Episodes
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
04-25-21 Kevin Goins - Life in a Resurrected Body, part 3
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
“Life in a Resurrection Body” (pt. 3)
John 20:1-29
For the past three Sundays, beginning with Resurrection Sunday, we have been looking at life in our resurrection body. Thus far we have seen three things about our resurrection body. Today we will look at four more.
I First, life in our resurrection body will be about seeing and loving each other for who we are on the inside.
II Second, life in our resurrection body will be marked by glory unlike anything we have known in our old body of flesh and blood (Luke 24:13-24).
III Third, life in our resurrection body will hold onto the knowledge of God’s Word and the knowledge of our calling which we gained before death (Luke 24:25-27).
IV Fourth, life in our resurrection body will be devoted to pursuing relationship and to practicing hospitality (Luke 24:28-32).
V Fifth, life in our resurrection body will leave the reality of __________________ behind (John 20:1-9).
A. The question is: What did John ________ inside the tomb that made him believe?
B. The linen strips were lying flat as if the form that had given them shape had simply e______________________ and now the strips collapsed onto themselves.
C. The soudarion, or headcloth, was r____________ u_______ in an oval loop, the shape it would have had when it was around the head of Jesus.
D. John, therefore, would have been impressed by two things:
1. The body was not stolen, because a thief would never have taken the time to r____________________ the strips of linen.
2. The linen cloths and the face mask perfectly preserved the o______________ of where the body had been.
E. When you have a resurrection body, you do not need b________________ clothes or a casket or a grave in the cemetery. We will need those things b_____________ Christ returns to this earth, but not after.
VI Life in our resurrection body includes both c__________________________________ and t________________________________ (John 20:10-18).
A. Mary Magdalene is looking for continuity when she goes to the tomb: she wants to s___________ and a________________ the body of the one she had loved and served.
B. But she cannot do it because the body is m________________________ and that is why she weeps.
C. Rabboni is the diminutive form of rabbi and it means “my _____________ rabbi,” or “my _________________ teacher.”
D. Mary cannot hold onto Jesus because the relationship Jesus will have with his followers from now on will be d____________________________.
E. Jesus will be permanently present with his followers, not through his resurrection appearances, but by the giving of his _____________ ______________.
F. The only way the resurrected Jesus could have a relationship with his followers was by t__________________________ the way he related to them.
G. So also, for ___________ resurrection body there will be continuity and transformation.
VII Seventh, life in our resurrection body will be free of physical l____________________________ (John 20:19-20).
A. The disciples are l___________ a_____________ in a secret place and suddenly Jesus is there standing in the middle of them.
B. Was it really Jesus?
1. Yes, look at the continuity: (verse 20) “He showed them his _______________ and his ____________________.”
2. Was there transformation? Yes, he passed t____________________ the locked doors as if they weren’t even there.
C. There are other places in the Gospels where the resurrected Jesus a________________ and d________________________ at will.
VIII Finally, life in our resurrection body will show the reality of both our s____________________ and God’s triumphant p_________________ (John 20:24-29).
A. The nail prints were the evidence that God used the suffering of Jesus to give us v________________________ over the power of sin and death.
B. We will keep our wounds, not as memories of tragedy, but as emblems of the power of God’s peace to give us victory in e______________ circumstance.
C. Our resurrection body will display our wounds so that throughout eternity we can look at each other’s wounds and c____________________ together the victory of God’s peace.
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
04-12-20 Kevin Goins - Defeating the Status Quo, Conclusion
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
“Defeating the Status Quo” (Conclusion)
In the first century “life as usual” for the people of Israel included poverty, illiteracy, hunger, sickness, and being under the thumb of the Roman empire. “Life as usual” is what we mean by the status quo, and for Israel the status quo was depressing, to say the least. But then Jesus came, and through his teaching and healing and feeding the hungry, he overcame many of the most negative elements of the status quo. Then he was put to death on the cross, but what followed his violent and humiliating death brought about the greatest reversal of the status quo the world has ever seen. In what ways did the resurrection of Jesus defeat the status quo?
I When we look at the Passion Story, we see, first, that Jesus said No to the status quo of lying to protect oneself.
II When we look at the Passion Story, we see, second, that Jesus said No to the status quo of hating those who hate us.
III When we look at the Passion Story, we see, third, that Jesus said No to the status quo of separation.
IV Finally, when we look at the Passion Story, we see, finally, that Jesus said No to the status quo of ______________.
A. There is no better illustration of what status quo means than the human m_________________ rate. The Latin term status quo literally means “the state i_____ w______________.”
1. We are all on a journey toward ____________.
2. Sartre said that there is no ____________ from this life with its inevitable death sentence. He called us “beings t___________ death.”
3. The more we try to hold on to each day, the ______________ each day seems to slip away.
B. There is only one foundation that can enable us to die in __________________, and that foundation is the resurrection of Jesus.
1. Oftentimes, at Easter, we talk about all the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, but the most obvious evidence is staring us in the face: that evidence is ___________.
2. There was no Christian ______________ and there was no Christian ________________ before the resurrection of Jesus.
3. Christianity was only a tiny movement when Jesus died, and when he died his followers looked for ________ to __________ into to escape the same fate Jesus had experienced, and that fate was being _________ to a cross.
4. If Jesus had not walked out of the tomb, there would have been nothing powerful enough to t_________________ the fear of a tiny ragtag band of followers into the w_________________ force that Christianity is today.
V When the status quo is changed, it does not take long until the ________ change becomes the _________ status quo. But here is what is so amazing about Jesus: the changes he brought about are still just as profoundly r____________ today as they were two-thousand years ago.
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
04-11-20 Kevin Goins - Defeating the Status Quo, Part 3
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
“Defeating the Status Quo” (Part 3)
In the first century “life as usual” for the people of Israel included poverty, illiteracy, hunger, sickness, and being under the thumb of the Roman empire. “Life as usual” is what we mean by the status quo, and for Israel the status quo was depressing, to say the least. But then Jesus came, and through his teaching and healing and feeding the hungry he overcame many of the most negative elements of the status quo. Then he was put to death on the cross, but what followed his violent and humiliating death brought about the greatest reversal of the status quo the world has ever seen. In what ways did the resurrection of Jesus defeat the status quo?
I When we look at the Passion Story, we see, first, that Jesus said No to the status quo of lying to protect oneself.
II When we look at the Passion Story, we see, second, that Jesus said No to the status quo of hating those who hate us.
III When we look at the Passion Story, we see, third, that Jesus said No to the status quo of s___________________.
A. The separation that troubles the human race today began with r______________ against God and the decision to d______________ his Word.
1. As a result of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were separated from e_________ o___________.
2. But what caused their separation from each other was the fact that they had first separated themselves from __________.
3. God is holy and will not t____________ the sin of rebellion.
B. Since it was the sin of disobedience which caused our separation from God and from each other, Jesus had to find a way to r____________ our sin.
1. Matthew and Mark tell us that when Jesus breathed his last, “the curtain of the temple was torn in two from ________ to ___________.”
2. This curtain hung in the temple for one reason: to separate sinful human beings from the p____________ of God.
3. When Jesus died, he offered to God a p___________ sacrifice, the sacrifice of his perfect and s_______________ life.
4. The curtain was v______________ ripped in two – it was s____________ to show that nothing can now close off our a___________ to God.
C. That is why we can now overcome the separation that exists between us and the ___________ around us, because Jesus ended the separation between us and ____________.
Friday Apr 10, 2020
04-10-20 Kevin Goins - Defeating the Status Quo, Part 2
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
“Defeating the Status Quo” (Part 2)
In the first century “life as usual” for the people of Israel included poverty, illiteracy, hunger, sickness, and being under the thumb of the Roman empire. “Life as usual” is what we mean by the status quo, and for Israel the status quo was depressing, to say the least. But then Jesus came, and through his teaching and healing and feeding the hungry he overcame many of the most negative elements of the status quo. Then he was put to death on the cross, but what followed his violent and humiliating death brought about the greatest reversal of the status quo the world has ever seen. In what ways did the resurrection of Jesus defeat the status quo?
I When we look at the Passion Story, we see, first, that Jesus said No to the status quo of lying to protect oneself.
II When we look at the Passion Story, we see, second, that Jesus said No to the status quo of h___________ those who h_________ us.
A. Good Friday is the time when we recall the s_____________ of Jesus. The Gospels tell us that there were m___________ aspects to that suffering:
1. We tend to emphasize the p_______________.
2. If we know our New Testament theology, we also recognize the s_______________ aspect of his suffering.
3. But we often forget the r__________________ aspect of his suffering.
a. Jesus didn’t suffer in p_____________.
b. The crowds around the cross did not praise Jesus for who he w_______, they cursed him for what they b__________ him to be in that moment. They saw him as:
1. a would-be p______________ leader
2. a m___________ unstable person
3. a f______________.
c. The crowd could not accept the necessity of the c_____________.
B. But Luke says that from the cross Jesus looked out at these h_______-filled people and said, “Father, f___________ them for they do not k__________ what they are doing.”
1. But that was not only the attitude of Jesus as he hung on the cross, refusing to hate the haters was his p______________ way of dealing with life.
2. And what is even more shocking is that he expects _______ to do the same.
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
04-09-20 Kevin Goins - Defeating the Status Quo Part 1
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
“Defeating the Status Quo”
In the first century “life as usual” for the people of Israel included poverty, illiteracy, hunger, sickness, and being under the thumb of the Roman empire. “Life as usual” is what we mean by the status quo, and for Israel the status quo was depressing, to say the least. But then Jesus came, and through his teaching and healing and feeding the hungry he overcame many of the most negative elements of the status quo. Then he was put to death on the cross, but what followed his violent and humiliating death brought about the greatest reversal of the status quo the world has ever seen. In what ways did the resurrection of Jesus defeat the status quo?
I When we look at the Passion Story we see first that Jesus said No to the status quo of lying to protect oneself.
A. The religious leaders wanted to kill Jesus because he claimed to be the long-awaited Messiah, but they knew the Romans would not allow them to execute Jesus for r________________ reasons.
1. So, they accused Jesus of p______________ wrongdoing by saying that he claimed to be the King of the Jews.
2. The Romans punished rebellion, or treason, as a c______________ crime. In other words, they e______________ anyone who claimed to be any kind of King.
3. That is why Pilate asked Jesus the question, “Are you a King?” That is the only thing that m______________ as far as Pilate was concerned.
B. In John 18:37 Jesus says to Pilate, “You are right in saying I am a King.” There are two things here that are very much u___________________:
1. First, Jesus got himself into a f___________ predicament by saying that he was indeed a king.
2. The second thing that is unexpected is that there seems to be a non sequitur here. A non sequitur is when a statement does not f__________ logically from a previous statement.
3. Jesus admits to being a king and then, in the middle of the sentence, he suddenly changes the subject to t___________.
4. I believe that what Jesus is doing here is to shine some light into the darkness of P_____________ life and career.
5. Jesus speaks as if being born a King and telling the truth are o_______ and the s_________ thing.
6. Jesus was not only speaking to Pilate, second, he was speaking to all the people who would read the G______________. He was letting us know that we can t___________ him.
7. Jesus understood that if anyone claiming to be the Savior sent by God ever spoke a lie, then we could never be c___________ of our salvation.
8. What Does all this mean to us? It means that lying to protect ourselves is a part of the status quo that we must learn to f________________.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
04-21-19 Kevin Goins - Resurrection
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
What does resurrection mean?
What is so important about the resurrection of Jesus?
How can we know the resurrection of Jesus really happened?
Eye witness reports from Mary Magdalene, John, and Peter
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
04-01-18 Kevin Goins - A Basic Guide To Easter
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
“A Basic Guide to Easter”
I “Easter,” bunnies, eggs, and candy
A. The word Easter comes from Astra or Ostara who was the goddess of the d_________.
-But Christians do not worship the dawn and so there is a much better name for our holiday: R____________ S___________.
B. Bunnies and eggs belong to the s___________ celebration of Easter.
C. Candy is _______ because Resurrection Sunday is a f_______ d_______ and feasting means f_______.
II What is this day really all about? It all comes down to four words:
A. The first word is _______ and there are two things about _______ we must understand:
1. God e_______; God is r______.
2. God is __________ in every way.
B. The second word is ___________. The problem is that while God cannot shut his eyes to wrong, we have ____ done wrong.
C. The third word is __________. Jesus died for us, which means two things:
1. God is not o___________ our suffering.
2. God, in Jesus, has already endured the punishment that all our wrongs deserve and, because he has done that, he can grant f___________ to all who ask.
D. The last word is ________.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
04-16-17 Easter Eye Witnesses
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Hear the eye witness accounts of Jesus' resurrection from Mary Magdalene, John the Disciple and Cleopas, the disciple from Emmaus.