WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK - FAILING FORWARD - Part 4 One Family Church Video Sermons

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 20:1

So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:2

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. John 20:3-4

He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. John 20:5

Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. John 20:6

He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. John 20:6-7

Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. John 20:8

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark. . . . John 20:1

WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK

“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” John 20:2

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. . . . And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:1-3

Mary Magdalene arrived at the tomb very early in the morning, while it was still dark. . . John 20:1

In [Jesus] was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:4-5

REMIND

[T]he disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders. . . . John 20:19

Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” John 20:26

REFINE

RELEASE

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning! Psalm 30:5

I am going to him who sent me. . . . [Y]ou are filled with grief because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. John 16:5-7

[I]f the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:10-11

The people who walked in darkness Have seen the great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. Isaiah 9:2