04-25-21 Kevin Goins - Life in a Resurrected Body, part 3

“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.