NEW SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, OGBOMOSO

TOPIC:     NOW, I HAVE TOLD YOU TEXT:      MATTHEW 28:1-7 Matthew 28:1-7 (NIV) 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you." INTRODUCTION The angel of God said this in Vs 7 of our passage. There is a gravity with which the phr...

  TOPIC: NOT MY WILL LORD TEXT: LUKE 22: 39- 44 39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." 41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. INTRODUCTION Today is Palm Sunday, a day set aside to mark the triumphal entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. The triumphal entry is the ‘bright’ prelude, the opening chapter of the passion week, a week that culminated in the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ.   The Lord Jesus rode on that Donkey with all the fanfare of that day knowing fully that the shouting an...