S7E44: Looking In or Looking Out? (Easter Sunrise 2020)

Sermon #388

There is a lot of action in the Resurrection account from John's Gospel.  First, the women arrive at the tomb to find it open, and they run to tell the disciples.  Then John and Peter have a footrace to the tomb.  John gets there first but doesn't go in.  Peter goes in and sees the linen cloths. Then John goes in and sees it all.  Then they return home, and in their absence Mary encounters the risen Christ, who tells her to go tell the other disciples, and she does.  Eighteen verses packed with a lot of action, and we hear these words every year, but what truths can we glean from them this day?  I ask the question, are you on the outside of the tomb, looking in?  Or are you on the inside of the tomb, looking out?  In other words, have you committed yourself to following Jesus?  Have you repented of your sins and trusted in Jesus for your forgiveness?  Or are you orbiting the faith wondering if it is true, if it is for you?  If you are on the outside looking in, I invite you in.  And if you are on the inside looking out, you are being sent to bring others to know that Christ is risen.  He is risen indeed.

John 20:1-18

Recorded at Hudson UMC Cemetery (Easter Sunrise Service) on April 12, 2020 (Originally Published April 14, 2020)

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