This document discusses how encountering the risen Christ radically changed everything for those who saw him after his resurrection. It describes how Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Paul all had life-changing experiences upon seeing the resurrected Jesus. The document argues that if the resurrection proved Jesus died for every sin, Christians should no longer be held captive by sins like racism, sexism, selfishness, and fear-based thinking. It quotes 2 Corinthians 5:17 to say that anyone in Christ has become a new creation, with the old gone and the new come.

1. This Should Change
EVERYTHING
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2. Wait. What?

3. Before Meeting the Risen Christ
The Stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:54-8:1)

4. Philippians 3:4 If someone else thinks
they have reasons to put confidence in the
flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the
eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the
tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in
regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal,
p e r s e c u t i n g t h e c h u r c h ; a s f o r
righteousness based on the law, faultless.

5. Philippians 3:7 But whatever were gains
to me I now consider loss for the sake of
Christ. 8 What is more, I consider
everything a loss because of the
surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all
things. I consider them garbage, that I may
gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not
having a righteousness of my own that
comes from the law, but that which is
through faith in Christ—the righteousness
that comes from God on the basis of faith.

6. Philippians 3:10 I want to know
Christ—yes, to know the power of
his resurrection and participation in
his sufferings, becoming like him in
his death, 11 and so, somehow,
attaining to the resurrection from the
dead.

7. Knowing the Risen Christ Radically Changed
E V E R Y T H I N G

8. The Risen Christ made everyone who saw him
D I F F E R E N T

9. John 20:11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb
crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into
the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white,
seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at
the head and the other at the foot.13 They
asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said,
“and I don’t know where they have put him.”
14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus
standing there, but she did not realize that it
was Jesus.15 He asked her, “Woman, why are
you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if
you have carried him away, tell me where you
have put him, and I will get him.”

10. John 20:16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in
Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means
“Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I
have not yet ascended to the Father. Go
instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am
ascending to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples
with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And
she told them that he had said these
things to her.

11. Everything changed for her.

12. The Risen Christ changed everything about his
D I S C I P L E S

13. John 20:19 On the evening of that first day
of the week, when the disciples were
together, with the doors locked for fear of the
Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood
among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
20 After he said this, he showed them his
hands and side. The disciples were
overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As
the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
22 And with that he breathed on them and
said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you
forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven;
if you do not forgive them, they are not
forgiven.”

14. Everything changed for them.

15. The Resurrected Christ should change
E V E RY T H I N G
So why are there still things about us that haven’t changed?

16. Racism
Racism
sin.

17. Sexism

18. Selfishness

19. Fear-based Thinking

20. Why are we still held captive by sin?

21. Not Enough Love

22. Jesus Died for Every Sin
His resurrection proved this. So we no longer need to be sin’s captives.

23. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here!
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This Should Change
EVERYTHING