THREE ROCKS OF THE RESURRECTION (48 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 16:1-8
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Three Rocks of the Resurrection (48 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 16:1-8
Open your bible to Mark 16. Back in 1992, a strange letter came from the Health and Human Services department to a resident of Greenville County in South Carolina. It read: ''Your food stamps will be stopped at the end of March, because we received notice that you passed away. May God you bless you. You may reapply if your circumstances change.''
We find that ridiculously humorous because we have learned that death is inflexible. That person is never going to reapply because their circumstances are never going to change. Death is fixed and death is final. We know this. If you watched your best friend die with your own eyes, you attended their funeral, and watched their body buried, you would not believe anyone who told you a few days later that they saw your friend at Wal-Mart picking up some bread and deodorant. You would think that person was either sadly mistaken, or unusually cruel. But one thing is for sure, you wouldn't believe them for a second. Why? Because dead people don't eat bread or use deodorant. We have learned that death is an unchangeable, unfixable reality.
That's what makes the truth of our text today so remarkable. The followers of Jesus had watched their best friend and their greatest hope die a cruel death and be buried in a borrowed tomb. Their despair was rooted in their belief that His death was unchangeable and unfixable. And then the greatest event in the history of mankind happens. Look at Mark 16:1 (READ 1-8).
Some of you might say, ''Wait Pastor Bob. Why stop there? My Bible has more verses.'' The is what's known as a short version and long version of Mark. The majority of Bible scholars today believe that Mark ended his Gospel abruptly at verse eight, and v9-20 were a later addition written by scribes in order to give more clarity to the rest of the story.
It's not that v9-20 aren't true or even inspired, but it seems ra ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 16:1-8
Open your bible to Mark 16. Back in 1992, a strange letter came from the Health and Human Services department to a resident of Greenville County in South Carolina. It read: ''Your food stamps will be stopped at the end of March, because we received notice that you passed away. May God you bless you. You may reapply if your circumstances change.''
We find that ridiculously humorous because we have learned that death is inflexible. That person is never going to reapply because their circumstances are never going to change. Death is fixed and death is final. We know this. If you watched your best friend die with your own eyes, you attended their funeral, and watched their body buried, you would not believe anyone who told you a few days later that they saw your friend at Wal-Mart picking up some bread and deodorant. You would think that person was either sadly mistaken, or unusually cruel. But one thing is for sure, you wouldn't believe them for a second. Why? Because dead people don't eat bread or use deodorant. We have learned that death is an unchangeable, unfixable reality.
That's what makes the truth of our text today so remarkable. The followers of Jesus had watched their best friend and their greatest hope die a cruel death and be buried in a borrowed tomb. Their despair was rooted in their belief that His death was unchangeable and unfixable. And then the greatest event in the history of mankind happens. Look at Mark 16:1 (READ 1-8).
Some of you might say, ''Wait Pastor Bob. Why stop there? My Bible has more verses.'' The is what's known as a short version and long version of Mark. The majority of Bible scholars today believe that Mark ended his Gospel abruptly at verse eight, and v9-20 were a later addition written by scribes in order to give more clarity to the rest of the story.
It's not that v9-20 aren't true or even inspired, but it seems ra ...
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