Easter Sunday
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Intro
Intro
Sleepwalking Stevie
When we are sleepwalking, we often don’t see what is right in front of us
When we are sleepwalking, we often don’t see what is right in front of us
1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb.
4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in.
6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,
7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.
8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—
9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
10 Then they went home.
11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in.
12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.
13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her. “Because they have taken away my Lord,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
14 She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him.
15 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
16 “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.
Sleepwalking causes bad judgement
Sleepwalking causes bad judgement
Her reasoning made her think that someone had robbed the grave
Falling down stairs in the dark
Have you been making some bad decisions in your life?
Sleepwalking causes limited vision
Sleepwalking causes limited vision
The average pupil has a diameter of 5mm and gets smaller as we age
A smaller pupil means less light can enter the eye
People don’t necessarily notice the difference in daylight or in a brightly lit room
However, in darkness it is comparable to wearing sun glasses
Mary went to the tomb in darkness.
Her vision was limited and she was tired
As a result, she did not recognize Jesus
Many people today are sleepwalking through life and have limited vision
A common question is what is my purpose?
Only the calling of Jesus can cure us of sleepwalking
Only the calling of Jesus can cure us of sleepwalking
Jesus calls Mary by her name
One word snaps her out of her mourning and brings her to life
The good news today is that Jesus is still calling you by your name
The good news today is that Jesus is still calling you by your name
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,
29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.
30 The Father and I are one.”
Today, you have a choice.
You can continue to sleepwalk through life and live a life of defeat
Or you can choose to follow Jesus and live in victory
31 Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe?
32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
The miracle of Easter is that Jesus is our ultimate victory!
The miracle of Easter is that Jesus is our ultimate victory!
Challenge
Challenge
Who are you looking for? Who or what gives you hope? What brings light into your dark situation?
Are you looking to the world or an addiction to give you hope?
Are you sleepwalking through life?
When we are sleepwalking, we often don’t see what is right in front of us
When we are sleepwalking, we often don’t see what is right in front of us