WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

Easter Sunday

John 20:1-18 [NIV]

21 But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. 

Luke 24:21 [NKJV]

3 Responses To The Resurrection.

1. One Saw And Assumed.

1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

John 20:1 [NIV]

15 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.”

John 20:15b [NIV]

8 I sent him this reply: “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head.”

Nehemiah 6:8 [NIV]

7 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender shoots will not cease. 8 Though its root may grow old in the earth, and its stump may die in the ground, 9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.”

Job 14:7-9 [NKJV]

2. One Saw And Observed.

4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.

John 20:4-5 [NIV]

17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:17 [NKJV]

3 Zacchaeus wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him.

Luke 19:3-4 [NIV]

19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that — and shudder.

James 2:19 [NIV]

3. One Saw And Believed. 

6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

John 20:6-8 [NIV]

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

John 20:15a [NIV]

18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!”

John 20:18 [NIV]