Sermon Tone Analysis

Job 19:25–27 (ESV)

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.

26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

John 20:1–18 (ESV)

1 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.”

3 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

4 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

5 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb.

He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?

Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”

(which means Teacher).

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Introduction

As we think particularly of the resurrection of Christ today we need to remember all that the resurrection means.

It is not explicitly mentioned in these two verses but it is very clearly implied as we look to Jesus.

We consider two things.

Preparation v1

The Goal v2

1. Preparation

a. Witnesses

Great men and women of God, learn from and emulate there faith.

Are not witnesses in the sense that they are looking at us.

b.

Lay Aside Every Weight

c. Sin That Clings So Closely

d.

Run With Endurance

e.

The Race That Is Set Before Us

2. Our Goal v2

a. Jesus

Micah 7:7 (ESV)

7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

b.

The Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

c.

The Joy Set Before Him

Isaiah 53:10–12 (ESV)

10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

d.

Endured the Cross

John 12:27–28 (ESV)

27 “Now is my soul troubled.

And what shall I say?

‘Father, save me from this hour’?

But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

28 Father, glorify your name.”

Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

e. Despising the Shame

Psalm 22:6–8 (ESV)

6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; 8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)

3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

f.

At the Right Hand of God

Conclusion