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have Any of you ever been to a motivational speaker seminar? in 2006 when I was a young real estate entrepreneur I decided to go to a motivational seminar event t Wells Fargo ren in DES Moines.

I heard George Foreman , Rudy Julianni, steve Jobbs and the key note note motivator Zig Ziegler.

I went into that event a young real estate agent and I came out ready to conquer the world.

the words these guys spoke was so motivation that I changed almost everything I was doing in my business.

After Jesus rose from the grave, John records 3 different encounters Jesus had with His followers.

and what is special about each of these encounters is that when Jesus Speaks those who heard him were motivated to put the words of Jesus into Action.

‘this morning we are going to loom at these 3 encounters people had with the risen Jesus..

MARY MAGNALENE

John 20:11–15 (ESV)

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?

Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

Mary came to the tomb early in the morning with the other women but when they found the stone rolled away and the body of Jesus gone, she quickly ran and got Peter and John and told them that someone had stolen the body of Jesus.

and the three of them ran back to the tomb.

When Peter and John went in and saw that the body was gone the Bible tells us that they left and went home,

But Mary stayed at the entrance to the tomb and just wept.

She cried out in sorrow That Jesus had died, She weeped because his body was no longer there.

Mary wept outside the tomb of Jesus because she thought that the enemies of Jesus had taken her teacher’s body away.

and as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb and saw two white-robed angels sitting where the body once laid.

One of the angels said to her  “Dear woman, why are you crying?”

And Mary replied “Because they have taken away my Lord“and I don’t know where they have put him.”

But as she turned to leave in her sorrow, She saw a man who she assumed was the gardener, and as this man saw her sorrow..

He too said to her, “Dear woman, why are you crying?” “Who are you looking for?” and Mary again cried out in desperation “Sir, if you are the one who has taken his body away, please just tell me where you have put him so I can go and get him.”

Mary was consumed by her sorrow fro Jesus.

She truly loved him.

Not only had the world crucified her Lord, but now they have taken his body away, and she doesn’t know what to do,

Have you ever been in this place in your life?

Have you been so overwhelmed with Sorrow that your not even sure where to go next?

But Listen to what happens next in our story

John 20:16–17a (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

[he called her by name ].

She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”

(which means Teacher).

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father;

We don’t know why Mary didn’t instantly recognize Jesus in his glorified body when she saw him in that garden, but it was probably because she still didn't believe in a Risen Jesus.

She was there looking for the dead body of her teacher.she

was looking for the wrong Jesus , She was asking the wrong questions?

She wanted to know where the body was at so that she could mourn her loss.

So that she could express the sorrow and pain she was experiencing through the loss of her teacher and friend.

Mary’s unbelief in a risen Jesus blinded her eyes to the Savior who was standing right before her.

Church family - understand that it is mankind’s Unbelief that blinds their eyes to the truth of Jesus.

Mary loved Jesus that is truth,

Mary wept over the loss of her friend- That is truth,

But until Mary’s love for Jesus is coupled with a Faith in the Risen Jesus She is still left in her sorrow,

But, When Jesus spoke Her name- She recognized his Voice.

and her sorrow instantly turned to Joy.

JESUS TURNS OUR SORRW INTO JOY

SORROW INTO JOY

I’m reminded of What jesus said about his followers in

John 10

John 10:3 (ESV)

To him the gatekeeper opens.

The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:27 (ESV)

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Jesus knows His followers by name- He calls them to follow Him by name.

And they know his voice.

The first thing Jesus does after His resurrection is to call Mary by Name.

Mary You know me, You know my voice, because you are my sheep.

When Jesus spoke Mary’s name she recognized Her Savior by his voice and Believed.

Our text tells us in verse 16 that her sorrow was turned to Joy and she looked at him and said “Rabboni” which means teacher.

It was the Words of Jesus that took Mary’s sorrow and turned it into Joy-

and notice what resulted in Mary’s life because of this joy.

John 20:17–18 (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Mary’s Belief resulted in her Obedience.

She ran to the disciples and proclaimed “I HAVE SEEN THE LORD HE IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD!”

And I know that it was Him because I know his voice and he called me by my name.

A true Christian knows the voice of their savior.

and when He hears that Voice- No sorrow can linger, because the voice of a risen Jesus turns their sorrow into Joy.

Transition: After appearing to Mary and calling her by name our text tells us in verses 19- 23 that Jesus then has an encounter with the disciples.

Listen to our text as I read Jesus’s Encounter with His disciples

THE DISCIPLES

John 20:19–23 (ESV)

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

After Peter and John Ran and saw the empty tomb of Jesus, They must have gathered up all the disciples and have now locked themselves in this room because they are afraid for their lives.

They believe that jesus body was stolen and now the people who stole his body are coming to kill them as well.

Have you ever had that fear that someone might be coming to kill You?

Last Tuesday i was sitting in my office and I heard a car pull up outside the church.

Normally this isn’t a big deal, cars park there all the time.

but for some reason the person in the vehicle just sat there with the engine running looking at the church and at the window of my office.

After 20 minutes my mind started to think of all the bad things that could happen in this scenario, and it made me a little fearful.

So I did what every manly man would do, I quickly snuck out of my office to the front door of the church and locked it, then I secretly took pictures of the vehicle and sent them to Amy just incase they couldn't find my body, and of course I called doug to come and drive by and check on me.

In that moment I was a little fearful for my life.

And because of my fear I locked my self into the security of my office.

The disciples are hiding in this room because of fear, They have locked the doors, and are quietly hoping no one will find them.

But as they are sitting there, all of the sudden, one of them looks up and Jesus is now standing right there with them.

if they were not completely fearful up to this point I’m sure that when another person instantly appears in their midst, in that locked room, they responded just like I would have, they would have screamed out in fear.