thirsty → gave drink                  Stranger → welcomed                  Naked → clothed                  Sick → looked after                  In prison → visited
3. The Result of Judgment Day - vv. 34, 41, 46           2 Groups → 2 Destinations:           (i) Sheep → Eternal Bliss in the Kingdom of God           (ii) Goats → Eternal Torment in Hell                 a. Separation - "depart from me"                 b. Association - "the devil and his angels"                 c. Pain - "eternal fire"
Matthew 10:40-42James 2:14-18

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 25:14-30
Big idea: Because the master has entrusted us with responsibility over his resources until his return, we must labor faithfully to steward fruitfully.
1. God gives us stewardship responsibility over what belongs to him. 
Romans 12:6-8
1 Peter 4:10
2. There are two ways to steward
3. There will be an accounting for our stewardship
Colossians 3:5-6