Four Oaks East Podcast

He Is Risen

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 28:1-10
Big idea: Jesus defeated death to remake reality.
1. The resurrection is an end
- for servile fear- for sad futility- for sorrowing fatalism
2. The resurrection is a beginning
- of a new witness- of a new worship

Jesus is Buried

Pastor Joshua HughesText: Matthew 27:57-66
Heidelberg Catechism Q41 “Why was he ‘buried?'" Answer. "To confirm the fact that he was really dead.”
“One reason for God wishing his Son to be buried was to give better testimony that He had died a real death, on our account.”- John Calvin
Big Idea: Jesus really died and was buried, so we can be assured that in coming to him we can really live.
1. The Wealthy Attendant
2. The Women Keeping Vigil
3. The Worried Opposition
 

The King Is Dead, Long Live the King

Pastor Funmi OjetayoText: Matthew 27:45-56Big Idea: Jesus’ undeserving death creates undeserving life for us.
I. The Darkness of God's Judgment (v. 45)II. The Separation Wrought by Sin (v. 46-49)III. The Choice to Die (v. 50)IV. Everything Changes (v. 51-54)V. Faithful Women Ministering (vv. 55-56)
Two Takeaways from the King's Death:1. In the death of Jesus, we see the seriousness of sin.2. In the death of Jesus, we see the depth of the Father’s love.

Christ Is Crucified

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

Rejection Unto Royalty

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

Judas' End

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

Know Justice, Know Peace

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. 

Jesus is Betrayed

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

Gethsemane

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
 

The Lord's Supper

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