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So I have 3 little girls and if you’re a parent you can probably relate but a lot of my time as a parent is spent answering questions
It seems at times that it’s all I ever do
But it’s really not even just parenting
At work I have to answer a lot of questions
My wife, who loves to know every detail of my day, has a lot of questions.
And maybe you guys can relate a little
Maybe at SRI you get a lot of questions throughout your day that you have to answer
Maybe its at home
Maybe your like Austin and can’t figure out how to hit a golf ball straight and so you just have a lot of questions in life
But what I’ve realized is that there are a lot of really important questions that we have to answer in our lives.
And more than likely, you’ve answered them or are answering them whether you recognize it or not.
What I’ve also realized is that I have a lot less answers than I’d like to admit
And the reality is we all do.
And so, when it comes to our faith and what we believe, who better to look at some questions than from Jesus?
Jesus asks over 300 questions throughout His ministry and life
all are with purpose and meaning and important
And so we may not have all of the answers, but are we even asking the right questions?
Great leaders realize they don’t have all of the answers, but they do have a knack for asking the right questions
Because when you ask the right questions you have a better chance of finding a real solution
I remember going to a theme park with my oldest daughter who is about to be 6
We walked up to a ride and we kind of looked at it
She looked at me and asked “what if I’m not tall enough to ride?”
So I said well they have a little chart over here come stand next to it and we will see
So we did.
And she was tall enough.
When she realized she was tall enough you could see the panic begin to set in
She sat there for a little while and then asked, “but what if I don’t want to ride?”
to start, she was asking the wrong question.
Whether she was tall enough to ride or not was not going to change the fact that she just didn’t want to ride the ride
When it comes to our faith.
Are we asking the right questions?
So we are going to spend the next few weeks looking at questions that Jesus asked
Questions he asked his disciples, his friends, those that opposed him, those he came into contact with
Today we are going to look at a question we find in John 20.
And this may be familiar to you because this is the Easter story.
I’m goin to read all of this chapter leading up to the question because it helps us with some context.
But remember before this chapter what has transpired
All of holy week has taken place
Jesus has turned water to wine, healed people, preached to thousands, fed thousands, made dead people come back to life, along with countless others
And so people praised Him for His abilities.
He rides in on a donkey and people worship Him
He prepares for passover with his disciples and institutes the Lord’s supper
But there were some problems.
Jesus had also throughout His life made claims to be the very Son of God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world, the one they had long been awaiting.
And this man born to Mary and Joseph, a carpenters son could not possibly be the one
So He must be accused of His crimes, stopped from His false teachings, killed for His claims
And so that’s what they did.
They hang him on a cross
And He goes to the cross not forced, but willingly.
At any point He could have made it stop but He chose not to
He goes cursed for us
Our sins put on Him
The price we deserved because of the penalty of our sin but one we could not pay He payed for us
And so right before this chapter Jesus is dead and put in a tomb.
pray
For a moment, put yourself into Mary Magdalene shoes
it’s over 2000 years ago and just 3 days ago they took Jesus, your friend Jesus, and they crucified Him
You watched as they drug him before the high priests and condemned Him, not for lying but for telling the truth.
You were there when the very crowd who praised him just days before is now screaming out “Crucify Him!”
Then began the real horror
You watched as they beat him and whipped him 39 times
You watched as they squeezed the crown of thorns into his brow and around His head
You watched them strike him, spit on him, ridicule him, mock him
And then the cross.
You watched as they pierced his hands and feet and nailed him to the cross
You watched as he took his last breath and was put into a tomb
And now at that very tomb someone asks “why are you crying?”
For one, Hope has just died.
It’s recorded in Mark 16:9 that Jesus drove out 7 demons from Mary.
Jesus gave her a new start
A fresh beginning
He to her was hope and now hope is gone
Purpose is gone
Jesus was the one that Mary could just sit at His feet for hours
While her sister, martha, was busy making preparations, Mary knew her purpose, knew her direction, knew where she needed to be
At the feet of Jesus, but now He is gone and so is her purpose
Her relationship lost
Just like Jesus stood outside of your brother, Lazarus’ tomb, and wept, now you stand outside of Jesus’ tomb and weep because He was your friend
And now you can’t even show your respects and visit His tomb because someone has stolen his body
They’ve taken Him and hid Him away somewhere and now there is no closure, no healing, no hope, no purpose, and no advocate.
Jesus is dead and He is gone.
Why are you crying?
What else is she to do?
What else does she have?
But to cry, to weep, to mourn.
Why are you crying?
But maybe this is a question we should be asking ourselves?
why are you crying?
If I’ve learned anything about being a pastor it’s that everyone hurts
no matter how things don’t seem to bother them
Everyone hurts and everyone cries
maybe for you Mary’s reality in this moment is your reality in this moment.
Maybe for you Hope is dead
I don’t know what you’re going through right now, I don’t know what you’ve been through
But i do know some common themes in us all
You think you’re alone
You think you’re without hope
And often times about the moment you think you may have a handle on things, you can finally take a deep breathe, life throws another thing at you and you just don’t if you can even go another day
Maybe you’re purpose is gone
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