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WEEPING DISPELLED (2 OF 2)
by Marion Clark
Scripture: John 20:1-10, John 20:13-18
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Weeping Dispelled (2 of 2)
Series: John
D. Marion Clark
John 20:1-18
Introduction
''Jesus wept'' (John 11:35). He was standing in the company of others who were weeping over the death of Lazarus. There was Lazarus' sister Mary, weeping at Jesus' feet. There were the neighbors weeping. Deeply moved, he began to weep.
We may weep for many reasons. Pain can reduce us to tears. Frustration can do so as well. Some cry just because of a tender scene - romantic movies, inspiring stories. Weddings bring tears to some. But the greatest cause of tears is heartache - pure and simple heartache over the loss of a loved one to death.
There is the loss itself. The emptiness that is left when one deeply loved is gone. If the loved one dies young, all the more the pain; for not only is the past memories shared together gone, and the present time passed, so is the future lost. The ''what could have been'' is now ''never will be.'' All the more painful when the future was filled with much promise. He or she was on the verge of doing something great, and then it all vanishes. It is not fair. It should not have happened - not now, not to them, not in that way.
Such weeping is that of Mary Magdalene.
Text
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. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ''They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.''
Mary Magdalene first appears in the Gospel of Luke. It is the only time, actually, that she is specifically mentioned until we come to the death and resurrection of Jesus. Then she is named by every gospel writer. She appears in Luke's account of women who accompanied Jesus. Luke writes:
Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the ...
Series: John
D. Marion Clark
John 20:1-18
Introduction
''Jesus wept'' (John 11:35). He was standing in the company of others who were weeping over the death of Lazarus. There was Lazarus' sister Mary, weeping at Jesus' feet. There were the neighbors weeping. Deeply moved, he began to weep.
We may weep for many reasons. Pain can reduce us to tears. Frustration can do so as well. Some cry just because of a tender scene - romantic movies, inspiring stories. Weddings bring tears to some. But the greatest cause of tears is heartache - pure and simple heartache over the loss of a loved one to death.
There is the loss itself. The emptiness that is left when one deeply loved is gone. If the loved one dies young, all the more the pain; for not only is the past memories shared together gone, and the present time passed, so is the future lost. The ''what could have been'' is now ''never will be.'' All the more painful when the future was filled with much promise. He or she was on the verge of doing something great, and then it all vanishes. It is not fair. It should not have happened - not now, not to them, not in that way.
Such weeping is that of Mary Magdalene.
Text
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. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ''They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.''
Mary Magdalene first appears in the Gospel of Luke. It is the only time, actually, that she is specifically mentioned until we come to the death and resurrection of Jesus. Then she is named by every gospel writer. She appears in Luke's account of women who accompanied Jesus. Luke writes:
Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the ...
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