11. When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,
Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought
spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’
body. Very early on the first day of the week, just
after sunrise, they were on their way to the
tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the
stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone,
which was very large, had been rolled away.
12.
13. That Sunday
evening the disciples
were meeting behind
locked doors
because they were
afraid of the Jewish
leaders. Suddenly,
Jesus was standing
there among them!
“Peace be
with you,”
he said.
Editor's Notes
Moms, have an awesome day
be celebrated
Let’s not forget those moms that helped shape who we are … teachers, neighbors, etc…
I have a lot of moms in this church … it’s awesome
Stones for harm in the Old Testament
We stone today with Gossip, Judging, Labeling
Church should be the safest place
Stones that Heal
Micah - hurl all our iniquities/sins into the depths of the sea
Tashlikh - practice casing stones into the sea -
I threw my sins/rocks into the baptistry
The Stone of Hope
The reason for a rolling stone … Tombs were not for one time uses like our caskets and burials today. The family would be laid to rest in the tomb at different times depending on death … needed a system to be reusable … rolling stone
Stone Rolled against the entrance of the Tomb
Matthew 27:62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
Matthew 27:65 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
Mark 16:1-4 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
HE HAS RISEN!!
John 20:19 - That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said.
Jesus was in Spirit form - He could walk through walls and doors
defeated Satan’s hold of death
In Christ, We are alive - We are not dead to sin
STOP letting sin shackle you - Live Life as an alive, forgiven christ follower
Dead to sin - white knuckle life (hope i do not sin the moment Jesus comes back)
No checklist, Jesus defeated death - satan has no hold - we control the feelings of guilt and shame
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
If we do not forgive ourselves and understand we have received God’s grace, then we might as well put Jesus back in the tomb and roll the stone over the entrance
FREEDOM IN CHRIST - NOT SLAVES
When Jesus said it is finished on the cross, he meant it. The sacrifice has been done.
Stone of Hope was rolled away so we could come into Christ
Christ follower - baptism
have not been “In” Christ,