Commissioned by Christ

John 20:19-23: 

19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being  locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them  and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  

20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were  glad when they saw the Lord.  

21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am  sending you.”  

22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy  Spirit.  

23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from  any, it is withheld.” 

MAIN POINTS 

⇒ A Blessing of Peace from the Risen Christ 

⇒ Commissioned by Christ 

Some relevant Scriptures (all Scripture references are in ESV)  

I. A Blessing of Peace from the Risen Christ 

Jeremiah 8:10b-11: from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. 11 They have healed  the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. 

John 14:27: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give  to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 

Ephesians 2:14: For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken  down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility  

John 16:20-22:  

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will  be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. 

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21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has  come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the  anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.  

22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts  will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.  

1 Peter 1:8-9: Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see  him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 ob taining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.  

II. Commissioned by Christ 

Luke 4:17-19:  

17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found  the place where it was written, 

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to  the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the  blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” 

John 13:20: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and who ever receives me receives the one who sent me. 

Genesis 2:6-7: Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed  into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.  John 15:26-27:  

26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth,  who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.  

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. 1 Corinthians 4:2: Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful Matthew 16:18-19: 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,  and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of  heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose  on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”  

Matthew 18:15-20:  

15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If 

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he listens to you, you have gained your brother.  

16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that  every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witness es.  

17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the  church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.  

18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever  you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  

19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done  for them by my Father in heaven.  

20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”