Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
SERMON TWENTY
_ THE ANGEL'S RESURRECTION MESSAGE
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay: and go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead.
—MATTHEW 28:5-7
WE MAY THINK that it would have been better if a competent number of witnesses would have been present to see the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus; but let us not prescribe to God, who ordered that the witnesses of His resurrection should see Him risen, but not see Him rise.
I. THE ENCOURAGEMENT AGAINST FEARS (Verse 5).
A. The Circumstances.
To come near to graves and tombs, especially in silence and solitude, has something in it that is frightful. Much more was it to these women, to find an angel at the sepulchre.
1. The solitude of the sepulchre.
2. The presence of an angel.