the passion of christ part 4: the resurrection
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The evidence of the empty tomb convinced John but not the other disciples. For most only a personal encounter with the risen Lord results in an unshakable faith and commitment.TRANSCRIPT
The Passion of Christ Part 4The Resurrection
Bible reading: John 20:1 - 20 (Page 768)1
Thursday, 8 May 2014
The women were the first witnesses.John 20:1-2
Mary of Magdala (Magdelene) and three other women had come to finish the burial while it was still dark.
2Thursday, 8 May 2014
The women were the first witnesses.John 20:1-2
Mary of Magdala (Magdelene) and three other women had come to finish the burial while it was still dark.
The first sign: the tomb was open.
2Thursday, 8 May 2014
The women were the first witnesses.John 20:1-2
Mary of Magdala (Magdelene) and three other women had come to finish the burial while it was still dark.
The first sign: the tomb was open.
The second sign: the body was gone.
2Thursday, 8 May 2014
The women were the first witnesses.John 20:1-2
Mary of Magdala (Magdelene) and three other women had come to finish the burial while it was still dark.
The first sign: the tomb was open.
The second sign: the body was gone.
They run back to the city and tell Simon Peter and John.
2Thursday, 8 May 2014
The women were the first witnesses.John 20:1-2
Mary of Magdala (Magdelene) and three other women had come to finish the burial while it was still dark.
The first sign: the tomb was open.
The second sign: the body was gone.
They run back to the city and tell Simon Peter and John.
They thought the authorities had removed the body.
2Thursday, 8 May 2014
Peter and John go and look.John 20:3-9
The grave cloths are the third sign that something strange had happened.
John sees the grave clothes lying exactly where the body had lain.
Why would “they” remove the body and leave the cloths?
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The meaning of the grave cloths.John 20:6-7
One large piece of linen wrapped over the whole body.
One thin strip wound round the large cloth.
One folded cloth around the head.
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The meaning of the grave cloths.John 20:8
The head cloth was lying still folded where the head had been.
John realised this meant that the body had not been unwrapped before it disappeared.
John “saw and believed.”
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Resurrection faithJohn 20:9
“Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (John 11:25)
Simon Peter could not make the leap of faith.
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Mary waited outside the tomb, weeping. John 20:10-17
7Thursday, 8 May 2014
Mary waited outside the tomb, weeping. John 20:10-17
As she waits a man asks her, “Woman why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”
7Thursday, 8 May 2014
Mary waited outside the tomb, weeping. John 20:10-17
As she waits a man asks her, “Woman why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”
Mary not recognising Him offered to organise (and pay) for men to come and re-bury the body.
7Thursday, 8 May 2014
Mary waited outside the tomb, weeping. John 20:10-17
As she waits a man asks her, “Woman why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”
Mary not recognising Him offered to organise (and pay) for men to come and re-bury the body.
Instead of a dead body and an empty tomb Mary came face to face with her living, risen Lord.
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Belief and conviction
For most it is not the empty tomb that brings belief but the personal encounter with the living Lord.
For some like John the evidence is enough, but for most belief and joy comes when Jesus touches the heart.
He has conquered death.
He knows us by name!8
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Only first hand experience brings conviction. John 20:18 - 20
Nothing Mary or John could say could convince the other disciples. They stayed full of doubt and uncertainty.
9Thursday, 8 May 2014
Only first hand experience brings conviction. John 20:18 - 20
Nothing Mary or John could say could convince the other disciples. They stayed full of doubt and uncertainty.
Jesus appears in their midst; they experience the risen Lord and know beyond all doubt He has risen.
9Thursday, 8 May 2014
The Peace of the Holy SpiritJohn 20:21 - 22
Jesus gives them the peace and joy - of the Holy Spirit.
After the sorrow and pain of the past they need His healing and joy.
“Ask and it will be given to you . . . .”
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