This Week’s Experience – 4/21/2019

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Order of Service

Music……………………..Worship Team
Glorious Day
Welcome……………………….Bill Butler
Spoken Word……………….Caden Sao
Nothing Spectacular
Music……………………..Worship Team
Forgiven
Resurrecting
Unstoppable God
Spoken Word……………….Caden Sao
He Just Walked Out
Message……………..Gilbert Thurston
Starting Point
Offering & Announcements
Music……………………..Worship Team
Glorious Day
Dismissal………………………Bill Butler

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On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran to Simon Peter and to Jesus’ favorite disciple (John) and said, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb! We don’t know where they have put him.” So Peter and John started for the tomb.  Both were running, but John outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. Peter observed the linen cloths lying there, and the kerchief used to cover his head not lying with the linen cloths but separate, neatly folded by itself. Finally John, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)

-John 20:1-9

3 Theories for the Empty Tomb:

1. Someone Jesus .

Suspect 1: The

Suspect 2: The

Suspect 3: The

2. Jesus really .

Problem 1: The were at crucifixion.

Problem 2: Jesus was to prior to His crucifixion.

Problem 3: Jesus would have no .

3. Jesus from the dead.

Peter’s Realization:

1. Jesus really is He is.

But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him? We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”

-Acts 4:19-20

2. My no longer me.

God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

-1 Peter 1:3

The Lord isn’t slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.

-2 Peter 3:9

If we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.

-1 John 1:9

LIFE APPLICATION
To discuss during the week with your family or Life Group

1. What is your first memory of the concept of having some sort of religious faith in your life? How has your faith changed through the years?
2. Discuss each of the 3 theories of the empty tomb. Which one seems most likely?
3. Which of Peter’s realizations do you need for your own life?
4. What is your next step as a result of this message?