Make a Defense: Stubborn Realities | Matthew 28:11-20
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July 26, 2020
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (YrA)
Psalm 22:1-5
Hosea 6:1-3
1 Corinthians 15:1-6
Matthew 28:11-20
Message presented by Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto
The Report of the Guard
11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
The Great Commission
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- Matthew 28:11–20
ⁱ Make a Defense! Apologetics Sermon Series by Rev. Ken R. Schurb, STM, PhD, Assistant to the President for Missions, Evangelism, Stewardship, and Human Care, The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Central Illinois District – Concordia Pulpit Resources Volume 30, Part 3, Year A, electronic version