Matthew 27:55-66 – God’s Sovereignty in the Chaos reveals how God’s sovereign hand was at work through every detail of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. The spear thrust into Jesus’ side, Joseph of Arimathea’s tomb and even Pilate’s seal bears testimony of God’s sovereignty. God has revealed His Sovereignty to us. This brings peace to our lives, knowing  the troubles we face in this world does not frustrate God’s plans for us.

 

 

God’s Sovereignty in the Chaos: is shown in the life of Joseph of Arimathea

 

Pondering God’s sovereignty is essential to our spiritual health

 

The Apostle John wrote: “After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.  And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.  Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.   Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.   So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.”

John 19:38-42, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/19/38-42/s_1016038

 

The Apostle Matthew wrote: ” Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.   But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.   Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. “

Matthew 10:32-34, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/mat/10/32-34/s_939032

 

 

 

God’s Sovereignty in the Chaos: shows us that God sovereignly brings His will for us into fruition through natural means

 

The Apostle John wrote:  ‘Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.   Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.   But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.   But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.”

John 19:31-34, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/19/31-34/s_1016031

 

Nowhere is God’s sovereignty more clearly seen, then when God brings His foreordained will into reality using natural means.

 

God’s Sovereignty in the Chaos: Demonstrates His sovereignty because HE WANTS US TO BE AT PEACE

 

The Prophet Isaiah wrote:  “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.”

Isaiah 26:3, (NKJV)   https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/isa/26/3/s_705003

 

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