Take Hold Of His Risen Feet And Worship Jesus

Jesus showed Himself to be alive from the dead to many people. Here is a pretty exhaustive list. To Mary Magdalene -- Jn 20:14-18; Mk 16:9 To the women returning from the tomb-- Mt 28:8-10 To Peter later in the day-- Lk 24:34; 1 Cor 15:5 To the disciples going to Emmaus in the evening -- Lk 24:13-31 To the apostles (except Thomas)-- Lk 24:36-45; Jn 20-19-24 To the apostles a week later (Thomas present) -- Jn 20:24-29 In Galilee to the seven by the Lake of Tiberias-- Jn 21:1-23 In Galilee on a mountain to the apostles and 500 believers at once--1 Cor 15:6 -- At Jerusalem and Bethany again to James 1 Cor 15:7 At Olivet and the ascension Acts 1:3-12 To Paul near Damascus--Acts 9:3-6; 1 Cor 15:8. To Stephen outside Jerusalem-- Acts 7:55.To Paul in the temple Acts 22:17-21; 23:11 To John on the isle of Patmos--Rev 1:10-19. God has captured my attention with Matthew 28: 9 this Easter. “And behold Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshipped Him.” If I can, I want to try to preach on this one verse this morning. What is in this resurrection verse of Matthew 28: 9? I see three eternal signs I want us all to go home today with, with a song in our hearts. I see three amazing signs Jesus gave on Easter morning. (1) Christ’s, “Good Morning—His greetings! (2) Christ’s allowing His women followers to take hold of His risen, pierced feet, and (3) Christ’s second time being worshipped after the resurrection—being worshipped with His followers at His feet. Let’s look at them one at a time.