WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 And turn your Bibles to John chapter 20. 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:17.480 John finishes this chapter by saying, 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.920 ! Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.080 ! which are not written in this book, 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:29.359 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.740 and that believing you may have life in His name. 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:36.799 Think of John writing this book. 00:00:38.179 --> 00:00:40.960 This is toward the end of his life that he's writing this. 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:43.620 John has a purpose in writing. 00:00:43.620 --> 00:00:46.019 He says, there are so many things I could have included, 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.780 but I was selective in what I put in. 00:00:51.519 --> 00:00:55.019 Selective for the purpose of your knowing that Jesus Christ, 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.939 Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:04.159 So John is thinking about what else has been written. 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.219 In the years since Jesus died and was raised again, 00:01:08.659 --> 00:01:10.659 up to this time when John is writing, 00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:14.460 Mark and Matthew and Luke had written Gospels, 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:17.599 each of them from a little bit different perspective, 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.960 covering a lot of the same accounts and things that Jesus said. 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:29.379 John is thinking what needs to be said still so that people can believe that Jesus is the Christ, 00:01:29.459 --> 00:01:30.319 the Son of God, 00:01:31.119 --> 00:01:33.280 and that people can have life in His name. 00:01:33.939 --> 00:01:36.399 In my experience in preaching in different places, 00:01:36.559 --> 00:01:37.799 John is thinking, 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:41.419 what is it that has been lacking perhaps? 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:46.359 What is it that people have been struggling with in the years since Jesus' resurrection? 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.840 And how can I answer those things in writing this Gospel? 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:52.480 How can I help them to understand better? 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.599 So John thinks about the things that have been written already. 00:01:57.459 --> 00:01:59.900 He thinks about the things that are established, 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:05.000 the things that people can believe already. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.280 But when he comes to the resurrection, 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:07.799 he thinks, 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.039 how can I answer the questions that are still there for certain people? 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:15.039 And so that's why he thinks, 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:18.460 well, let me portray two different people 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:21.439 who have certain issues with the resurrection 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.879 and show how Jesus answers those issues 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:28.500 and how Jesus satisfies the concerns that they have. 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:33.099 In doing that, 00:02:33.139 --> 00:02:35.800 Jesus is not just thinking about people in his own day, 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:37.300 but he's writing this down 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:39.080 so that after he's gone, 00:02:39.219 --> 00:02:40.740 people like us can read it. 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:42.979 And he can answer those questions as well. 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:46.340 And in the goodness of God 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:47.800 and the work of the Holy Spirit 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.560 who helps John in writing this Gospel, 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:53.920 he doesn't just answer questions of his own day, 00:02:53.920 --> 00:02:56.300 but he answers questions from our own day. 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:57.840 For example, 00:02:57.840 --> 00:02:59.140 there are people, 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:00.640 particularly in Islam, 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:01.379 who would say, 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.460 well, Jesus didn't really die on the cross 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:06.599 because he was a good man 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.500 and Allah would not let a good man die on the cross. 00:03:10.259 --> 00:03:12.439 But John has already told us 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:14.840 of a conversation between himself, 00:03:15.140 --> 00:03:16.219 the beloved disciple, 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:18.120 and Jesus' own mother 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.840 talking about how John is to become like her son 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.759 and take care of her after Jesus is gone. 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:28.819 So Jesus has put two very trusted people 00:03:28.819 --> 00:03:30.719 who intimately know Jesus, 00:03:30.959 --> 00:03:32.539 who could not be deceived, 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.679 having a conversation with Jesus at the cross. 00:03:36.419 --> 00:03:38.459 How can we possibly say 00:03:38.459 --> 00:03:40.500 it wasn't really Jesus who died? 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:42.340 So John, 00:03:42.579 --> 00:03:44.879 there in the goodness of the Holy Spirit, 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:46.199 is answering a question 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:48.459 that he didn't even know was going to come up 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:51.900 and showing that it really was Jesus who died. 00:03:53.099 --> 00:03:53.879 Some people, 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.420 like liberals in the past, 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:55.900 have said, 00:03:56.260 --> 00:03:56.420 well, 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.159 Jesus didn't really die 00:03:58.159 --> 00:03:59.860 because we don't believe 00:03:59.860 --> 00:04:01.439 that a resurrection is possible. 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:03.219 We have to have an explanation 00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:04.900 that is scientifically possible. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:07.020 So we will just believe 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:08.000 that Jesus 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.960 seemed to die on the cross, 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.320 and then they took him 00:04:12.320 --> 00:04:13.640 and they buried him in a tomb 00:04:13.640 --> 00:04:15.060 and laying there 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:16.259 in the cool darkness, 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:18.000 he just kind of revived 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:18.920 and came back. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:19.840 Well, 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:21.460 I find that harder to believe 00:04:21.460 --> 00:04:22.379 than the resurrection, 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:24.180 but if you want to, 00:04:24.300 --> 00:04:24.960 if you, 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.480 if you want to consider that, 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:28.800 John is already, 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:29.900 along with the other 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:31.780 writers of the gospel, 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:33.100 he's already answered 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:34.180 all those questions. 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:37.360 He had the most professional 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.540 execution team 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:40.959 of that day, 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:42.019 the Roman soldiers, 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.240 who have certified 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.100 that Jesus has died. 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:49.100 They didn't do a sloppy job of it. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:50.240 They were certain 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:51.199 that he was dead. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:52.660 And not only that, 00:04:52.780 --> 00:04:54.800 but Joseph of Arimathea 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:56.840 went to Pontius Pilate 00:04:56.840 --> 00:04:58.600 and asked for the body of Jesus 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.040 so that he could bury him. 00:05:01.500 --> 00:05:02.639 And Pontius Pilate 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.019 certifies with the, 00:05:05.019 --> 00:05:05.599 with the, 00:05:05.599 --> 00:05:06.800 the man in charge, 00:05:06.939 --> 00:05:08.159 the centurion in charge, 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:10.199 that Jesus was indeed dead. 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:11.419 Now, 00:05:11.479 --> 00:05:12.399 what about witnesses? 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:14.500 Who would be the best witnesses 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:15.399 that he had died? 00:05:16.099 --> 00:05:16.379 Well, 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:17.139 if you want to get 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:18.159 reliable witnesses, 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:19.459 how about two members 00:05:19.459 --> 00:05:20.560 of the council 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:21.560 of the Sanhedrin 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.759 that was responsible 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:24.680 for Israel? 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:26.740 Here are two men, 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:28.000 Joseph of Arimathea 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:29.000 and Nicodemus, 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:30.459 who didn't just send 00:05:30.459 --> 00:05:30.919 some, 00:05:30.919 --> 00:05:32.479 some low level servant 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:33.000 and say, 00:05:33.340 --> 00:05:34.060 go get the body 00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:35.680 and put it in a tomb someplace. 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:37.759 But John makes it very clear 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:39.220 that they went personally, 00:05:39.780 --> 00:05:40.900 they got the body, 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:42.080 and even if others 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:42.819 were helping them, 00:05:42.900 --> 00:05:43.759 they were involved 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:45.540 in not just carrying the body 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:46.980 and quickly dumping it 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:47.780 into a tomb, 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:49.819 but wrapping it in spices 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:50.600 and linen, 00:05:50.960 --> 00:05:51.720 linen, 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:53.259 strips of linen. 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:54.960 So they knew 00:05:54.960 --> 00:05:55.900 for certain. 00:05:56.460 --> 00:05:57.700 Here are two members 00:05:57.700 --> 00:05:58.640 of the Sanhedrin 00:05:58.640 --> 00:05:59.460 who were witnesses. 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:01.719 So it is clear 00:06:01.719 --> 00:06:03.060 that Jesus has died. 00:06:03.479 --> 00:06:04.279 There's no question 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:05.339 about that at all. 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:07.259 John is also thinking 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:08.180 about his own day 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:09.519 when he hears people 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:10.419 outside the window 00:06:10.419 --> 00:06:11.180 of his home 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:13.419 marching down the street 00:06:13.419 --> 00:06:14.159 and chanting, 00:06:14.659 --> 00:06:16.679 Caesar is Lord, 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:19.079 Caesar is God. 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:20.699 That's the thing 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:21.699 that people want 00:06:21.699 --> 00:06:22.379 to believe. 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:25.300 And John wants 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:26.399 to answer that 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.659 with Jesus is Lord 00:06:28.659 --> 00:06:30.540 and Jesus is God. 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:32.560 And so he picks 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:33.379 these two people 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:34.319 to help him answer 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:35.199 those questions. 00:06:36.459 --> 00:06:37.439 The two people 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:38.100 he chooses 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:39.620 are Mary Magdalene 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:41.759 and Thomas Didymus. 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:45.339 There's also a belief 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:47.259 that a lot of people 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:48.800 in our own day 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:50.300 would set forward, 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:50.960 and that is 00:06:50.960 --> 00:06:52.740 that the disciples 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:53.980 really needed 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:55.620 to have erased Jesus 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:57.340 or to resurrect Jesus. 00:06:58.020 --> 00:06:58.819 And so they made 00:06:58.819 --> 00:06:59.879 this plot, 00:07:00.340 --> 00:07:01.139 this scam 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:02.139 to put over 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:02.759 other people 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:04.000 that they stole 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:04.900 away his body, 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:06.500 that they hid it 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:07.500 in some other place 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:08.340 and then they all 00:07:08.340 --> 00:07:08.879 agreed, 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:10.120 made a compact 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:10.720 together, 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:11.800 that they would 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.180 proclaim that Jesus 00:07:13.180 --> 00:07:14.560 was raised 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:15.280 from the dead 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:16.600 even though he was 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:17.180 not raised 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:17.800 from the dead. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:19.540 But the problem 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:20.020 is, 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:22.080 and John 00:07:22.080 --> 00:07:22.879 answers this, 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:23.700 the problem 00:07:23.700 --> 00:07:24.460 is that the 00:07:24.460 --> 00:07:25.520 disciples didn't 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:26.720 believe that Jesus 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:27.500 would be raised 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:28.100 from the dead. 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:29.560 And we see that 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.260 very clearly 00:07:30.260 --> 00:07:31.560 in these two people, 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:33.300 Mary and Thomas. 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:34.680 We see it in others 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:35.200 as well, 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:36.040 but we see it 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.379 very clearly in them. 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:38.759 It wasn't a plot 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:39.700 they came up with. 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:40.920 It was something 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:42.060 that they did not 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:42.879 even believe 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:43.640 at the time 00:07:43.640 --> 00:07:45.000 until they were 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:46.379 compelled to believe 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:47.659 despite what their 00:07:47.659 --> 00:07:48.719 heart and mind 00:07:48.719 --> 00:07:49.680 told them. 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:51.699 The first of these 00:07:51.699 --> 00:07:52.860 is Mary Magdalene. 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:54.639 Mary Magdalene, 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:55.459 Luke tells us, 00:07:55.500 --> 00:07:56.199 was one of the 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:56.959 women who followed 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:57.319 Jesus. 00:07:57.899 --> 00:07:58.600 She came down 00:07:58.600 --> 00:07:59.300 from Galilee 00:07:59.300 --> 00:07:59.860 with them. 00:08:00.420 --> 00:08:01.219 They cared for 00:08:01.219 --> 00:08:02.040 Jesus and the 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:02.540 disciples. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:04.000 They provided for 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:04.680 them out of their 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:05.480 own resources. 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:07.959 Mary Magdalene 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:08.719 was a woman who 00:08:08.719 --> 00:08:09.579 was devoted to 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:10.620 caring for Jesus. 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:11.980 And a reason that 00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:13.139 she was devoted 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:14.699 to that is because 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.000 Luke tells us 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:16.959 that Jesus cast 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:17.639 seven demons 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:18.219 out of her. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:19.959 So her life was 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:21.099 transformed by 00:08:21.099 --> 00:08:21.919 what Jesus had 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:22.199 done. 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:24.719 Jesus had made 00:08:24.719 --> 00:08:25.399 her into a new 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:26.419 person and set 00:08:26.419 --> 00:08:26.919 her free. 00:08:27.599 --> 00:08:28.120 And therefore, 00:08:28.419 --> 00:08:29.339 she was devoted 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:30.479 to caring for him. 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:32.379 Now when Mary 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.319 Magdalene comes 00:08:33.319 --> 00:08:33.899 to the tomb, 00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:34.860 she comes early 00:08:34.860 --> 00:08:35.860 upon this morning. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:36.860 You would read 00:08:36.860 --> 00:08:37.559 that in the first 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:38.360 few verses of 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:38.879 the chapter. 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:40.700 Also, we're told 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:42.679 else in Luke 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:44.439 believe that she 00:08:44.439 --> 00:08:45.099 came with other 00:08:45.099 --> 00:08:45.699 women and they 00:08:45.699 --> 00:08:46.599 brought the spices. 00:08:46.839 --> 00:08:47.500 They brought these 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:49.039 things to care for 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:49.559 Jesus. 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:51.339 Were they expecting 00:08:51.339 --> 00:08:53.099 a resurrected Jesus? 00:08:53.819 --> 00:08:54.939 They were expecting 00:08:54.939 --> 00:08:55.839 a corpse. 00:08:56.620 --> 00:08:57.120 And that's why 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:58.120 they came prepared 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.699 to care for a 00:08:59.699 --> 00:09:00.179 corpse. 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.359 So Mary Magdalene 00:09:02.359 --> 00:09:02.739 comes. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:03.899 She's the first one 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:04.759 that John talks 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:05.279 about at the 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:06.179 beginning of 00:09:06.179 --> 00:09:07.339 John chapter 20. 00:09:08.339 --> 00:09:09.079 But when she 00:09:09.079 --> 00:09:09.539 gets there, 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:10.659 she finds the 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:11.439 body's gone. 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.080 She comes back 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:13.880 and she reports 00:09:13.880 --> 00:09:14.800 to the disciples, 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.140 they have taken 00:09:18.140 --> 00:09:18.760 the Lord out 00:09:18.760 --> 00:09:19.360 of the tomb. 00:09:19.900 --> 00:09:20.600 We do not know 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:21.120 where they have 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:21.620 laid him. 00:09:22.400 --> 00:09:23.700 The idea that 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:24.580 Jesus is raised 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:25.080 from the dead 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:25.700 doesn't enter 00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:26.760 her mind. 00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:28.160 Instead, she's 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:29.420 thinking, we came 00:09:29.420 --> 00:09:30.580 to wrap this corpse 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:31.460 and to take care 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:33.020 of it, but it's 00:09:33.020 --> 00:09:33.460 gone. 00:09:33.900 --> 00:09:34.840 They have taken 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:35.040 it. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:35.920 I don't know 00:09:35.920 --> 00:09:36.580 who's taken 00:09:36.580 --> 00:09:36.820 it. 00:09:37.380 --> 00:09:38.280 Is it Joseph 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.699 and Nicodemus, 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:42.279 have they taken 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:42.879 it to another 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.299 tomb? 00:09:43.959 --> 00:09:44.759 Have the officials 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:45.620 come and taken 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:45.860 it? 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:47.539 Has someone 00:09:47.539 --> 00:09:48.319 stolen it 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:48.679 away? 00:09:49.539 --> 00:09:50.779 All she thinks 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:51.839 is the corpse 00:09:51.839 --> 00:09:52.679 is gone. 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:55.299 So she's 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:56.419 weighted down 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:57.339 with the 00:09:57.339 --> 00:09:59.559 impact of 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:01.059 her faith 00:10:01.059 --> 00:10:01.559 has lost 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:02.199 its object. 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:03.839 Even the corpse 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:05.379 that she longs 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:06.139 to express her 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.500 grief by caring 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.100 for has 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:08.779 disappeared. 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:10.340 What's going 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:10.980 to happen to 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:11.500 her now? 00:10:12.699 --> 00:10:13.779 So she goes 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:14.439 back to the 00:10:14.439 --> 00:10:15.340 tomb and she's 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:16.080 weeping there. 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:17.240 Weeping and 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:18.039 wondering, where 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:18.939 will my life 00:10:18.939 --> 00:10:19.919 go from here? 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:20.919 Will I go 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:21.879 back to Galilee? 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:23.779 What purpose 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:24.600 will I have? 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:25.740 Will my demons 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.539 come back 00:10:26.539 --> 00:10:28.480 without Jesus 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:29.139 there to 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:29.879 protect me? 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:32.840 So she is 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.139 clearly grieving 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:35.259 the death of 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:36.059 Jesus and the 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:36.980 loss to her. 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:38.559 She has no 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:39.840 hope that he 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:40.580 is raised. 00:10:40.939 --> 00:10:41.919 She only is 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:42.899 full of grief. 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.620 She doesn't 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:45.000 know who 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:45.399 might have 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:45.919 taken him 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:46.319 away. 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:47.840 In verse 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:50.500 2 she 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.139 talks about 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.899 they have 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:53.039 taken him 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:53.480 away. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.279 And in 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.059 verse 13 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:55.840 and 15 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:56.539 as well 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:58.360 she says 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.899 to the 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:02.259 angels, 00:11:02.379 --> 00:11:02.720 they said 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:03.019 to her, 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:03.340 woman, 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:03.919 why are you 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:04.319 weeping? 00:11:04.319 --> 00:11:05.120 She said 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.399 to them, 00:11:05.479 --> 00:11:05.879 they have 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.539 taken away 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.039 my Lord 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:07.519 and I do 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:07.899 not know 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:08.199 where they 00:11:08.199 --> 00:11:08.599 have laid 00:11:08.599 --> 00:11:08.819 him. 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:09.659 That's the 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:10.379 reason she's 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:10.819 weeping. 00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:11.759 But also 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.439 when Jesus 00:11:12.439 --> 00:11:13.059 appears, 00:11:13.479 --> 00:11:13.979 she thinks 00:11:13.979 --> 00:11:14.399 he's the 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:15.039 gardener and 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:15.360 thinks, 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:15.799 have you 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:16.339 taken him 00:11:16.339 --> 00:11:16.679 away? 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:17.899 And asks 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:18.419 him that 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:18.959 question. 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:20.579 She's wondering 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:21.139 what has 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:22.059 happened to 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:22.519 Jesus. 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:24.299 In contrast 00:11:24.299 --> 00:11:24.979 to her 00:11:24.979 --> 00:11:25.659 sense of 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.519 hopelessness 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.360 and just 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.860 being loaded 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.500 down with 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:29.919 grief, 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:30.959 the angels 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:31.719 respond to 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:31.879 her, 00:11:31.980 --> 00:11:32.320 they say, 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:32.660 woman, 00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:33.740 why are 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:34.360 you weeping? 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:35.460 From the 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:35.759 heavenly 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:36.399 perspective, 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:37.040 it doesn't 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:37.600 make sense 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.160 to weep 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:39.279 because Jesus 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.040 is raised. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:41.019 And when 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:41.960 Jesus responds 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:42.420 to her in 00:11:42.420 --> 00:11:43.940 verse 15, 00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:44.660 he says, 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:45.580 woman, 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:46.360 why are you 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:46.840 weeping? 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.279 Whom are you 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:48.620 seeking? 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:52.480 Then she 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.440 turns when 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:54.040 she hears 00:11:54.040 --> 00:11:54.720 this man 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.440 speaking to 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:55.759 her, 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.259 she says, 00:11:57.340 --> 00:11:58.120 supposing him 00:11:58.120 --> 00:11:58.600 to be the 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.160 gardener, 00:11:59.420 --> 00:12:00.100 she said to 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.279 him, 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:00.620 sir, 00:12:00.699 --> 00:12:00.939 have you 00:12:00.939 --> 00:12:01.419 have carried 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:01.980 him away? 00:12:02.439 --> 00:12:02.860 Tell me 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:03.179 where have 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:03.579 you laid 00:12:03.579 --> 00:12:03.839 him, 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.120 and I 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:05.539 will take 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:06.100 him away. 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:08.720 She turned 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.059 around, 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:10.059 in verse 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:10.579 14, 00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:11.139 she turned 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:12.019 around and 00:12:12.019 --> 00:12:12.720 saw Jesus 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.459 standing there, 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:13.919 but she 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:14.459 did not 00:12:14.459 --> 00:12:14.899 know that 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:15.199 it was 00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:15.740 Jesus. 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.339 Even when 00:12:17.339 --> 00:12:18.059 Jesus spoke 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:18.539 to her, 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:19.360 woman, 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:19.919 why are you 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:20.319 weeping? 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:20.879 Whom are you 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.259 seeking? 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:23.519 It's a bit 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.139 of a mystery 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:24.679 why she 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:24.959 didn't 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:25.579 recognize 00:12:25.579 --> 00:12:26.039 Jesus. 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:27.779 Maybe it 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.079 was the 00:12:28.079 --> 00:12:28.639 early morning 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:29.100 light. 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:30.680 maybe it 00:12:30.680 --> 00:12:31.200 was her 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:31.800 face being 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:32.560 covered over 00:12:32.560 --> 00:12:33.259 in the 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:33.920 early morning 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:34.460 chills, 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:34.940 she was 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:35.600 covered over 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:36.139 and even 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:37.139 Jesus may 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:37.480 have had 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:38.040 something over 00:12:38.040 --> 00:12:38.560 his head. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.120 Maybe she's 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:40.600 just being 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:41.180 culturally 00:12:41.180 --> 00:12:42.759 reserved and 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:43.580 not looking in 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.159 the face of 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:44.720 a man that 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.200 she doesn't 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:45.700 recognize. 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.620 But what is 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.360 it that turns 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.279 her heart so 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:49.639 that she 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:50.399 recognizes 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:50.899 Jesus? 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:52.860 Obviously, 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.420 the most 00:12:53.420 --> 00:12:55.840 serious problem 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:56.200 with her 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:57.139 recognizing him 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:57.960 is she had 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:59.000 no anticipation 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.399 whatsoever that 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:00.840 it would be 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:01.639 Jesus speaking 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:02.139 to her. 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.220 She only 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:03.720 thought it 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.100 might be 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.819 the gardener. 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:06.639 What is it 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.120 that turns 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.639 her heart 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:08.279 and changes 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.139 her perspective? 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:11.000 Jesus said 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.620 to her, 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:12.819 Mary. 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.860 That one 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:16.500 word brings 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:17.319 her response. 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:17.919 She turned 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.279 and said to 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:19.559 him in 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.179 Aramaic, 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:21.200 Rabboni, 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:21.840 which means 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:22.299 teacher. 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:25.179 It was a 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.620 personal 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:26.459 recognition. 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:27.819 It was 00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:28.859 Jesus speaking 00:13:28.859 --> 00:13:29.620 her name. 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.719 Not just 00:13:30.719 --> 00:13:32.419 her name 00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:33.120 in a generic 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:33.699 sense, 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.159 but her 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:34.500 name, 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:35.079 Miriam. 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:36.000 The name 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.379 that she 00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:36.959 knew from 00:13:36.959 --> 00:13:38.099 her own 00:13:38.099 --> 00:13:39.039 heart language. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.219 When she 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:40.899 heard him 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.559 speak her 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:41.979 name, 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:42.539 she knew 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:42.979 who he 00:13:42.979 --> 00:13:43.379 was. 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:44.559 And her 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.379 response to 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:45.879 him is to 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:46.359 call him 00:13:46.359 --> 00:13:47.000 Rabboni. 00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:48.099 Not just 00:13:48.099 --> 00:13:49.579 rabbi as a 00:13:49.579 --> 00:13:50.659 general class 00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.219 of people, 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:52.840 but specifically 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:53.700 this word is 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.399 my teacher, 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:55.540 my beloved 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:56.120 teacher. 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.720 She is 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.560 relating to 00:13:58.560 --> 00:13:59.340 him personally. 00:14:00.660 --> 00:14:01.100 It's a 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:01.540 personal 00:14:01.540 --> 00:14:02.519 recognition, 00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:04.300 a personal 00:14:04.300 --> 00:14:05.300 connection with 00:14:05.300 --> 00:14:06.019 Jesus which 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:07.100 is reestablished. 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:08.080 He's 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.060 transformed in 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.440 her own 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:10.420 perception from 00:14:10.420 --> 00:14:11.100 being some 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:12.379 gardener unknown 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:13.180 to her to 00:14:13.180 --> 00:14:13.840 being the one 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.320 who has 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.080 delivered her. 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.680 What does 00:14:18.680 --> 00:14:19.420 Jesus say to 00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:19.639 her? 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:22.419 Jesus says, 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:22.860 do not 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:23.379 cling to 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:23.779 me, 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:27.220 for I 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.600 have not 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.860 yet ascended 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.299 to my 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:29.679 father. 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:31.279 But go to 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:31.840 my brothers 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:32.539 and say to 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:32.699 them, 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.559 I am ascending 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.059 to my 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:34.720 father and 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:35.100 to your 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:35.519 father, 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.559 to my 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:37.139 God and 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:37.500 to your 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.960 God. 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.059 Mary in 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:41.740 her heart 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.439 reaching out 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:42.939 to Jesus, 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.679 her devotion 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.179 to him, 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.819 one of the 00:14:45.819 --> 00:14:46.460 other gospels 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:46.740 says, 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.179 she took 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.620 a hold of 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:47.919 him by 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.500 the feet. 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.439 Jesus says, 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.059 don't cling 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:51.479 to me 00:14:51.479 --> 00:14:51.919 before I 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.199 have not 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:52.799 ascended to 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.399 my father. 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.439 In a way 00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:55.000 he's saying 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.360 to her, 00:14:55.459 --> 00:14:55.719 Mary, 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.839 what you 00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.419 need is 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.059 not me 00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.579 here, 00:14:59.039 --> 00:14:59.459 that you 00:14:59.459 --> 00:15:00.000 can touch 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.319 me. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.219 What you 00:15:01.219 --> 00:15:01.659 need is 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:01.879 me 00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.620 resurrected, 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:03.740 me at 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.599 my father's 00:15:04.599 --> 00:15:05.000 side, 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.759 that I 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.120 can be 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.719 your Lord 00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:07.419 and Savior 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:08.120 from there, 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:08.839 that I 00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:09.360 can save 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.899 not just 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.219 you, 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.779 but many 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.419 others as 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:11.740 well. 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.299 Don't cling 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:13.740 to my 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.199 body, 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.740 but hold 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.179 on to 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.659 who I 00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:18.039 am. 00:15:19.099 --> 00:15:19.759 He says, 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:21.019 go and 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.500 tell my 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:22.079 brothers, 00:15:22.859 --> 00:15:24.000 I am 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.819 saying to 00:15:25.819 --> 00:15:25.979 them, 00:15:26.059 --> 00:15:26.659 I'm ascending 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.279 to my 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.079 father and 00:15:28.079 --> 00:15:28.459 to your 00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:28.839 father, 00:15:29.339 --> 00:15:29.939 to my 00:15:29.939 --> 00:15:30.599 God and 00:15:30.599 --> 00:15:30.959 to your 00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.379 God. 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.519 Again, 00:15:32.599 --> 00:15:33.039 the focus 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.679 is on the 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.399 relationship 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.299 and a 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:35.959 change in 00:15:35.959 --> 00:15:36.779 relationship. 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:37.919 Instead of 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.620 I'm ascending 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.639 to my 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:40.399 father and 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:40.799 to my 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:41.279 God, 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.759 because I 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.860 have raised 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.259 from the 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:44.459 dead, 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.019 I'm also 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.459 ascending 00:15:45.459 --> 00:15:46.079 to your 00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:46.500 father, 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.720 your 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.220 plural 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:49.039 father and 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.679 to your 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.379 plural 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:50.839 God. 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.799 All of 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.839 you belong 00:15:52.839 --> 00:15:53.259 to him 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.980 because of 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.559 my going 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.059 to him, 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.199 because of 00:15:56.199 --> 00:15:56.419 that 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.179 relationship. 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.379 Notice 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.879 what she 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:02.559 says when 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.000 she goes 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.439 back, 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.199 verse 00:16:04.199 --> 00:16:05.319 18, 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:07.379 Mary Magdalene 00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:07.879 went and 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.500 announced to 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.159 the disciples, 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:09.899 I have 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.480 seen the 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:10.779 Lord. 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:12.279 And that 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.539 he had 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:12.980 said these 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.439 things to 00:16:13.439 --> 00:16:13.699 her. 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.620 The first 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.079 thing she 00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:15.579 says is 00:16:15.579 --> 00:16:15.959 not the 00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:16.339 quote. 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.720 The first 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.120 thing she 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.459 says, 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.939 I have 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.620 seen the 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:19.959 Lord. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.459 Her eyes 00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:21.740 have been 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.079 opened. 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.459 She knows 00:16:23.459 --> 00:16:23.959 he's 00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.259 raised 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.639 again. 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.079 She knows 00:16:26.079 --> 00:16:26.639 that the 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.159 one that 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.600 she is 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.240 certain was 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.559 dead is 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:30.339 just as 00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:30.819 certainly 00:16:30.819 --> 00:16:31.759 alive. 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:33.799 The 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.419 needs of 00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:34.839 Mary's 00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:36.139 heart are 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.639 satisfied by 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:37.959 Jesus' 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.639 resurrection. 00:16:39.459 --> 00:16:39.679 Her 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.480 heart is 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.039 at peace 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.480 and at 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.680 rest because 00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.120 she's 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.379 compelled to 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.100 believe what 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.639 she thought 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:46.500 was impossible 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.240 to believe. 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.480 The second 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.259 person that 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:52.080 John writes 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.700 about is 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.879 specifically 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.840 is Thomas 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.120 Didymus. 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:57.639 The name 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.980 Thomas means 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.460 twin. 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.740 The name 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:03.220 Didymus means 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.820 twin in 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:04.160 Greek. 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:06.099 So Aramaic 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:07.319 and Greek 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.279 he's twin 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.639 twin. 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.740 We often 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.179 think of 00:17:11.179 --> 00:17:11.679 him as 00:17:11.679 --> 00:17:12.119 doubting 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.740 Thomas. 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.639 But I'd 00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.079 like us to 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.399 think of 00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:15.099 him differently. 00:17:16.679 --> 00:17:17.539 Thomas is 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.419 the one who 00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:19.779 sees the 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.359 side of 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:20.939 things that 00:17:20.939 --> 00:17:21.379 we don't 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:21.939 necessarily 00:17:21.939 --> 00:17:22.659 want to 00:17:22.659 --> 00:17:22.959 see. 00:17:23.899 --> 00:17:24.419 Sometimes 00:17:24.419 --> 00:17:25.099 we're trying 00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:25.699 very hard 00:17:25.699 --> 00:17:26.159 to be an 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.740 optimist 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.619 and Thomas 00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:28.219 is the one 00:17:28.219 --> 00:17:28.719 who brings 00:17:28.719 --> 00:17:29.240 us back 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.019 to reality 00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.079 and points 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.619 out the way 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.179 things really 00:17:32.179 --> 00:17:32.579 are. 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.960 in John 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.740 chapter 11 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.679 verse 16 00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:37.419 Jesus is 00:17:37.419 --> 00:17:38.980 getting this 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.879 report that 00:17:39.879 --> 00:17:40.659 his friend 00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.439 Lazarus has 00:17:41.439 --> 00:17:41.839 died. 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.559 They have 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.339 been near 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.220 Jerusalem and 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.480 there were 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.000 threats on 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.899 Jesus' life 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:48.139 and Thomas 00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:48.960 like the others 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.439 knew that 00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:49.960 threats on 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.659 Jesus' life 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.319 were also a 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:51.740 threat to 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.000 them. 00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.319 Jesus says 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.939 he died 00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:54.519 and now 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.079 we're going 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.599 to go to 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:55.899 him. 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.279 And Thomas 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:57.879 is the one 00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.460 who says 00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.279 well then 00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.899 let us go 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.359 back to 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:01.179 Judea and 00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.779 die with 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.039 him. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.799 Thomas is 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.519 not saying 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.879 well if you 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.359 want to go 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.059 to Judea 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:08.159 that's your 00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:08.740 own business 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.259 take your 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.799 own risks 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.379 we're going 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.220 back to 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.039 Galilee 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.899 where it's 00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.279 safe. 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.879 Thomas says 00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.359 if you're 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.759 going to 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.699 Judea 00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:17.539 we're all 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:17.879 going to 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.299 go with 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.519 you 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.379 even if 00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:19.799 it means 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.460 to death. 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.839 Thomas is 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.319 committed 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.460 and he sees 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.159 the reality 00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:24.740 of things 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.139 as they 00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.460 are. 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:26.679 In John 00:18:26.679 --> 00:18:27.500 chapter 14 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.939 we hear 00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.559 from Thomas 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.960 again. 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:30.899 Jesus is 00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.419 in the upper 00:18:31.419 --> 00:18:32.059 room and he's 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.720 talking to his 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.000 disciples about 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.659 how he is 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.740 the way and 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.440 he's going to 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.359 prepare a place 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.859 for them. 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:39.379 And Thomas is 00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:40.419 they're all 00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:41.299 asking these 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.339 various questions 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.440 but Thomas is 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.319 the one who 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.059 just brings it 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.720 right down to 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.200 the focal 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.940 question and 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.279 he says 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.119 Lord we 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.500 don't know 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.919 where you're 00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.539 going so 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.159 how can we 00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:51.500 know the 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:51.799 way? 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.319 Thomas is 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.940 the one who's 00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.519 going to ask 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.159 the question 00:18:55.159 --> 00:18:55.799 that the rest 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.679 of us haven't 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:57.460 thought of or the 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.179 question that we 00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:59.019 don't dare to 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.440 ask. 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.299 The question 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.980 we think is 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.640 just a little 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.059 bit too 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.880 bold faced. 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.380 Thomas is the 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.100 one who's going 00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.840 to ask that 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.380 question. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.700 So Thomas 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.860 serves us well 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.480 because he's 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.920 the one who 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.700 asks questions 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.480 that we need 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.000 to ask. 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.019 The questions 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.440 that are going 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:13.960 to be on our 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.559 hearts later 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.900 on. 00:19:15.820 --> 00:19:16.400 If you think 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.799 about the 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.240 Lord of the 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.779 Rings you 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.700 remember the 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.380 character of 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.740 Gimli. 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.779 Gimli is that 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:23.600 dwarf with a 00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.200 heavy beard 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.820 and his big 00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:26.279 axe and he's 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.880 the one where 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.840 they come to 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.399 the point and 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.039 they realize 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.539 that if 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:34.240 I was thinking 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.000 Frodo but it's 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.779 not Frodo is 00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.459 it? 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.839 Who's going to 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.279 go and get 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.619 rid of the 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:39.859 ring? 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.279 Frodo. 00:19:42.439 --> 00:19:42.720 Okay. 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.059 Why does that 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.980 slip away from 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.199 me? 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.220 So they think 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.799 well how is 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:49.720 Frodo going to 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.419 go and get 00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:50.879 rid of the 00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.419 ring when he's 00:19:51.419 --> 00:19:51.899 got to go 00:19:51.899 --> 00:19:52.939 right to the 00:19:52.939 --> 00:19:54.079 enemy territory? 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.220 And so they 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.000 say well we 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.759 need to fight 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.740 as a distraction. 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.740 We need to 00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.419 go and take 00:19:59.419 --> 00:19:59.919 on this 00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.699 enemy army. 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.179 And Gimli is 00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.779 the one who 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:04.639 states the 00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.119 obvious. 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.019 The thing that 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.599 nobody else 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.379 wants to say. 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.179 He says 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:09.419 overwhelming odds? 00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:10.899 Certain chance 00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.500 of death? 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.599 What are we 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.319 waiting for? 00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.519 He's Thomas. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.299 Thomas Didymus. 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.439 He's the one 00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:19.079 who's stating 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.699 the obvious. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.879 There's not a 00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.599 question about 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.299 Thomas' 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.059 commitment. 00:20:23.699 --> 00:20:24.619 His faith. 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.359 His willingness 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.099 to die. 00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.319 He's committed 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.240 to the cause. 00:20:28.719 --> 00:20:29.659 He's ready. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.959 But he's the 00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.619 one who's going 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.339 to state the 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.000 things that we 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.599 don't see. 00:20:34.939 --> 00:20:35.859 Thomas wasn't 00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.599 at the cross. 00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.159 The only 00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.899 disciple there 00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.980 was John. 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.919 Thomas was not 00:20:40.919 --> 00:20:41.500 there on that 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.179 first Sunday. 00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.839 And so on that 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.539 first Sunday, 00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.219 the day that's 00:20:45.219 --> 00:20:45.899 being recorded 00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:47.259 here, the day 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.059 of the resurrection, 00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.719 Mary comes back 00:20:49.719 --> 00:20:50.119 and says, 00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.759 I've seen the 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.059 Lord. 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.319 Thomas misses 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.639 that. 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.000 Peter and 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.540 John come 00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.040 back and 00:20:55.040 --> 00:20:55.400 say, the 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:55.780 tomb is 00:20:55.780 --> 00:20:56.120 empty. 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.040 And John 00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:57.500 says, I 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.600 believe, I 00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.240 believe he's 00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.800 resurrected. 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.720 Thomas is 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.220 not there. 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.560 Later that 00:21:02.560 --> 00:21:03.060 evening, 00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.380 Cleopas and 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.340 another man 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.360 who met 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.160 Jesus on the 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.520 road to 00:21:08.520 --> 00:21:09.120 Emmaus, they 00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:10.080 come back and 00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.860 they say, we've 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.300 seen the 00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:11.620 Lord. 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.000 Thomas is 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.520 not there. 00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.540 And then 00:21:14.540 --> 00:21:15.040 they're all 00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:15.880 gathered together 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.380 when those 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.160 men come in. 00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.080 And Jesus 00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.180 himself appears. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.580 And Thomas 00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.520 is not there. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:23.480 So Thomas, 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.920 one of the 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.639 twelve, was 00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.220 not with 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.619 them when 00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.440 Jesus came. 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.559 And the 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.299 other disciples 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.299 told him, we 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.059 have seen the 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.379 Lord. 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.539 The same thing 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.180 that Mary 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.240 Magdalene said, 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.960 we have seen 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.440 the Lord. 00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.519 And it 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.059 doesn't just 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.599 say that they 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.299 told him, it 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.900 says they 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.799 kept telling 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.160 him. 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.019 That's the 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.599 word there. 00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.460 He's hearing 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.379 this over and 00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.759 over. 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.680 Everybody he 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.940 talks to says, 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.839 we have seen 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.299 the Lord. 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.879 And Thomas' 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:49.240 response is, 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:52.500 I'm just 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.180 not ready 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.079 to believe. 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.079 I'm just 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.640 not ready 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.440 to believe. 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.019 John, in a 00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.640 way, is 00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.859 asking the 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.519 question that 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.039 needs to be 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.960 asked for 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.400 our own 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.940 day, so 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.440 that Jesus 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.700 can satisfy 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.099 that. 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.440 Thomas has 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.920 been the 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.319 scientist. 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.519 I need to 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:11.180 be able to 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.180 see it and 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.960 to touch it. 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.880 I need to 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:15.839 have verifiable 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:17.019 evidence that 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.740 Jesus is 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.120 raised. 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.919 I can't 00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.539 just believe 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.879 what the 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.279 rest of 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.559 you are 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.000 saying. 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.500 So he's 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.219 asking that 00:22:23.219 --> 00:22:23.939 question, a 00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.639 question that 00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.719 we need to 00:22:25.719 --> 00:22:26.519 have asked. 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.319 So Thomas 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.259 was not with 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.379 him. 00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:29.759 The other 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.779 disciples keep 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.319 telling him, 00:22:31.399 --> 00:22:31.799 we've seen 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.279 the Lord. 00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:33.799 But he 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.179 said to 00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:34.639 them, unless 00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:36.459 I see in 00:22:36.459 --> 00:22:37.199 his hands 00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.839 the mark of 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.579 the nails and 00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.179 place my 00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:40.239 finger into 00:22:40.239 --> 00:22:40.879 the mark of 00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.539 the nails and 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.139 place my 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.679 hand into 00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:44.000 his side, I 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.759 will never 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.779 believe. 00:22:46.879 --> 00:22:47.419 Eight days 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.940 later his 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.740 disciples were 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.700 inside again 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.820 and Thomas 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.560 was with 00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.720 them, although 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.440 the doors were 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.220 locked just as 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.980 they were last 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.300 week. 00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:57.019 Jesus came and 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.539 stood among 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.160 them and said, 00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.100 peace be with 00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.340 you. 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.360 The same thing 00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.120 he said last 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.460 week. 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.080 But then the 00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.840 next, very 00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.759 next thing he 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.039 says is to 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.400 Thomas, put 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.180 your finger here 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.860 and see my 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.340 hands. 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.560 Put out your 00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.360 hand, place it 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.120 in my side. 00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.840 Stop, do not 00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:15.600 disbelieve, but 00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.300 believe. 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.140 Jesus doesn't 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.840 say, Thomas, 00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.080 what's wrong 00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.519 with you? 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.340 Why can't you 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.820 believe? 00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.200 But instead 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.019 Jesus says, 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.759 Thomas, here's 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.560 what you need 00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:29.840 to touch, to 00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.259 see. 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.220 Do that, 00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:32.519 Thomas, and 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.500 then stop your 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.480 unbelieving and 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.019 believe. 00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.960 Did Thomas 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.779 touch Jesus? 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.539 It doesn't 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.300 say, does it? 00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:43.960 But Thomas' 00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.980 response, 00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.519 Thomas' answer 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.139 was my 00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:48.639 Lord and 00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.359 my God. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.680 And John 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:55.160 hears people 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.099 chanting outside 00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.920 his place as 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.619 the procession 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.519 passes, Caesar 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.220 is Lord, 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.200 Caesar is 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.619 God. 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.700 And what 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.220 those words 00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.940 really mean is 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:05.019 Caesar is a 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.740 certain kind 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.279 of Lord. 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.440 He's in 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.099 charge of the 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.839 Roman Empire 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.200 and we hold 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.779 him in great 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.500 honor because 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.920 of that. 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.359 He is one 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.139 kind of Lord, 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.579 he is a 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.400 political Lord. 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.440 Lord. 00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.880 And when 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.440 they say 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.380 Caesar is 00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:18.940 God, they 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.860 mean Caesar 00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:21.380 is, he's 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.160 part of all 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.759 this great 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.740 collection of 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.200 gods. 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.700 He fits in 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.300 there someplace. 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.480 He fits in 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.240 the category 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.300 of being a 00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.660 God. 00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.440 But John 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.400 answers that 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:34.100 slogan of 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.940 his day by 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.160 putting these 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.140 words in 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.519 Thomas' 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.019 mouth. 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.900 Thomas answered 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.800 him, my 00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:41.060 Lord and 00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:41.800 my God. 00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.940 He's not 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.519 just a 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.100 Lord, he 00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.220 is Yahweh, 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.539 the covenant 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.740 keeping God 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.960 who takes us 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.700 as his own. 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.860 He is not 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.860 just a God, 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.539 but he is 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.400 El Shaddai. 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.980 He is 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.759 Elohim. 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.019 He is the 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.920 living and 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.820 the true God. 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:01.380 In Thomas' 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.740 eyes, 00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.279 Jesus is 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.080 nothing but 00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.720 the most 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.220 supreme God 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.960 because he 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.539 has seen, 00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.539 because he 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.100 has understood. 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.399 and that's 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:12.919 what Thomas 00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.919 wants us to 00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.740 understand as 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.579 well, and 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.079 what John 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.719 wants us to 00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.319 understand. 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.699 Jesus said 00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.279 to him, 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.079 have you 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.059 believed because 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.439 you have 00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:22.099 seen me? 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.259 Blessed are 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.799 those who 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.279 have not 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.519 seen and 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.000 yet have 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.559 believed. 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.500 The questions 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.599 of Thomas' 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:31.240 mind were 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.719 satisfied by 00:25:32.719 --> 00:25:33.079 Jesus' 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.799 resurrection. 00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.619 What about 00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.339 us as 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.839 those who 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.519 read John's 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.779 letter, 00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.719 John's 00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.139 gospel? 00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.339 What about 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.759 us who 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.379 have not 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.099 seen and 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.599 yet have 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.220 believed? 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.159 Some of 00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.480 you may 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.579 share Mary's 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.079 concerns. 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.159 You may 00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.599 feel like 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.819 there's 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.579 brokenness in 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.259 my life, 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.579 and the 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.059 Lord put 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.619 those things 00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.079 together. 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.039 Is he 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.319 really raised 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.740 from the 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.019 dead? 00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.099 Is he 00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.599 really the 00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.099 Lord who 00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.599 is able 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.699 from heaven 00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.319 to help 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.619 me, 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.939 to continue 00:26:02.939 --> 00:26:03.439 to care 00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.959 for me? 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.279 Or did 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.879 he die 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.379 and just 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.099 leave behind 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.740 ideas? 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.200 behind. 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.079 We need 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.380 to be 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.200 satisfied like 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.839 Mary that 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.420 he is the 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.019 one who, 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.859 even from 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.240 heaven, 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.500 is bringing 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.220 personal 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.880 healing to 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.279 us. 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.900 Some of 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.259 us may 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.599 be more 00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.000 like 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.400 Thomas. 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.319 We may 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.559 have 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.099 questions. 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.920 We want 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.559 answers to 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.220 those questions. 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.059 We don't 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.519 want to 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:29.059 believe easily. 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.559 We don't 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.000 want to 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.640 believe just 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.559 because we 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.519 try hard to 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.839 believe. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.620 We want 00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:33.940 to be 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.519 convinced 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.879 of what 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.639 Jesus has 00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.279 taught us, 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.160 the reality 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.519 of his 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.079 resurrection, 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.559 and know 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.000 that it's 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.319 true. 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.079 And Thomas 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.920 helps us 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.720 to have 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.319 that kind 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.700 of affirmation 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.259 that Jesus 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.180 is who he 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.740 claims, 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.440 that he 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.099 is alive, 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.900 that he 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.460 is Lord, 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.339 that he 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.960 is God. 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.500 For Thomas, 00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.519 like the 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.259 other disciples, 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.420 it wasn't a 00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.200 scam that they 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.059 somehow managed 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.799 to pull off. 00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.480 It was 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.059 something they 00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.980 all stuck to 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.359 to their 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.859 deaths. 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.160 Tradition 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.859 tells us 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.619 that Thomas 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.139 took this 00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.799 message all 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.259 the way to 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.419 southern India. 00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.719 That's how 00:27:08.719 --> 00:27:09.859 committed he 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.740 was to what 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.319 he saw, 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.240 and what he 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.659 touched, 00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.339 and what he 00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.959 believed. 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.079 We need to 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.759 be like 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.719 Mary and 00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:19.379 to listen to 00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.059 the voice of 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.399 Jesus. 00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.559 Jesus said, 00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.079 My sheep 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.479 hear my 00:27:22.479 --> 00:27:22.919 voice, 00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.879 they know 00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.240 me and 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.779 they follow 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.099 me. 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.259 We need 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.799 to be like 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.279 Thomas, 00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.639 and our 00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.639 response needs 00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.500 to be 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.699 worshiped. 00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.039 Not, 00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.359 yes, 00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:32.259 I believe, 00:27:32.479 --> 00:27:32.919 I can 00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.719 certify 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.200 that these 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:35.299 things are 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.720 true, 00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.559 but to 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.900 say, 00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.860 my Lord 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.779 and my 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.220 God. 00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.120 John 00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.799 helps us 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.440 to understand 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.900 that it's 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.480 not just a 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.019 matter of 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.680 his writing 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.259 a credible 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.799 account, 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.799 it's a 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.259 matter of 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.779 the Spirit 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.579 working in 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.100 us as 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.440 well. 00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.460 That we 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.360 might believe 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.940 that Jesus 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.480 is the 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.880 Christ, 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.279 the Son 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.799 of God, 00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.059 and that by 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.819 believing you 00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.519 may have 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.180 life in 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.799 his name. 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.900 It's not 00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:00.160 just mental 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.779 things, 00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.339 it's not 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.079 just believing 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.619 things are 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.000 true, 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.759 it's a 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.519 transformed 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.220 life, 00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.000 a new 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.379 life. 00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:07.539 And we 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.879 need to 00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.299 do like 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.639 these 00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.220 disciples 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.139 are doing, 00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.939 like we're 00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.639 doing tonight, 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.279 we need to 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.740 gather in 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.220 his name, 00:28:13.699 --> 00:28:14.359 we need to 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:15.000 affirm to 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.460 each other 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.119 the truth, 00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:16.859 we have 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.319 seen the 00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.619 Lord, 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.539 this is 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.839 what he 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.359 has done, 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.259 this is 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.579 who he 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.899 is. 00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.059 And we 00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.500 need to 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.119 be like 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.339 Mary, 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.220 just saying 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.619 to other 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.519 people outside 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.879 of this 00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.139 room, 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.220 we have 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.740 seen the 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.000 Lord, 00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.299 and he 00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.960 offers you 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.920 life in 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.460 his name. 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.259 Let's 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.559 pray. 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.220 Let's 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.559 pray.