Matthew 27:57-28:15

Peace: the calm assurance that what God is doing is best

Hope: the confident expectation of something better ahead based on God’s promises

Patience: accepting a difficult situation without giving God a deadline for removing it.

Faith: Active confidence in the God who has revealed Himself

Faith is believing the Word of God and acting upon it

– no matter how you feel

– knowing that God promises a good result

Psalm 1, Scoffers, Experts, & Skeptics

1. Joseph – the man who loved Jesus but struggled

(Matthew 27:57-61)

2. The Experts – those who refused to believe

(Matthew 27:62-66)

3. The two Mary’s – the women who loved Jesus and waited hopefully

(Matthew 28:1-10)

4. The Skeptics – those who spread false stories

(Matthew 28:11-15)

How do we respond?

We live in an age of open hostility

We live in an age of widespread evil and despair

We live in an age of uncertainty

We live in an age of faithful opportunity

Therefore…

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