Oakwood Community Church

“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.”
John 20:1

“And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out… and many others, who provided for them out of their means.” Luke 8:1-3

The Resurrection Changes Everything

“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned and said to him in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means Teacher).” John 20:16

The Resurrection Changes Everything

1. Confusion → Clarity

“‘We do not know where they have laid him.’...They did not understand the Scripture…She did not know that it was Jesus.” John 20:2,9,14

The Resurrection Changes Everything

1. Confusion → Clarity

“‘[John] went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.” John 20:8-9

The Resurrection Changes Everything

1. Confusion → Clarity

“She did not know that it was Jesus… Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’” John 20:14,16

The Resurrection Changes Everything

2. Despair → Delight

“Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’” John 20:15

The Resurrection Changes Everything

2. Despair → Delight

“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned and said to him in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’” John 20:16

The Resurrection Changes Everything

3. Scrambling → Service

“So she ran and went to Simon Peter… Both of them were running…the disciples went back home…” John 20:2,4,10

The Resurrection Changes Everything

3. Scrambling → Service

“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so am I sending you.’” John 20:21