TEARS TURNED INTO JOY
Kenute P. Curry
A party was the last thing Mary Magdalene expected to find as she approached the tomb on Sunday morning; but she sure got one. And what a party it was! “Mary” Jesus softly whispered. “Rabboni” Mary said. Beloved, that is great cause for rejoicing.
John 20:15
1. THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST BEING PREACHED PLEASES GOD (1 Corinthians 1:21).
2. GOD HAS CHOSEN WHAT IS FOOLISH IN THE WORLD TO SHAME THE WISE, AND WHAT IS WEAK IN THE WORLD TO SHAME THE STRONG (1 Corinthians 1:27).
3. GOD DOES GREAT AND UNSEARCHABLE THINGS, PAST FINDING OUT; MARVELOUS WONDERS WITHOUT NUMBER (Job 5:9; 9:10).
4. JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES THAT THEY WOULD WEEP AND WAIL, AND WOULD BECOME SORROWFUL (John 16:20).
5. JESUS COMPARED THE DISCIPLES SORROW IN PAIN TO A WOMAN BEING IN LABOUR (John 16:21).
6. JESUS PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD SEE HIM AGAIN, AND THEIR HEARTS WOULD REJOICE (John 16:22).
Isaiah 35:10
7. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD JESUS AT HIS COMING (1 Thessalonians 2:19).
8. WE HAVE IN STORE FOR US WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM (1 Corinthians 2:9).
We are all going to a party in the future, one day. It will be similar to Mary’s, but on a much wider and grander scale. It is going to be some celebration. When the clouds unfold, I will meet you there!
“Mary, how did it feel when you saw Jesus near the tomb on that Sunday morning?”
February 27th 2014
©2014 Kenute P. Curry. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible, © 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
JOHN MacARTHUR – The MacArthur Study Bible, New King James Version (Nashville, Tennessee: Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson Inc. 1997)
HCSB STUDY BIBLE – Holman Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers 2010)
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