ENCOUNTERS
- WELCOME- HAPPY EASTER- STARTED SERIES
- SPOTLIGHT ON ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS
- STARTING WITH PALM SUNDAY-PASSION WEEK
LAST WEEK- JESUS ENTERS A PARADE
JESUS –LAST WEEK LAST MOMENTS LAST BREATH
PHARISEES – ADDRESSES HYPOCRISY
THIS WEEK- SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON MARY MAGDALENE
MARY MAGDALENE -BEEN WITH JESUS FOR A WHILE
MARY MAGDALENE- HEALED OF 7 DEMONS
THERE WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED-SUPORTER OF JESUS
PAINTING OF MARY MAGDALENE
ARCHEOLOGIST DISCOVERED MANY REMNANTS
- CHURCH – DUC IN ALTUM (PUT OUT INTO DEEP)
- ATRIUM DEDICATED TO WOMEN
- BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC DEDICATED TO MARY MAGD
THIS IS THE CHOSENS INTERPRETATION
MARY MAGDALENE- MEETS JESUS
MARY
ENCOUNTERS- THE ENCOUNTERS JESUS HAD WITH PEOPLE STARTING WITH PALM SUNDAY THROUGH PASSION WEEK AND BEYOND
WHERE DID WE END ON FRIDAY NIGHT
MARY MAGDALENE AND MARY SIT FACING A STONE
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:1
- “EARLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK, MARY MAGDALENE WENT TO THE TOMB AND SAW THE STONE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ENTRANCE.
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:2
- 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!”
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:3-4
- SO PETER AND THE OTHER DISCIPLE STARTED FOR THE TOMB. BOTH WERE RUNNING, BUT THE OTHER DISCIPLE OUTRAN PETER AND REACHED THE TOMB FIRST.
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:5-6
5 HE BENT OVER AND LOOKED IN AT THE STRIPS OF LINEN LYING THERE BUT DID NOT GO IN. THEN SIMON PETER CAME ALONG BEHIND HIM AND WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE TOMB. HE SAW THE STRIPS AND LINEN LYING THERE,
JOHN FASTER- PETER LESS SCADER.
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:7-8
7. AS WELL AS THE CLOTH HAD BEEN WRAPPED AROUND JESUS’ HEAD. THE CLOTH WAS STILL LYING IN ITS PLACE, SEPARATE FROM THE LINEN. FINALLY THE OTHER DISCIPLE, WHO HAD REACHED THE TOMB FIRST, ALSO WENT INSIDE. HE SAW AND BELIEVED.
BELIEVED WHAT? WHY?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IN?
ANNA BAGENHOLM
- SKIING ACCIDENT- TRAPPED ICE- PUPILS DIALATED
- She had no heart beat for 2 hours 35 minutes Bågenholm’s spent the following 35 days connected to a
JUSTIN SMITH
- attempted to walk home 2 MILES in Tresckow, PA, wearing hoodie and jeans.
- Temp-4 DEGREES- passed out snowdrift (12 hours)
father, Don Smith, found him the next morning. Justin was rigid, his skin was purple, and he had no pulse or breathing.
- Paramedics assumed DEAD, sheet placed over him- 1
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:9-10
9. (THEY STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND FROM SCRIPTURE THAT JESUS HAD TO RISE FROM THE DEAD) THEN THE DISCIPLES WENT BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE STAYING
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:11-12
11. 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.
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF THIS?
- ON TOP- 2 ANGELS- ONE ON EACH END
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
OLD TESTAMENT- THE PRESENCE OF GOD LIVED HERE
- ARK TRAVELED AT ONE POINT
- ARK THEN ENDS UP IN THE TEMPLE
- ONCE A YEAR- THE HIGH PRIEST HOLY OF HOLIES
VODDIE BAUCHAUM
WHAT WAS HE SAYING?
- ADMIT YOUR’E A SINNER- IN NEED OF A SAVIOR
- BELIEVE ON AND IN THE LORD JESUS
- CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:13
13. 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.”
- VERSE 2 SHE SAID THE LORD- ITS PERSONAL
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:14
14. AT THIS, SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAW JESUS STANDING THERE, BUT SHE DID NOT REALIZE THAT IT WAS JESUS.
SCRIPITURE JOHN 20:15
15. HE ASKED HER, “WOMAN, WHY ARE YOU CRYING? WHO IS IT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?” THINKING HE WAS THE GARDNER, SHE SAID, “SIR, IF YOU HAVE CARRIED HIM AWAY, TELL ME WHERE YOU HAVE PUT HIM, AND I WILL GET HIM.”
HOW DOES SHE NOT KNOW WHO HE IS ?
- DARK- SHES CRYING
- SHE HAS ZERO EXPECTATION HE IS ALIVE
REMBRANDT PAINTING JESUS GARDNER
- Christ not just Redeemer but also the cultivator of souls.
- Like a gardener tending to his garden, he nurtures each soul, guiding us toward spiritual growth and renewal.
- In the garden, a place of life, growth and resurrection, Christ’s presence illuminates the darkest corners and brings new life from the ashes of desolation.
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:16
16. JESUS SAID TO HER, “MARY.” SHE TUNRED TOWARD HIM AND CRIED OUT IN ARAMAIC, “RABBONI!”
(WHICH MEANS “TEACHER”)
- SERIES IS ENCOUNTERS
- ENCOUNTERS VARY FOR PEOPLE
- ENCOUNTER HIM IN PAIN-IN JOY-CREATION
- IN OTHER PEOPLE
FUNERAL HOME ENCOUNTER
- FIRST YEAR AS A PASTOR (3 LADIES UNDER 50)
- NICKY BROWN- 46 BRUTAL BATTLE CANCER
- STANDING LOOKING AT HER BEATEN UP BODY
- I NEED YOU TO EMBRACE THIS
- DON’T NEED WORK FOR CHURCH TO ENCOUNTER
STATEMENT
MARY MAGDALENE CAN BE SEEN AS THE OPPOSITE OF THE PHARISEES, SHE IS KEENLY AWARE OF HER NEED FOR JESUS AND HER DEPENDANCE ON HIM.
SCRIPTURE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3
- FOR WHAT I RECEIVED I PASSED ON TO YOU AS FIRST IMPORTANCE; THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, THAT HE WAS BURIED, THAT HE WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.
SCRIPTURE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:4-5
4 THAT HE WAS BURIED, THAT HE WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES, AND THAT HE APPEARED TO CEPHAS, AND THEN TO THE TWELVE.
SCRIPTURE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:6
6 AFTER THAT HE APPEARED TO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED, OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT THE SAME TIME, MOST OF WHOM ARE STILL LIVING, THOUGH SOME HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
SCRIPTURE I CORINTHIANS 15:7-8
7. THEN HE APPEARED TO JAMES, THEN TO ALL THE APOSTLES, AND LAST OF ALL HE APPEARED TO ME ALSO
PAUL THE TERRORIST– IS TESTIFYING THAT HE HAD AN ENOUNTER WITH JESUS.
- MARY MAGDALENE HAD ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS
- THE CHOSEN TAKES LIBERTY HERE-
- THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SHE SAYS DOESN’T
- THIS IS A REAL PERSON- REAL PROBLEMS
EXPLAINS TO NICODEMUS- A PHARISEE WHAT HAPPENED
- WOULD YOU KNOW HIM IF YOU SAW HIM
- I WAS ONE WAY- AND NOW I AM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
- AND THE THING THAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN- WAS HIM– YES I WILL KNOW HIM
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:17
17. JESUS SAID “DO NOT HOLD ON TO ME, FOR I HAVE NOT YET ASCENDED TO THE FATHER. GO INSTEAD TO MY BROTHERS AND TELL THEM, “I AM ASCENDING TO MY FATHER AND YOUR FATHER, TO MY GOD AND YOUR GOD. “
SCRIPTURE JOHN 20:18
18. 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.”
HAVE YOU SEEN THE LORD-
- HAVE YOU HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS?
TODAY WE END WITH WHERE WE ENDED FRIDAY NIGHT
2 WOMEN- SIT, STARING AT A STONE
MARY MAGDALENE AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JOSEPH AND SALOME- SAT STARING AT THE TOMB WHERE HE WAS LAID”. ALL HOPE HAS BEEN LOST
STONES IN SCRIPTURE REPRESENT MANY THINGS.
STONES WERE MARKERS, STONES WERE ALTARS, STONES WERE REMINDERS, AND STONES- THIS STONE WAS A BARRIER.
TODAY WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE A STONE- WRITE A WORD OR EVEN A SYMBOL ON IT AND TAKE IT WITH YOU.
- ALSO INVITED TO PLACE IT- FOOT OF THE CROSS
- REMINDER-MARKER-MEMORIAL REPRESENTS
- MY STONE SAYS FREE
THE STONE WAS A BARRIER- NOT TO HIM GETTING OUT
BUT TO US GETTING IN
PRAYER-
- ADMIT YOU ARE A SINNER (ALL HAVE SINNED)
- BELIEVE ON AND IN JESUS
- CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH- YOU WILL BE SAVED
LORD TODAY- I ADMIT IM A SINNER IN NEED OF YOU-
FORGIVE MY SINS JESUS- COME INTO MY HEART TODAY.
FINAL MESSAGE OF EASTER- MARY THOUGHT THEY LOST
JESUS WON