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IT IS FINISHED, BUT IT’S NOT OVER

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been
removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon
Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said,
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:1-2

 John 20:5

Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. John 20:10

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she
bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in
white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and
the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you
crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t
know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, John 20:11-14

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have
seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. John 20:18

1. Remember the reason

Sin is the root cause of all  pain.

To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing
very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate
fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must
not eat from it,’ Cursed is the ground because of you; through
painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.                 Genesis 3:16-17

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans  3:23

Until you see yourself as a sinner 

you’ll never recognize your need for a savior

2. Remember the Cross

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and
through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things
on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20

Jesus didn’t just suffer; He suffered for us.

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we
considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for
our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on
him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5

3. Remember the empty tomb

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb… John 20:11

Learn to lean -in and look for Jesus

God is with us and working all things for good

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