WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:24.719
 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you this morning for Easter Sunday we're stepping out of our series in the book of Romans and we are picking up where we left off on our good Friday service if you were here on Friday you know we read through the entirety of John chapter 19 and so now we turn to

00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:53.640
 John chapter 20 with the story of the resurrection. Now there are multiple stories actually going on here in this one story. There is the story of Simon Peter. There's the story of John but the biggest story outside of Jesus' resurrection of course is the story of Mary Magdalene. I'm not going to spoil it for you. I'm not going to tell you up front. I just want you to ask. We're going to ask what is so special

00:00:53.640 --> 00:01:23.620
 about Mary and why does Mary in these 18 verses get more screen time than anyone else? Why does Mary steal the show? We're going to look at two things. We're going to look at Mary's love and Jesus' love and you don't need to remember it because it is the sermon title. It's on page 7 of your worship guide. In fact I invite you to turn with me there to John chapter 20. You'll find it on pages 6 and 7.

00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:43.879
 of your worship guide. And as we turn there remember Psalm 19 tells us that God's word is more precious than gold even the finest gold and it's sweeter than honey even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. So that's why we read now John chapter 20 starting at verse 1.

00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:57.280
 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:05.280
 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple the one whom Jesus loved and said to them

00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:11.120
 they have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid him.

00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:16.400
 So Peter went out with the other disciple and they were going toward the tomb.

00:02:17.480 --> 00:02:24.500
 Both of them were running together but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:31.020
 And stooping to look in he saw the linen cloths lying there but he did not go in.

00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.099
 Then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb.

00:02:36.099 --> 00:02:41.919
 He saw the linen cloths lying there and the face cloth which had been on Jesus' head.

00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:46.919
 Not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:55.780
 Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in and he saw and believed.

00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:01.819
 For as yet they did not understand the scripture that he must rise from the dead.

00:03:01.819 --> 00:03:05.599
 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

00:03:06.379 --> 00:03:07.280
 Verse 11

00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:14.560
 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:20.159
 And she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain.

00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:23.639
 One at the head and one at the feet.

00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.639
 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:33.959
 She said to them, They have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have laid him.

00:03:35.279 --> 00:03:40.639
 Having said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing but she did not know that it was Jesus.

00:03:41.739 --> 00:03:45.060
 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

00:03:46.179 --> 00:03:47.399
 Whom are you seeking?

00:03:48.939 --> 00:03:51.339
 Supposing him to be the gardener she said to him,

00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:57.700
 Sir, if you have carried him away tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away.

00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:00.980
 Jesus said to her, Mary.

00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:07.219
 She turned and said to him in Aramaic, Rabboni, which means teacher.

00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:13.560
 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me for I have not yet ascended to the Father.

00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:23.259
 But go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:32.860
 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, I have seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.

00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:37.439
 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:48.620
 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you and praise you again most of all for the great mercy and grace that you've shown us in our salvation in Jesus Christ.

00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.300
 We thank you for calling and bringing us together again this morning.

00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:57.600
 We ask that you would be at work here and now in a special way by your Holy Spirit,

00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:04.500
 stirring up and softening our hearts that you'd remind us of the great truth of the gospel.

00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:10.220
 that you'd show us our need for it and that that would lead us to set our eyes on Jesus Christ.

00:05:10.699 --> 00:05:14.459
 That he'd be more beautiful and glorious to us than anything else.

00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.759
 We ask all of these things in his name. Amen.

00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:28.259
 Every year around this time, around Easter, there are plenty of memes and jokes and videos

00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:34.399
 around one of the funniest parts of the Bible, which is right here in this passage.

00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:35.300
 Okay.

00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.540
 It starts in verse 2.

00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:42.040
 Mary tells Peter and John that the tomb is empty.

00:05:43.579 --> 00:05:44.019
 And then,

00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:48.199
 oh, by the way, it's John because it says, verse 2,

00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.319
 the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved.

00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.100
 John's the author of the gospel of John.

00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:52.959
 That's why it's called John.

00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:54.180
 So he's not going to use his own name.

00:05:54.300 --> 00:05:54.500
 Okay.

00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.180
 So he's referring to himself indirectly.

00:05:57.379 --> 00:05:59.060
 So Mary tells Peter and John,

00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:00.819
 and then we find out verse 4,

00:06:00.819 --> 00:06:03.339
 both of them go running together.

00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.519
 But the other disciple, that is John,

00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:11.019
 outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:12.759
 And that's the joke.

00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:13.139
 Okay.

00:06:13.659 --> 00:06:16.459
 John, in his own gospel, which he writes,

00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:20.899
 lets everyone know that he is actually faster than Peter.

00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:23.500
 And in case we missed it,

00:06:23.799 --> 00:06:25.759
 he repeats it again in verse 8.

00:06:26.060 --> 00:06:27.319
 Then the other disciple,

00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:28.779
 which one?

00:06:29.699 --> 00:06:31.779
 The one who reached the tomb first.

00:06:32.659 --> 00:06:33.139
 Okay.

00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:35.339
 So we have this serious passage,

00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:37.439
 which is the climax of all of Scripture,

00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:40.319
 the 66 books that God has given to his people

00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.180
 in the New Testament and the Old Testament.

00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:43.979
 Jesus has risen from the dead.

00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.519
 He's defeated death and sin.

00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:50.419
 All the promises of God are yes and amen in Jesus Christ.

00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:54.000
 And John's a faster runner than Peter.

00:06:54.000 --> 00:07:01.379
 There are many theories to try to explain

00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:04.060
 why it is so important to John

00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:07.040
 that we all know that he's a great sprinter.

00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:10.540
 The one I find most convincing is this.

00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:16.379
 John is saying that there is nothing that could hold him back.

00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.980
 The alternative to beating Peter

00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:23.720
 would have been to slow down.

00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:26.100
 It would have been to hold back.

00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:28.439
 And he could have done that.

00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:29.180
 Right?

00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.959
 But John's eyes were on the prize.

00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:37.879
 Now, whatever theory you believe,

00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:41.199
 I don't think John is bragging here.

00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.699
 And here's why.

00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:48.660
 As focused as John was in this passage,

00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:53.439
 as unwilling as he was to pull back

00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.379
 and wait for Peter,

00:07:55.379 --> 00:08:00.680
 someone else was more focused.

00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:03.000
 And that's Mary.

00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:07.839
 Mary beats all the boys.

00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:13.839
 John arrives to the tomb in verse 4.

00:08:15.219 --> 00:08:19.979
 Peter arrives to the tomb in verse 6.

00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:24.160
 Mary was already there.

00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.460
 In verse 1.

00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:30.879
 Now, on the first day of the week,

00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:33.680
 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early,

00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.519
 and in case we're wondering how early,

00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.860
 while it was still dark.

00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:47.519
 If John is looking to pat himself on the back for his speed,

00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:51.940
 he has done a really poor job.

00:08:51.940 --> 00:08:56.320
 In fact, it's not just that Mary is there first.

00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.240
 Mary is also there last.

00:09:02.300 --> 00:09:03.160
 Verse 10.

00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:06.680
 Peter and John go home.

00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:08.819
 Verse 11.

00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:11.559
 Mary stays.

00:09:12.719 --> 00:09:13.439
 And by the way,

00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:15.259
 if Mary stays in verse 11,

00:09:15.359 --> 00:09:16.879
 and she was there in verse 1,

00:09:16.939 --> 00:09:19.679
 and she told Peter and John in verse 2,

00:09:19.959 --> 00:09:21.859
 we know then that Mary must have made

00:09:21.859 --> 00:09:22.939
 at least not one,

00:09:23.079 --> 00:09:25.599
 but two trips to the tomb.

00:09:26.459 --> 00:09:28.239
 So she's not just there first.

00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.680
 She has lapped them.

00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:37.340
 John is not shining a spotlight on himself.

00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:43.580
 The running is not about John's ego.

00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:45.500
 No.

00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:49.240
 John, the author of the gospel,

00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:52.799
 is highlighting Mary.

00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.180
 That brings us back to our question.

00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:02.460
 Why?

00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:08.799
 Why does Mary show up earlier and stay later?

00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:10.680
 To answer that,

00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.340
 we have to remember Mary's backstory.

00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.000
 So there's several Marys in the gospels

00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.399
 that are kind of hard to keep track of.

00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:19.399
 That's why she's called Mary Magdalene

00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.440
 to distinguish her from all the others.

00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:23.480
 And in Luke chapter 8,

00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.840
 we find out that Jesus

00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.159
 had healed Mary Magdalene

00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.320
 of seven demons.

00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:34.519
 Now seven demons

00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:36.460
 are not a small number of demons.

00:10:37.180 --> 00:10:37.340
 Okay?

00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.120
 It's not a small thing

00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.879
 that Jesus had rescued Mary

00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:42.279
 in this way.

00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:43.240
 Jesus, in fact,

00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:44.659
 had rescued her in a huge way.

00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:46.779
 That's Luke 8

00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:47.600
 where we find that out.

00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:49.200
 At the end of Luke 7,

00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:51.659
 just a few verses before,

00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:54.439
 Jesus lays out this principle.

00:10:55.339 --> 00:10:56.519
 And the principle is this.

00:10:58.139 --> 00:11:00.620
 The one who has been forgiven much

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:02.799
 loves much.

00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.059
 The one who has been forgiven little

00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:08.480
 loves little.

00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.519
 Why was Mary

00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:14.860
 the one who showed up early

00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:16.500
 and stayed late?

00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:21.820
 Mary had been forgiven much.

00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:26.679
 And so Mary loved much.

00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:29.220
 Mary had been rescued

00:11:29.220 --> 00:11:30.759
 from seven demons.

00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.820
 And so Mary was all in

00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:35.139
 with Jesus.

00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:36.860
 It's on page seven

00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:37.779
 of your worship guide.

00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.000
 Jesus had cast seven devils

00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.600
 from Mary.

00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.299
 She had sinned much.

00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:44.080
 She had been forgiven much.

00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:46.420
 And she loved much.

00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:48.980
 John

00:11:48.980 --> 00:11:50.340
 was not healed

00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.120
 of seven demons.

00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:53.160
 Nor was Peter.

00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.200
 And so John and Peter

00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:56.080
 do not understand

00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:57.940
 the extent

00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:59.300
 of their need

00:11:59.300 --> 00:12:00.240
 for rescue

00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:00.900
 in the way

00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:01.800
 that Mary does.

00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.280
 Mary knows

00:12:03.280 --> 00:12:05.580
 more than all the others

00:12:05.580 --> 00:12:06.800
 how much

00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:07.639
 Jesus

00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.320
 has saved her

00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:10.040
 from.

00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:12.500
 Now you might say

00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.259
 that's not fair.

00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:14.360
 It's not Peter

00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:15.240
 and John's fault

00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:16.079
 that they didn't have

00:12:16.079 --> 00:12:17.679
 seven demons in them.

00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:19.019
 And that's true.

00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.639
 It's not their fault

00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.079
 they didn't have

00:12:21.079 --> 00:12:21.639
 seven demons.

00:12:22.319 --> 00:12:23.139
 But Peter

00:12:23.139 --> 00:12:23.980
 and John

00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:26.500
 did not need

00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:27.179
 rescue

00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:28.500
 any less

00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:29.360
 than Mary.

00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:33.039
 Peter

00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:33.639
 and John

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.000
 just didn't

00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.639
 know

00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:36.799
 their need

00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.779
 as much

00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:38.559
 as Mary.

00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:40.019
 Peter

00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:40.500
 and John

00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:40.939
 did not

00:12:40.939 --> 00:12:41.399
 need

00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.019
 rescue

00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:42.959
 any less

00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:43.500
 than Mary

00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:43.879
 did.

00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:45.619
 They just

00:12:45.619 --> 00:12:46.000
 did not

00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:46.379
 know

00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:47.079
 their need

00:12:47.079 --> 00:12:47.819
 as much

00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:48.779
 as Mary

00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.079
 did.

00:12:50.359 --> 00:12:50.759
 That's why

00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.059
 Jesus

00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:51.739
 says

00:12:51.739 --> 00:12:52.519
 it's easier

00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.719
 for a camel

00:12:53.719 --> 00:12:54.179
 to enter

00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:54.779
 the eye

00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:55.359
 of a needle

00:12:55.359 --> 00:12:56.139
 than for a rich

00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:56.479
 person

00:12:56.479 --> 00:12:56.859
 to enter

00:12:56.859 --> 00:12:57.219
 heaven.

00:12:57.219 --> 00:12:58.039
 Not because

00:12:58.039 --> 00:12:58.599
 the rich

00:12:58.599 --> 00:12:59.000
 do not

00:12:59.000 --> 00:12:59.819
 have need

00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:01.659
 but because

00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.159
 the rich

00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:03.000
 don't know

00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.119
 their need.

00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:05.839
 It's hard

00:13:05.839 --> 00:13:06.259
 to see.

00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:06.659
 It's hard

00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.159
 to know

00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:08.139
 how desperately

00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:08.899
 you need

00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.360
 Jesus

00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.139
 if your

00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:10.980
 life is

00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:11.539
 filled

00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.319
 with comfort

00:13:12.319 --> 00:13:13.740
 and ease.

00:13:16.439 --> 00:13:17.299
 The point

00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:17.699
 is this.

00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.639
 The resurrection

00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.519
 of Jesus

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.079
 Christ

00:13:23.079 --> 00:13:23.620
 from the

00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:23.899
 dead

00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:25.419
 is a

00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:26.159
 great

00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.039
 joy

00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.919
 to us

00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.199
 to the

00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:30.699
 extent

00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.919
 that we

00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:32.819
 understand

00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:34.339
 how great

00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:35.280
 our sin

00:13:35.280 --> 00:13:36.139
 is.

00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:37.980
 The

00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.600
 resurrection

00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.780
 of Jesus

00:13:39.780 --> 00:13:40.280
 Christ

00:13:40.280 --> 00:13:40.720
 from the

00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.000
 dead

00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.519
 is a

00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:41.980
 great

00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:42.519
 joy

00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.200
 to us

00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:44.740
 to the

00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:45.420
 extent

00:13:45.420 --> 00:13:46.519
 that we

00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.360
 understand

00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:48.879
 how much

00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.700
 we've

00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:50.399
 been

00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:51.139
 forgiven.

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.540
 The more

00:13:53.540 --> 00:13:54.560
 we realize

00:13:54.560 --> 00:13:55.139
 how much

00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.720
 we need

00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.480
 the gospel

00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:57.680
 the greater

00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:59.040
 our celebration

00:13:59.040 --> 00:13:59.960
 on Easter

00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.900
 will be.

00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:04.139
 there are

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.500
 people

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.779
 who think

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:06.240
 overall

00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.620
 they are

00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:06.879
 pretty

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.259
 great

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:09.240
 and maybe

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.620
 they just

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:09.939
 need

00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:10.319
 Jesus

00:14:10.319 --> 00:14:11.139
 to tweak

00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:12.019
 a few

00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.539
 things

00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:12.919
 here

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.459
 and there

00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:16.360
 and if

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.579
 that's

00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:16.799
 you

00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.340
 you will

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.059
 not have

00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:20.579
 Mary's

00:14:20.579 --> 00:14:21.299
 great love

00:14:21.299 --> 00:14:21.959
 for Jesus

00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:24.960
 because you're

00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.439
 already

00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:26.439
 too in

00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:26.799
 love

00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.740
 with

00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.179
 yourself.

00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:30.839
 if that's

00:14:30.839 --> 00:14:31.319
 you

00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:32.819
 Easter

00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.219
 will

00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.859
 wash

00:14:33.859 --> 00:14:34.339
 over

00:14:34.339 --> 00:14:34.699
 you

00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:35.000
 with

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.519
 little

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.599
 effect.

00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:39.000
 The

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.299
 one

00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.679
 who has

00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:39.879
 been

00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.319
 forgiven

00:14:40.319 --> 00:14:40.919
 much

00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.859
 loves

00:14:41.859 --> 00:14:42.659
 much.

00:14:43.719 --> 00:14:44.259
 The

00:14:44.259 --> 00:14:44.639
 one

00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.000
 who has

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.219
 been

00:14:45.219 --> 00:14:45.639
 forgiven

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.239
 little

00:14:46.239 --> 00:14:47.319
 loves

00:14:47.319 --> 00:14:48.299
 little.

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.740
 There

00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.059
 were lots

00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:55.500
 of people

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.120
 that day

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.819
 in Jerusalem

00:14:56.819 --> 00:14:57.259
 who were

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:57.759
 much better

00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:58.200
 off than

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:58.419
 Mary.

00:14:59.200 --> 00:14:59.700
 There

00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.120
 were people

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.860
 that morning

00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:02.480
 who had

00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:02.960
 a gourmet

00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.480
 breakfast.

00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.179
 There

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.700
 were people

00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.639
 in Palestine

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.319
 with fat

00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:08.939
 bank

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.480
 accounts.

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:10.480
 There

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.179
 were people

00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.759
 who were

00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.259
 younger

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:13.480
 and stronger

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.100
 and more

00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.700
 beautiful

00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:15.299
 than Mary.

00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:18.399
 None

00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:18.899
 of them

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.679
 not one

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:20.980
 of them

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.439
 had as

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:22.340
 much joy

00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.779
 as Mary

00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.539
 had.

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.620
 If you

00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:28.779
 don't

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:28.960
 get

00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.460
 jazzed

00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:29.700
 up

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.200
 about

00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:30.659
 Easter

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.779
 and the

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.220
 resurrection

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.460
 you're

00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:33.720
 not going

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:33.939
 to be

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.340
 able to

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.819
 make

00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:35.519
 yourself

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.299
 get

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:36.700
 excited.

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.480
 If

00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:39.919
 the

00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:40.460
 resurrection

00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.039
 is

00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.700
 boring

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.519
 to you

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.620
 it is

00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:45.100
 because

00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.580
 you do

00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:46.200
 not know

00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:46.480
 how

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.179
 desperate

00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.860
 you are

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.939
 for God's

00:15:48.939 --> 00:15:49.460
 mercy

00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:50.720
 and grace

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.879
 and forgiveness.

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.379
 until you

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.000
 know that

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:58.220
 the

00:15:58.220 --> 00:15:58.860
 resurrection

00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:00.379
 will wash

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.500
 over you.

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.120
 When you

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.639
 know it

00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.259
 like

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:08.740
 Mary

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:11.299
 you will

00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:12.039
 not want

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.080
 to leave

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.980
 Jesus

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.179
 side.

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.500
 Peter

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.039
 and John

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.679
 leave

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.659
 in verse

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:21.979
 10

00:16:21.979 --> 00:16:24.079
 Mary

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:25.899
 stays

00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:30.339
 captivated

00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:31.079
 by his

00:16:31.079 --> 00:16:31.519
 beauty

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.459
 worthy

00:16:33.459 --> 00:16:34.199
 tribute

00:16:34.199 --> 00:16:34.919
 haste

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.839
 to bring

00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:38.059
 let his

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:38.759
 peerless

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.259
 worth

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:40.379
 constrain

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.699
 you

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:42.179
 crown

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.739
 him

00:16:42.739 --> 00:16:43.379
 now

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:45.919
 unrivaled

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.519
 king.

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:55.059
 told you

00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.240
 we were

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.439
 going to

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.860
 talk about

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.340
 two things

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:56.779
 this morning

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.259
 Mary's

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.579
 love

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.039
 and

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.340
 Jesus

00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:58.779
 love

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.939
 we've

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:00.120
 seen

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.559
 Mary's

00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:00.819
 love

00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:00.980
 in

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:01.220
 verses

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.899
 1

00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:02.079
 through

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.579
 10

00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:04.019
 verses

00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.420
 11

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.720
 through

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.039
 18

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.519
 we get

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:05.879
 to see

00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.099
 the

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.579
 type

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.059
 of

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.460
 love

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:07.879
 that

00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.139
 Jesus

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.599
 has

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.940
 to

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.079
 make

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.180
 a

00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:10.400
 long

00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:10.720
 story

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.200
 short

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.599
 Mary

00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.059
 doesn't

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.799
 recognize

00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.259
 Jesus

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.180
 she's

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.680
 zeroed

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:14.879
 in

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.039
 and

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.379
 finding

00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.619
 his

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.039
 body

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.440
 that's

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.660
 verses

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.099
 11

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.299
 through

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.839
 13

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.980
 verses

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.480
 14

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:19.660
 through

00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.140
 15

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:20.619
 Jesus

00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.200
 does

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.680
 appear

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:21.900
 but

00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.299
 Mary

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.859
 doesn't

00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:23.379
 recognize

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:23.779
 him

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.039
 she

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.420
 thinks

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:24.700
 he's

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:24.940
 the

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:26.259
 gardener

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.960
 until

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.299
 what

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:31.539
 until

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.379
 Jesus

00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:33.160
 says

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.079
 Mary's

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:35.299
 name

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:40.339
 one

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.619
 of the

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.099
 patterns

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.900
 that we

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.420
 see

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.180
 throughout

00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:43.859
 the entire

00:17:43.859 --> 00:17:44.319
 Bible

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.039
 is that

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.599
 God

00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.259
 calls

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.740
 each

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.119
 of his

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.660
 people

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.900
 by name

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:52.500
 if you

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:52.920
 were with

00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.200
 us

00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.500
 when we

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.799
 were in

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.259
 the series

00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:54.519
 on

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.000
 Genesis

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.819
 the story

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.339
 of Abraham

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.200
 think

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.599
 all the

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.759
 way

00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.079
 back

00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.259
 to

00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:58.579
 Genesis

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.079
 chapter

00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.819
 16

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:01.339
 remember

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:01.759
 Abraham

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.480
 and Sarah

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.720
 would not

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.159
 call

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.559
 Hagar

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.399
 by name

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:07.200
 but

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.539
 God

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:07.839
 did

00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.679
 and

00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:09.839
 when

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.159
 God

00:18:10.159 --> 00:18:10.539
 calls

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:10.899
 Hagar

00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:11.599
 by name

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:11.779
 in

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.059
 Genesis

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.439
 chapter

00:18:12.439 --> 00:18:13.159
 16

00:18:13.159 --> 00:18:13.759
 as I

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.299
 told you

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:14.659
 then

00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:15.079
 it is

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.700
 the only

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.299
 time

00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:16.519
 in

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:16.960
 ancient

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.240
 near

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.559
 eastern

00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.000
 literature

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.639
 that

00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.039
 any

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.619
 God

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.740
 addresses

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.359
 any

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.799
 woman

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.799
 by name

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.000
 in

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.099
 the

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:25.259
 New

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.619
 Testament

00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:25.919
 Luke

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:26.239
 chapter

00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:26.699
 19

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.159
 this

00:18:27.159 --> 00:18:27.279
 is

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.519
 just

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.699
 a

00:18:27.699 --> 00:18:27.939
 few

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.099
 of

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:28.339
 many

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:28.819
 examples

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.419
 Jesus

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:30.199
 confronts

00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:30.799
 Zacchaeus

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.299
 the tax

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.699
 collector

00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.119
 who is

00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.299
 a

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:32.779
 terrible

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.219
 man

00:18:33.219 --> 00:18:34.919
 Zacchaeus

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.399
 has spent

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.919
 his life

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.679
 defrauding

00:18:36.679 --> 00:18:37.139
 people

00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:37.819
 and cheating

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.319
 people

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.099
 out of

00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.979
 untold

00:18:39.979 --> 00:18:40.399
 sums

00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:40.879
 of money

00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:42.959
 and

00:18:42.959 --> 00:18:43.219
 Jesus

00:18:43.219 --> 00:18:43.819
 sees

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.099
 him

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.619
 hiding

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:44.899
 up

00:18:44.899 --> 00:18:45.019
 in

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.159
 the

00:18:45.159 --> 00:18:45.379
 tree

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:45.519
 and

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.659
 what

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:45.799
 does

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:45.899
 he

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.139
 do

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:48.379
 he

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:48.919
 calls

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:49.259
 him

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.000
 by

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.739
 name

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:53.859
 we

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:54.000
 could

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.180
 go

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.480
 on

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.480
 now

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.500
 Mary

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.599
 called

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.339
 by

00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:00.140
 name

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:02.460
 what

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.620
 does

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:02.839
 Jesus

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.220
 say

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.420
 in

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.640
 John

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:03.960
 chapter

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.299
 10

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.980
 my

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.620
 sheep

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:08.000
 hear

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.500
 my

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.359
 voice

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.759
 and

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:10.940
 I

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.339
 know

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.819
 them

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:13.000
 and

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.180
 they

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.799
 follow

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.079
 me

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.419
 Jesus

00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:18.199
 love

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:19.379
 is a

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.439
 specific

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:22.179
 individual

00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:23.419
 love

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:28.339
 I had a

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:28.779
 seminary

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.199
 professor

00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:29.699
 who loved

00:19:29.699 --> 00:19:30.259
 to come

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.599
 out to

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:30.960
 Colorado

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.939
 for vacation

00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:33.079
 and at

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.559
 one point

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.159
 he told

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.419
 us a

00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:34.619
 story

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:34.859
 he was

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.019
 out

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.419
 hiking

00:19:35.419 --> 00:19:35.939
 in the

00:19:35.939 --> 00:19:36.199
 Rocky

00:19:36.199 --> 00:19:36.599
 Mountains

00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:36.899
 and he

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.059
 just

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.339
 began

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.879
 to cry

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:40.559
 and he

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.779
 thought

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.419
 to himself

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:42.759
 the

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.179
 God

00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:43.399
 who

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:43.899
 made

00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.500
 these

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.059
 mountains

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.399
 also

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.240
 knows

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.899
 my

00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.839
 name

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.759
 the

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.299
 resurrected

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.679
 Jesus

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:53.119
 Christ

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:54.240
 who is

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.659
 sitting

00:19:54.659 --> 00:19:55.460
 right now

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.819
 at the

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.639
 right hand

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.399
 of God

00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:57.599
 the

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:57.940
 father

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.359
 who will

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.899
 return

00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.799
 in glory

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.639
 to judge

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.379
 the living

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.720
 and the

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.059
 dead

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.399
 knows

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.919
 your

00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:04.359
 name

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:06.759
 he knows

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.319
 your wounds

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:09.099
 he knows

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.799
 your sins

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:11.019
 he knows

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.839
 your failures

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:13.460
 he knows

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.099
 your heartache

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.440
 he knows

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.019
 your grief

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.299
 he knows

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.920
 your strengths

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.319
 he knows

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.940
 your weaknesses

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:18.099
 Jesus

00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:18.879
 knows

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.599
 all

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.279
 of it

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:24.700
 and he

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.500
 is still

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.079
 calling you

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.299
 by name

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:31.819
 have you

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.279
 answered

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:35.859
 will

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.759
 you

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:38.079
 answer

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:47.460
 I want

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.679
 to show

00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:47.759
 you

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.019
 one more

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.240
 thing

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.419
 this

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:48.659
 morning

00:20:48.659 --> 00:20:48.899
 as we

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.099
 talk

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.299
 about

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.559
 Jesus

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:49.980
 love

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:51.359
 we don't

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.659
 just see

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:51.980
 Jesus

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.419
 love

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:53.019
 in his

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.859
 specific

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.500
 and individual

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.059
 care

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.559
 his care

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.139
 for Mary

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.539
 and for

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:56.960
 us

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.099
 we also

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.379
 see

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.740
 Jesus

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.220
 love

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.539
 in his

00:20:59.539 --> 00:20:59.960
 mercy

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.720
 and his

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.119
 grace

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:03.359
 Mary

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.739
 is given

00:21:03.739 --> 00:21:04.159
 a message

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.939
 to deliver

00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:06.159
 in verse

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.779
 17

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.459
 Jesus

00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:09.099
 tells her

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.819
 who

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.500
 that

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.019
 message

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.339
 is

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.879
 for

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:13.859
 he

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.259
 says

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.819
 go

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:16.039
 to my

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.719
 brothers

00:21:16.719 --> 00:21:18.739
 and who

00:21:18.739 --> 00:21:19.059
 are these

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.399
 brothers

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:22.959
 during

00:21:22.959 --> 00:21:23.359
 Jesus

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:23.879
 darkest

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.500
 hour

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.879
 Mary

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.740
 stuck

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.180
 around

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:29.400
 Mary

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.700
 was

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.080
 there

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.020
 at the

00:21:31.020 --> 00:21:31.820
 crucifixion

00:21:31.820 --> 00:21:33.000
 if you

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.280
 were here

00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:33.780
 on Friday

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.360
 remember

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.160
 Mary

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.200
 is standing

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.680
 there

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.340
 with Jesus

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.860
 mother

00:21:37.860 --> 00:21:39.120
 as Jesus

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.840
 is abandoned

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.420
 by everyone

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.780
 else

00:21:40.780 --> 00:21:42.640
 Mary

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.500
 never

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.140
 left

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:47.560
 what about

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.180
 the disciples

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:50.640
 where were

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.080
 Peter and

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.400
 John

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:56.220
 all the

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.780
 disciples

00:21:56.780 --> 00:21:58.100
 abandoned

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.840
 Jesus

00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.780
 in the

00:21:59.780 --> 00:22:00.060
 garden

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:00.240
 of

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.840
 Gethsemane

00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:02.940
 and since

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.300
 then

00:22:03.300 --> 00:22:04.440
 they have

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.080
 been nowhere

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:06.100
 to be

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:06.420
 found

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:08.400
 they are

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.820
 not

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.800
 the loyal

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.240
 ones

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:12.440
 and what

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.840
 does Jesus

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.480
 call the

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.060
 people who

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.580
 ran away

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.120
 from him

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.940
 in his

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.280
 darkest

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:16.700
 hour

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:19.519
 he calls

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.060
 them his

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.420
 brothers

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:23.460
 it's the

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.000
 good news

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.700
 of the

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.060
 gospel

00:22:25.060 --> 00:22:27.360
 Jesus

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.019
 because of

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.600
 his death

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.120
 on the

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.660
 cross

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.560
 his death

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:30.900
 that paid

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.360
 the penalty

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.920
 for our

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.259
 sins

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.940
 offers

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.220
 for those

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.660
 who have

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.200
 betrayed

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.680
 him

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.560
 that is

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.100
 you and

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.420
 me

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:39.000
 to be

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.620
 adopted

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.500
 by God

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.420
 as sons

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.340
 and daughters

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:48.800
 Jesus

00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:49.300
 says

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.919
 we can

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.299
 be his

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.639
 friends

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:53.579
 and if

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.159
 you think

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.859
 that friend

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.879
 is too

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.740
 chummy a

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.259
 word for

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.740
 God

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.700
 I will

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.039
 let you

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.419
 hear it

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.819
 not from

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.059
 me

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.460
 but from

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.899
 Jesus

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:02.379
 John

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.139
 chapter 15

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.559
 he says

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.940
 this

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:05.419
 no longer

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:05.879
 do I

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.339
 call you

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.119
 servants

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.200
 for the

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.599
 servant

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.200
 does not

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.639
 know what

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.279
 his master

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.000
 is doing

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.399
 but I

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:12.799
 have called

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.399
 you friends

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.839
 for all

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.119
 that I

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.579
 have heard

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.019
 from my

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.379
 father

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.100
 I have

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.540
 made

00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.460
 known

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.500
 to you

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:24.080
 you can

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.580
 be Jesus

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.020
 friend

00:23:25.020 --> 00:23:26.900
 you can

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.180
 be his

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.520
 brother

00:23:27.520 --> 00:23:29.500
 no matter

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.200
 how much

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.940
 you betrayed

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.300
 him

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:34.960
 you can

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.320
 be a

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:35.600
 sibling

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.720
 of

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.160
 Jesus

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.800
 no matter

00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:39.260
 what you've

00:23:39.260 --> 00:23:39.540
 done

00:23:39.540 --> 00:23:42.060
 because

00:23:42.060 --> 00:23:43.400
 of his

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:43.840
 death

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.740
 and his

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.179
 resurrection

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:47.039
 if you

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.319
 don't know

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.619
 what that

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:47.980
 means

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.279
 and you

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.539
 want to

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.059
 dig deeper

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.559
 into that

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.939
 you can

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.220
 look at

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.919
 page 17

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.399
 and 18

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.799
 of your

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.459
 worship guide

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:52.980
 which spells

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.759
 out what

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.339
 it means

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.339
 to repent

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.839
 of your

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.220
 sins

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.519
 and to

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.819
 follow

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.259
 Jesus

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.439
 in faith

00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:59.959
 that

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.539
 friendship

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.919
 that friendship

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.480
 with God

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.859
 is made

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.919
 possible by

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.259
 Jesus

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.779
 death

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.539
 and his

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.019
 resurrection

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.039
 defeating

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.699
 sin

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:09.000
 and death

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.439
 forever

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:11.079
 and earlier

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.480
 in the

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.879
 gospel

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.820
 also in

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.220
 John

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.640
 Jesus

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.260
 explains

00:24:16.260 --> 00:24:16.700
 this

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.960
 John

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.460
 15

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.380
 greater

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.000
 love

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.860
 has no

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.400
 one

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.780
 than

00:24:22.780 --> 00:24:23.200
 this

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.380
 that

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.840
 someone

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.260
 laid

00:24:25.260 --> 00:24:25.640
 down

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:25.880
 his

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.360
 life

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.300
 for

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.500
 his

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.860
 friends

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:31.380
 do

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.620
 you

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.020
 know

00:24:32.020 --> 00:24:33.380
 your

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.740
 need

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:37.000
 will

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.360
 you

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.860
 be

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.720
 a

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.520
 friend

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:40.440
 of

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.960
 Jesus

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:44.100
 he

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.380
 knows

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.559
 your

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.860
 name

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:47.740
 and

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:47.920
 he's

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.240
 calling

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:51.620
 let's

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.819
 pray

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:54.019
 our

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.299
 father

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.500
 in

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.700
 heaven

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.259
 we do

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.240
 thank you

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.759
 and praise

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.019
 you

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.100
 for the

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.299
 great

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.640
 grace

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.120
 and mercy

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.480
 that you

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.779
 offer

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.259
 to us

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.400
 in

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.640
 Jesus

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.079
 Christ

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.740
 we

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.000
 ask

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.140
 that

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.279
 you

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.420
 would

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.539
 be

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.700
 at

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:02.940
 work

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.079
 in

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.200
 our

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.539
 hearts

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.500
 showing

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.720
 us

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:04.860
 how

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.360
 desperate

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.720
 our

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:05.980
 need

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.279
 is

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.500
 for

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.819
 you

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.620
 that

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:07.819
 that

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.240
 path

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.380
 of

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.740
 repentance

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.039
 would

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.220
 lead

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.380
 us

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.539
 to

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:09.759
 great

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.120
 joy

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.779
 joy

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.159
 greater

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.339
 than

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.479
 what

00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:11.679
 we've

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:11.839
 ever

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.059
 known

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.459
 before

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:13.379
 because

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.699
 we

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.119
 are

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.619
 resting

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.979
 you

00:25:15.979 --> 00:25:16.479
 in the

00:25:16.479 --> 00:25:16.799
 mercy

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.019
 and

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.359
 grace

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.739
 in

00:25:17.739 --> 00:25:17.899
 our

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.259
 friend

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.379
 and

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.539
 our

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.839
 savior

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.159
 Jesus

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.619
 Christ

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:19.959
 and

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:20.059
 we

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.259
 ask

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.419
 all

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.539
 of

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.699
 these

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:20.979
 things

00:25:20.979 --> 00:25:21.119
 in

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.299
 his

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.579
 name

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.259
 amen

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.739
 I

00:25:23.739 --> 00:25:23.939
 invite

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.039
 you

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.159
 to

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.319
 stand