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So, the disciples have scattered.
Most are hiding somewhere, fearing they will be the next to be arrested.
Jesus mother has gone home with John, wondering why her Son, the Son of God, is dead.
In fact, most followers of Jesus are in doubt.
He was supposed to take His place as king, but now he is buried in a tomb.
All is lost...
Maybe the Messiah will never come...
Maybe God has abandoned us...
Maybe he never really cared at all.
All is confusion...
What will I do now?
I left everything for Him.
What will happen to me?
All that is left is doubt...
So some hid, some felt guilt, some felt despair, for on this day, evil thought it had won and many thought the darkness would never go away.
But Hope was around the corner, As the old sermon says, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s a coming.”
But they couldn’t see Sunday.
In fact, many times we can’t see Sunday.
We can’t see the rainbow on the horizon.
We cannot find hope.
Maybe, that is because we see hope not in a biblical way, but in a worldly way.
We see it really as one of three ways:
1. Hope is the desire for something good in the future.
The children might say, “I hope daddy gets home early tonight so we can play kickball after supper before his meeting.”
2.Hope is the good thing in the future that we are desiring.
We say, “Our hope is that Mike and Karen will arrive safely home.”
In other words, Mike and Karen’s safe arrival is the object of our hope.
3. Hope is the reason why our hope might indeed come to pass.
We say, “A good tailwind is our only hope of arriving on time.”
In other words, the tailwind is the reason we may in fact achieve the future good that we desire.
It’s our only hope.
So hope is used in three senses:
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A desire for something good in the future,
2. The thing in the future that we desire,
3. The basis or reason for thinking that our desire may indeed be fulfilled.
So, we play the odds.
We hope, but Biblical hope has a certainty to it.
biblical hope is a confident expectation and desire for something good in the future.
Biblical hope not only desires something good for the future; it expects it to happen.
And it not only expects it to happen; it is confident that it will happen.
So hope comes to us as Christ was raised from the dead on Sunday.
On Friday he defeated sin.
On Sunday he defeats death.
It is the combination of the two that bring salvation, That is why Paul says to them in :
1 Corinthianns
But see it may have been Friday and evil may have still ruled the day, but Sunday is coming.
On that day Christ was raised and upon his raising from the dead he conquered death.
No longer does death have a hold on us anymore.
Our days may be filled with sorrow, heartaches, despair, but this life is only a short amount of the time we will live, for when Christ conquered death it was just not for himself, but for us as well.
So John paints for us five pictures of how people come to hope.
Five ways I think we still see in people who come to believe in Jesus today and five people we should be looking to share the Hope of Jesus with.
John believes.
John 20:
From the day Jesus said, Follow me! John had a special relationship with Jesus.
He was one of his dearest friends.
Believing came easy for John and there are people we will encounter who will hear the message of the cross, hear of his resurrection and will have the AHA! moment like John did hear at the tomb.
2. Mary finds comfort in the familiar.
John 20:
Some of us don’t handle change well.
Jesus removed seven demons from Mary, released her of that burden and from then on she commited herself to being a disciple of Jesus.
On that morning, even in death, Mary went to care for her teachers needs.
When she found the tomb open she became distraught, running back to tell the Peter and John that he had been taken.
She was stressed, lost and full of all kind of thoughts.
So full of thoughts that when the angels appear, she wants to know only one thing, where is he?
All it took was the familiar call of here name for Mary to recognize Jesus.
In the midst of her pain, his comforting voice reminded her that he was still in control.
For some today, 2000 years is along time.
They wonder if Jesus is really alive, if he really is God and what type of impact can he have in the chaos of their life.
Then, like it was with Elijah, they hear his answer.
It might come from something that seems like a miracle.
It might come from the gently voice of a friend.
It might come from your moment of vulnerability with them, where you share one of your struggles.
But in the familiar they hear the voice of Jesus and hope is restored in their lives.
3. The Disciples turn from fear to joy.
John 20:
That first sentence tells us they were still being hunted.
They had gathered together, who knows why.
Maybe they had no where else to turn.
Maybe being together just felt right.
Maybe they were gathered to talk about the rumors of Jesus’ resurrection, whatever the reason, their was fear in their midst.
We know
Fear has a way of diminishing hope.
It causes us to doubt, sometimes everything.
Fear has power to take over, as it grabs our minds and consumes it in negative thoughts.
It causes our bodies to become tense and to go on the defense.
But on that night.
when Jesus appeared to them, their fear turned to joy.
They recieved hope.
See on Thursday night they scattered.
Fear took over.
It made them hide.
It made Peter deny Jesus.
But, tonight that fear is gone and is replaced by joy.
Hope has once again been reestablished.
You will meet people who have been gripped with fear and worry.
It will consume them, but when they are ready to give Jesus a chance.
He can fill their lives with joy and give them a peace over their situation.
He may not take it away, but he will help them understand that they do not walk the path alone.
He will give them you.
He will give them His Spirit.
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