Mar. 31, 2024

“Hope: Absolute Certainty”
Mark 16:1-8
Central Idea: The resurrection of Jesus Christ brings us hope for
today and tomorrow with absolute certainty.
I. From hope to despair: Friday-Saturday-Early Sunday (1-3)
1. The _________________ of Jesus - his __________
2. The ____________ of Jesus - ___________ his death
Saturday - a day of ___________ - no _________ of what happened
The women have ________ expectations of a resurrection:
• expect Jesus to be there = bringing spices to anoint His ________
• expect the stone to be in place = who will ________ it
II. From despair to hope (4-8)
1. The stone was ____________ (4)
•God moves the stone so the women can get _______ the tomb
2. The tomb was __________ (5)
•The body was ________
•“Amazed” - intense ____________ = ___________
•a living being ___________ for them inside the tomb
3. The message of the _________ (6-7)
• #1 - Speaks of __________ (6a)
“Jesus the Nazarene - who has been crucified”
• You will not ______ him here
• #2 - Speaks of the __________ of the resurrection (6b)
• “He has risen” = He is ________!
• “He is not here”= in a tomb for _______ people = He is alive!
• “behold here is the place where they laid him” = _______ tomb,
but you are too late to see the dead Jesus = He is alive!
• #3 - Speaks of the Lord’s ___________ for the disciples (7)
• God has concern for the disciples and _____________ Peter.
• What a word of _______!
III. Hope for today and tomorrow
•God wants you to live with hope in the ___________.
• There is no ___________________ too big or difficult for God.
•God wants you to live with hope in the ____________.
•He has given us the gift of ____________ ________.
Application:
•Do you know with certainty that your sins are ____________?
•Do you know with certainty that when you die you are going to
_____________?